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- Publishers and Vendors
- Geologic Book Publ., Vendors, Dealers, Map Dealers, and Serials Vendors (U. of Ill.)
- Geoscience Book & Map Prices & Dealers (by Linda Zellmer, Indiana Univ.)
- Used and Out-of-Print Book Dealers (U. of Ill.)
- National Academy Presses - FREE BOOKS ONLINE! (click on publications, then "books", then search by title)
- Reference Citing
- Copyright Information
- U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
- Vertical Files Listing (pdf)
Associations and Surveys: Geological:
- AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists)
- AGI (AGIWEB) (American Geological Institute Webpage)
- American Geophysical Union
- Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
- Center for Watershed Protection
- Earth Science Societies
- Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society
- Friends of the Pleistocene. Alaska Cell. First Annual Field Trip, 2005.
- Friends of the Pleistocene. Midwest
- Friends of the Pleistocene. Northeastern
- Geochemical Society
- Geological Association of Canada
- Geological Society of America
- Geological Society (of London)
- Geoscience Information Society
- International Association of Hydrogeologists
- International Association of Sedimentologists
- International Geological Congress (IGC), 32nd Abstracts, 2004, Italy (pdf)
- International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
- Mineralogical Society of America
- National Ground Water Association
- National Science Foundation
- NSS (Nat'l Speleological Society)
- NTIS Homepage (National Technical Information Service)
- Paleontological Society
- Rocky Mountain Geological Association
- SAGEEP (Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems)
- Seismological Society of America
- State Survey Publications
- SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) (formerly: Soc. of Econ. Paleontologists & Mineralogists)
- Eastern Section SEPM
- GCS-SEPM (Gulf Coast Section SEPM)
- GLS-SEPM (Great Lakes Section SEPM)
- Pacific Section SEPM
- Permian Basin SEPM
- Rocky Mountain Section SEPM
- SEG - Society of Exploration Geophysicists
- Soil Survey (USDA) - Purdue Life Sci. Library database of holdings - 630.8784 Un7
- US Geological Survey
- Wyoming Geological Association
- Others not listed here, try: Scholarly
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Atmospheric:
- American Association of State Climatologists
- American Meteorological Society
- National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)- world's largest active archive of weather data
- National Weather Association
- National Weather Service
- World Meteorological Organization
- AccessScience - McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology online
- AGI GIS Dictionary On-line dictionary of GIS terms by the Association for Geographic Information and the University of Edinburgh Department of Geography.
- Athena Mineralogy Mineral lists (IMA approved mineral names and varieties names, updated 1999) sorted either alphabetically or arranged systematically.
- Columbia Encyclopedia - free encyclopedia; search by keyword, browse by letter, or check out the entry and illustration indexes
- Columbia Gazetteer of North America - comprehensive encyclopedia of geographical places with 50,000 entries
- Encyclopedia.com - free encyclopedia. Newly updated and expanded with more than 50,000 articles plus links giving you access to millions of articles and pictures in Electric Library.
- Encyclopedia of the Atmospheric Environment - Produced by the UK Atmosphere, Climate & Environment Information Programme, this site is designed as a one-stop resource for students and general users who have questions about atmospheric issues and terms
- Geologic Names Lexicon (GEOLEX) USGS, search tool for lithologic and geochronologic unit names
- Geologic Time Scales - USGS, contains all text from the original book in its entirety
- Geologylink Geologic Glossary Houghton Mifflin Company
- GIS Dictionary - by Association for Geographic Information and the University Of Edinburgh Department of Geography. Contains definitions for nearly one thousand terms related to Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
- McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology - AccessScience.com
- Moon Phase Calculator
- Moon Rise and Set Times (US Nat. Observatory)
- National Park Photographs/Digital Image Archives - choose a park, click on individual pictures, scroll through the individual collection, and download them free of charge.
- Oilfield Glossary - provides definitions and illustrations of oilfield terminology
- Smithsonian Physical Tables, 9th ed. - classic reference source comprises 901 tables of September 28, 2009008r interest to those involved with physics in its larger sense.
- Sun Rise and Set Times (US Nat. Observatory)
- Time Zones Map
- Volcano and Hydrologic Hazards, Features, and Terminology (USGS)
- Xrefer (reference engine)
- Databases and Directories in the Earth, Atmospheric, and Oceanic Sciences (Syracuse Univ. - metasite)
- Directory of Geos. Organizations of the World - info. on 378 org. from 160 countries and areas
- Geology & Geoscience: Indexes & General Directories (Academic Info - metasite)
- Global Change Master Directory -comprehensive directory about Earth science and global change data
- Guide to Geoscience Departments (Amer. Geological Institute)
- Guide to Mostly On-Line and Mostly Free U.S. Geospatial and Attribute Data contains a list of every state and related links to available geospatial and attribute data, Univ. of Arkansas
- Journal Abbreviation Resources (Purdue Life Sci. Library list)
- Journal Abbreviation Sources (JAS)
- Occupational Outlook Handbook, by the Bureau of Labor. Great starting place for job outlook!
- Aftercollege.com - helps find internships as well as permanent jobs
- American Meteorological Society Employment Announcements
- Career Center and Internet Resources for Geology Majors (Portland State Univ.)
