GEOSCIENCES: SELECTED WEB SITES
http://www.uwm.edu/libraries/guides/geosci133.htm


This guide lists selected Internet sites for areas of study within Geosciences. Organizational, governmental, and broad-based sites often supply basic information and lead the researcher through additional links to other valuable sites.

Broad Categories: (click on the subject to go directly to that section)
GeneralIndexes/Published ResearchCold Regions
Groundwater/Hydrology MineralogyPaleontology
Soil ScienceEducationGovernment/Legal
OrganizationsMiscellaneous/DatabasesGeneral Search Engines
U.S. State and Canadian Provinces Geological Surveys


General; Links to Specialized sites
About Geologyhttp://geology.about.com/
CSC Earth Science Server (Finland)     [2004?]http://www.csc.fi/earth_science/earth_science.html
Earth Science Resource Linkshttp://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/education/earthsci/tofc.shtml
Earth Science Resources
Franklin Institute
http://www.fi.edu/learn/hotlists/geology.php
Geo-Guidehttp://www.geo-guide.de/
Geology Centralhttp://welcome.to/geologycentral/
Geology.comhttp://geology.com/
Links to Other Earth-Science Sites
Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
http://www.uwex.edu/wgnhs/sites.htm
RESGI: Resources for Earth Sciences and Geography Instructionhttp://webs.cmich.edu/resgi/
WWW Links
New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Minerals
http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/links/

Useful Links
UW-Milwaukee Geosciences Department
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Geosciences/resources/links.html

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Indexes to Published Research Resources {see also "Find Articles" from the UWM Libraries home page}
GeoRef     [includes USGS publications]
GeoRef Thesaurus
Find Articles: Resources A-Z
(REF) QE 5 .G46x 2004
GEOBASEFind Articles: Resources A-Z
IngentaFind Articles: Resources A-Z
Publications Warehouse of the USGS
[See GeoRef]
UWM Libraries guide; use to assist in
    checking holdings:
http://infotrek.er.usgs.gov/pubs/

Geological Literature of the U.S.Geological Survey
NTIS Library
   {print: Government Reports Announcements and Index}
    Search guide for the NTIS Database
http://www.ntis.gov/search/

http://www.ntis.gov/pdf/dbguid.pdf

Agricola [National Agricultural Library]http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/
Cold Regions Bibliography
{login information given on webpage}
http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/coldregions/
Web of Knowledge
Science Citation Index
Find Articles: Resources A-Z
CGRG Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphologyhttp://cgrg.geog.uvic.ca/cgi-bin/search.cgi
List of Soil Surveys by State
Online Soil Survey Manuscripts
[USDA Soil Survey Division]
http://soils.usda.gov/survey/printed_surveys/
http://soils.usda.gov/survey/online_surveys/
Wisconsin Public Documents
search for current published state
publications
http://dpi.wi.gov/rll/indship.html

Directory of Open Access Journalshttp://www.doaj.org/
On-Line Earth Science Journalshttp://www.colostate.edu/~cwis70/journals.html
International Polar Year Publications Databasehttp://www.nisc.com/ipy

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Cold Regions
Antarctica Information
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
http://www.scar.org/information/links/
Arctic Blue Bookshttp://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/bluebooks/
Byrd Polar Research Centerhttp://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/
Canadian Ice Servicehttp://ice-glaces.ec.gc.ca/
Cold Regions Bibliography Project (AGI)http://www.coldregions.org/links.htm
Glacierhttp://www.glacier.rice.edu/
National Snow and Ice Data Centerhttp://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/
Polar Webhttp://arcticcentre.ulapland.fi/polarweb/
Scott Polar Research Institutehttp://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/
Wired Antarcticahttp://www.wiredantarctica.com/

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Groundwater/Hydrology
Ground Water Atlas of the United Stateshttp://capp.water.usgs.gov/gwa/
Hydrogeologist's Home Pagehttp://www.thehydrogeologist.com/index.htm
Hydrological Topics [Finland]     [2004?]http://www.csc.fi/earth_science/Hydrology.html
Hydrology Webhttp://hydrologyweb.pnl.gov/
Water Librarians' Home Pagehttp://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/waterlib.html
Water Resources of the United Stateshttp://water.usgs.gov/
Yahoo: Hydrologyhttp://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Earth_Sciences/Hydrology/

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Mineralogy
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Databasehttp://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/AMS/amcsd.php
Athena Mineralogyhttp://un2sg1.unige.ch/athena/mineral/mineral.html
Bancroft Mineral Collectionhttp://bancroft.geol.ucsb.edu/
Bob's Rock Shophttp://www.rockhounds.com/
Crystallography Online     [2001]http://www.iucr.ac.uk/cww-top/crystal.index.html
Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Termshttp://www.infomine.com/dictionary/
Links for Mineralogistshttp://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/mineralogie/links.html
Mineral and Gemstone Kingdomhttp://www.minerals.net/index.htm
Mineral and Locality Databasehttp://www.mindat.org/index.php
Mineralogy Databasehttp://webmineral.com/
Mineralogy of Wisconsinhttp://www.uwrf.edu/~wc01/WiscMin.html
Minerals Yearbook (U.S.) http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS5003

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Paleontology
Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates

Print volumes - check PantherCat for details
http://www.bfvol.org/
Online: 1509-1968; 1981-1993
Z 6033 .P2 .... (1509-1988)
Dino Russ's Lairhttp://www.dinoruss.org/dinos_home.html
Dinosauria On-Linehttp://www.dinosauria.com/
Dinosauriconhttp://dino.lm.com/
Fossil Collections of the World     [1997]http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/8147/
K-Paleo: Kuban's Paleo Placehttp://paleo.cc/kpaleo.htm
Learning from the Fossil Recordhttp://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fosrec/
Palaeontology Portal http://www.paleoportal.org/
PaleoNet Pageshttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/paleonet/
Paleontology & Fossils Resourceshttp://members.cox.net/jdmount/paleont.html
Plant Fossil Record: International Organisation of Palaeobotanyhttp://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/library/iopaleo/pfr.htm
Resources for Earth Scienceshttp://www.geology.iupui.edu/Resources/Students/
Geology_Resources/index.htm

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Soil Science
Canadian Soil Information Systemhttp://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/intro.html
Canadian System of Soil Classificationhttp://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/references/1998sc_a.html
S 592.16 .C362x 1998
Glossary of Soil Science Terms [2001]
Glossary of Soil Science Terms
http://www.soils.org/sssagloss/
S 592 .G58 1997
ISRIC - World Soil Information (International Soil Reference and Information Centre)http://www.isric.org/
Keys to Soil Taxonomy (10ed) {S 592 .16 .K49 2006}
Keys to Soil Taxonomy (9ed) {S 592 .16 .K49 2003}
Soil Taxonomy: A basic system... {S 592 .16 .S65 1999}
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS75385
http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/tax_keys/keysweb.pdf
http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/taxonomy/
National Soil DataBase {Canada}http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/intro.html
National Soil Information Systemhttp://soils.usda.gov/technical/nasis/
National Soil Survey Centerhttp://soils.usda.gov/about/nssc/
NSCSS Soil Science Links
(National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists, Inc.)
http://www.nscss.org/soil.html
Soil and Environmental Biogeochemistryhttp://soils.stanford.edu/
Soil Science for Archeologistshttp://www.cr.nps.gov/seac/soilsmanual/cover.htm
Wisconsin Soils Programhttp://www.wi.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/soil/index.html
World Reference Base for Soil Resourceshttp://www.fao.org/docrep/w8594e/w8594e00.htm
WWW Virtual Library: Forestry: Soils and
Substrates     [2000]
    search Intute, includes the former Biome
http://www.metla.fi/info/vlib/soils/old.htm

http://www.intute.ac.uk/

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Education: K-12
Awesome Library - Earth Scienceshttp://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/
Science/Earth_Sciences/Earth_Sciences.html
CORE: Central Operation of Resources for Educatorshttp://education.nasa.gov/edprograms/core/home/index.html
Discovery.comhttp://dsc.discovery.com/
EarthNet {Geological Survey of Canada}http://earthnet-geonet.ca/index_e.php
Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Termshttp://www.ge-at.iastate.edu/courses/Geol_100/
old_files/glossary.v2.html
Jason Projecthttp://www.jasonproject.org/
Mineral Information Institutehttp://www.mii.org/
NASA Science for Educatorshttp://nasascience.nasa.gov/educators
Tour of Park Geology (US National Park Service)http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/tour/index.htm
Science NetLinkshttp://www.sciencenetlinks.com/
Teachers' Earth Science Institutehttp://www.mg.mtu.edu/mining/nsfesit.html
USGS and Science Educationhttp://education.usgs.gov/
Volcano Worldhttp://volcano.und.edu/
Water Science for Schoolshttp://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/
Water Sourcebookshttp://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/kids/wsb/index.html

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Government/Legal
US Department of Agriculturehttp://www.usda.gov/
US Eros Data Center
Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS)
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/
US Forest Servicehttp://www.fs.fed.us/
US Geological Surveyhttp://www.usgs.gov/
USGS Astrogeology Research Programhttp://astrogeology.usgs.gov/
USGS Geography
(formerly US National Mapping Information)
http://geography.usgs.gov/
USGS Geologyhttp://geology.usgs.gov/
US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
(formerly U.S National Imagery and Mapping Agency)
http://www.nima.mil/
US Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory {NOAA}http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/
US National Aeronatics and Space Administrationhttp://www.nasa.gov/
US NASA - Ames Research Centerhttp://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/home/index.html
US National Geophysical Data Center {NOAA}http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/
US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationhttp://www.noaa.gov/
US National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Centerhttp://www.nohrsc.nws.gov/
US National Science Foundation/Geoscienceshttp://www.nsf.gov/home/geo/
US National Technical Information Servicehttp://www.ntis.gov/
US Office of GEOINT Scienceshttp://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/

United States Code (federal laws)http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/index.html
United States. Code of Federal Regulationshttp://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
Wisconsin Statutes (state laws)http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/stats.html
Wisconsin Administrative Code (state regulations)http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code.htm

NRC (Natural Resources Canada)http://www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/com/
Geological Survey of Canadahttp://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php

Geological Surveys
European, American, some other worldwide
http://www.uni-mainz.de/FB/Geo/Geologie/
GeoSurv.html

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Organizations
http://www.geosociety.org/links/Geological Society of America: Societies
http://www.usd.edu/esci/geodepts.htmlGeoscience Departments WWW Directory
Specific Organizations
American Association of Petroleum Geologistshttp://www.aapg.org/
American Geological Institutehttp://www.agiweb.org/
American Institute of Professional Geologistshttp://www.aipg.org/scriptcontent/index.cfm
Association of American State Geologistshttp://www.stategeologists.org/
Geological Society of Americahttp://www.geosociety.org/
Inter-American Water Resources Networkhttp://www.irwn.net/
International Association of Sedimentologistshttp://www.iasnet.org/
International Palaeontological Associationhttp://ipa.geo.ku.edu/index2.html
International Permafrost Associationhttp://www.ipa-permafrost.org/
International Union of Crystallographyhttp://www.iucr.org/
International Union of Geological Scienceshttp://www.iugs.org/
Mineralogical Society of Americahttp://www.minsocam.org/
Paleontological Research Institutionhttp://www.priweb.org/
Paleontological Societyhttp://www.paleosoc.org/
Seismological Society of Americahttp://www.seismosoc.org/
Society for Sedimentary Geologyhttp://www.sepm.org/
Society of Petroleum Engineershttp://www.spe.org/
Soil Science Society of Americahttp://www.soils.org/
Wisconsin Geological Societyhttp://whitehorseaward.com/WGS.aspx

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Miscellaneous Specialities and Databases
Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals, & Textureshttp://www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IgMetAtlas/
mainmenu.html
Center for Earth Observationhttp://www.yale.edu/ceo/index.html
Climate Change Research Centerhttp://www.ccrc.sr.unh.edu/
Cornell's Digital Earthhttp://atlas.geo.cornell.edu/
Earth Resources Laboratory {MIT}http://eaps.mit.edu/erl/
Electronic Volcanohttp://www.dartmouth.edu/~volcano/
Geochemical & Environmental Research Grouphttp://www-gerg.tamu.edu/
Geologic Guidebooks of North America Databasehttp://www.agiweb.org/georef/onlinedb/gnaintro.html
Geological Time Machinehttp://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html
Geology of Caveshttp://geology.wr.usgs.gov/docs/usgsnps/
cave/index.html
GEOnet Names Serverhttp://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/index.html
Global Energy Marketplacehttp://www.repp.org/gem.html
Great Lakes: an Environmental Atlas and Resource Bookhttp://www.epa.gov/glnpo/atlas/index.html
Great Lakes Information Network {GLIN}http://www.great-lakes.net/
Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Termshttp://www.ge-at.iastate.edu/courses/Geol_100/old_files/glossary.v2.html
Maps and Geographical Information Systems Sourceshttp://www.albany.edu/~ls973/maps.html
Midwestern Regional Climate Centerhttp://mcc.sws.uiuc.edu/
National Archive of Geological Photographs
(British Geological Society)
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/photoarchive/home.html
Omni Resources {publications list: worldwide topographic maps}http://www.omnimap.com/
Paleomap Projecthttp://www.scotese.com/
Petroleum Technology Transfer Council, Midwest Officehttp://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/pttc/index.html
Structural Geology on the Webhttp://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Geology/
Structure_Resources/
U.S. National Geologic Map Database
GEOLEX: Geologic Names Lexicon
http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/
http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/geolex_home.html
USA Geology Links by Statehttp://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/statelinks/List.htm
Volcanoes [Michigan Tech]http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/
Voyage to the Deephttp://www.ocean.udel.edu/deepsea/
World Energy Assessment Atlashttp://certmapper.cr.usgs.gov/rooms/we/index.jsp

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General Search Engines
http://www.galaxy.com/galaxy/Science/Geosciences.htmlGalaxy Geosciences Page
http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Earth_Sciences/Google Web Directory: Earth Sciences
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/earth_sciences/Yahoo! Directory: Science: Earth Sciences

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U.S. STATE and CANADIAN PROVINCES GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS

This lists state Geological Surveys or nearest organizationally-related sites. A good starting site to check is http://www.state.xx.us/@ with xx being the 2-letter official state designation.

The Association of American State Geologists has a link to all available state geological surveys:     http://www.stategeologists.org/index.html

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United States
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia: Natural Resources
Georgia: Geological Society
Hawaii: Land Survey Dept.
Hawaii: Land/Natural Resources
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts: Envir'l Affairs
Massachusetts: State Geologist
Massachusetts: Conser./Rec.
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska: Geology Survey
Nevada
New Hampshire: Geological Society
New Hampshire: Geology Unit
New Jersey
New Mexico: Geology/Minerals
New York {unofficial}
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon: Geology/Mineral
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas: Economic Geology
Utah
Vermont
Virginia: Mineral Resources
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin: Geological/Natural
    History
Wyoming
http://www.gsa.state.al.us/
http://wwwdggs.dnr.state.ak.us/
http://www.azgs.az.gov/
http://www.state.ar.us/agc/agc.htm
http://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/Pages/Index.aspx
http://geosurvey.state.co.us/
http://www.ct.gov/dep/site/default.asp
http://www.dgs.udel.edu/
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/geology/
http://www.gadnr.org/
http://www.westga.edu/~ggsweb
http://www.state.hi.us/dags/survey/index.html
http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/
http://www.idahogeology.org/
http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/
http://igs.indiana.edu/
http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/
http://www.kgs.ku.edu/
http://www.uky.edu/KGS/
http://www.lgs.lsu.edu/
http://www.state.me.us/doc/nrimc/mgs/mgs.htm
http://www.mgs.md.gov/
http://www.mass.gov/envir/eoea.htm
http://www.geo.umass.edu/stategeologist/
http://www.mass.gov/dcr/
http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3306_28607---,00.html
http://www.geo.umn.edu/mgs/
http://www.deq.state.ms.us/MDEQ.nsf/page/Geology_home?OpenDocument
http://www.dnr.mo.gov/geology/geosrv/
http://www.mbmg.mtech.edu/
http://snr.unl.edu/csd/surveyareas/geology.asp
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/
http://www.gsnhonline.org/
http://www.des.state.nh.us/Geology/
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/
http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/
http://nygeosurvey.geology-forum.com/
http://www.geology.enr.state.nc.us/
https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndgs/
http://www.ohiodnr.com/geosurvey/
http://www.ogs.ou.edu/
http://www.oregongeology.com/sub/default.htm
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/
http://www.uri.edu/cels/gel_home/ri_geological_survey.htm
http://www.dnr.sc.gov/geology/index.htm
http://www.sdgs.usd.edu/
http://www.state.tn.us/environment/tdg/
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/
http://www.ugs.state.ut.us/
http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/geo/vgs.htm
http://www.dmme.virginia.gov/divisionmineralresources.shtml
http://www.dnr.wa.gov/geology/
http://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/
http://www.uwex.edu/wgnhs/

http://www.wsgs.uwyo.edu/

Canadian Provinces and Territories
Albertahttp://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/
British Colombia: Energy/Mines/Petroleum
BC: Geological Survey
http://www.gov.bc.ca/em/
http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geolsurv/
Manitobahttp://www.gov.mb.ca/iedm/mrd/geo/
New Brunswick: Natural Resourceshttp://www.gov.nb.ca/0078/index-e.asp
Newfoundland & Labradorhttp://www.gov.nl.ca/mines&en/geosurvey/
Northwest Territories: Northern Minerals Databasehttp://www.nwtgeoscience.ca/normin/
Nova Scotia: Mineral Resourceshttp://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/meb/index.HTM
Nunavut: Sustainable Developmenthttp://edt.gov.nu.ca/english/
Ontariohttp://www.mndm.gov.on.ca/mndm/mines/ogs/Default_e.asp
Prince Edward Island: Dev/Tech: Energy and Mineralshttp://www.gov.pe.ca/development/eam-info/index.php3
Quebec: Natural Resourceshttp://www.mrn.gouv.qc.ca/english/home.jsp
Saskatchewan: Industry and Resourceshttp://www.ir.gov.sk.ca/
Yukon Territoryhttp://www.geology.gov.yk.ca/

LB: 04/29/2008


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