- Career Network (The Chronical of Higher Education) Search jobs by key word and geographical region using their search engine. Listings are primarily for North Americanfaculty and administrative positions
- Careers in the Geosciences (AGI online brochure, informational)
- Employment in the Earth Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (Univ. of Syracuse metasite)
- Environmental Jobs and Careers
- GeoGuide: Job Opportunities (WWW) (metasite)
- Geoscience Jobs (metasite) Uni-Mainz. DE
- Geotimes Classified Ads (American Geological Institute)
- GSA Today Classified Ads (Geological Society of America)
- HireRocket - post resume; keyword search
- PaleoNet Jobs - listings for professional positions in paleontological research, and/or teaching.
- PhDs.Org Job Listings -find a job in science. Covers the application and interview process, postdocs, and both academic and nonacademic careers
- SACNAS Job Opportunities (employment opportunities for minorities)
- ScienceCareers.org - Search the last 4 weeks of Science magazine's classified and recruitment ads, add your CV or resume to the database; advertises many biological and biomedical U.S. postdoc, faculty, and professional positions and many high-profile international jobs
- US Geological Survey Employment Page
- Argus Clearinghouse (online catalog of websites)(megalist)
- Cornell University Geospatial Information Repository (CUGIR) online repository providing geospatial data and metadata for New York State. Subjects: landforms and topography, soils, hydrology,environmental hazards, agricultural activities, wildlife and natural resource management
- Earth cience Resources on the Web (UC Berkeley)
- GeoGuide (subject gateway to online information sources on Earth Sciences including Thematic Maps and Geography-metasite)
- GeologyLink (Houghton Mifflin Company, College Div.)
- Infomine; Scholarly Internet Resource Collections
- On-Line Earth Science Journals
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Surf Your Watershed
- Purdue Libraries GIS Homepage
- AGI GIS Dictionary -by the Association for Geographic Information-- Geographic Information System Dictionary
- ArcExplorer - ESRI's Free GIS Data Viewer. This freely available software offers an easy way to perform basic GIS functions.
- ArcInfo a high-end GIS with tools for automation, modification, management, analysis, and display of geographic information.
- ArcView (publishers homepage- informational only)
- Center for Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis - focused on the application of various geo-spatial technologies (remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS) and global positioning systems (GPS)) and spatial-statistical analysis/modeling techniques to the environmental, agricultural and natural resource sciences and management.
- Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) -specializes in global and regional network development, science data management, decision support, and training, education and technical consultation services. Offers several free data sets on the Downloadable Data page. The first set is its GIS formatted data, which includes the Central American Vegetation/ Land Cover Classification and Conservation Status, China Dimensions, Georeferenced Population Data Sets of Mexico, Grided Population of the World, Last of the Wild, Human Footprint, and US PUMA and TIGER files. Non-GIS formatted data include an Archive of Census Related Products and an Environmental Sustainability Index, which is a measure of overall progress towards environmental sustainability.
- Cornell University´s Geographic Information System (Cornell's Digital Earth)
- ESRI - ESRI and the ESRI Logo are licensed trademarks of Envir. Sys. Res. Inst., Inc.
- Euro GIS - European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information
- GIS Data Depot - largest FREE geo-spatial data repository on the web
- GIS Dictionary - by Association for Geographic Information and the University Of Edinburgh Department of Geography. Contains definitions for nearly one thousand terms related to Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
- GIS Interactive Map Server (Cornell Univ.)
- Indiana Spatial Data Portal - This site provides access to more than 1.4 Terabytes of Indiana GIS data. Most data sets are available to the public for download and have no use restrictions
- Indiana State Wide Aerial Photos - 2005 Indiana Orthophotography Project
- USGS Digital Raster Graphics scanned image of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) standard series topographic map, including all map collar information.
- Wabash River Valley Aerial Photos, 1929 - digital scans of the "Mosiac of Wabash River, Indiana: Terre Haute to Logansport". Taken by the US Army Corps of Engineers, these are the very first aerial photos ever taken for commercial use.
Map Links
- Access USGS San Francisco Bay and Delta
- CGRER Netsurfing: Maps & References (Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research) Univ. of Iowa
- Central Intelligence Agency Maps & Publications
- Digital Atlas of the USA 2000 (USGS)
- Geolex Geologic Names Lexicon USGS
- GEOnet Names Server (National Geospatial Intelligence Agency). (foreign geographic feature names)
- GIS Interactive Map Server (Cornell Univ.)
- Google Earth (requires free download) 3-D color satellite photo maps
- Map-Related Web Sites
- NASA's Clickable Map of the World
- National Park Service
- Ohio State University Center for Mapping
- Panoramic Maps of Cities in the U.S. and Canada, 1847-1929 (bird's eye view)
- SRTM - Shuttle Radar Topography Mapping --Mapping the Earth in 3-Dimensions
- Tapestry of Time and Terrain USGS has compiled existing topographic and geologic maps of the lower 48 states of the United States into a single digital tapestry
- TerraServer - USGS Topographic Maps (Microsoft)
- The TIGER Map Service Map Browser
- Topology Atlas (York Univ.)
- Topozone.com
- USA Color Landforms Atlas
- U.S. Census Bureau's U.S. Gazetteer
- USGS Western Mapping Center
- APA Electronic Reference Format
- Guide for Citing Electronic Information
- OWL at Purdue (Online Writing Lab) (APA Styling and Format)
- Style Guide: USGS Suggestions to Authors
- Writing Guides and Style Manuals (Purdue Library)
Copyright Information
- Compiler Press' Compleat World Copyright Website
- Copyright Management Center, IUPUI (recommended)
- Copyright Resources Online
- U.S. Copyright Office
USGS
- USGS.gov - USGS homepage
- TerraServer - USGS Topographic Maps (Microsoft) -Includes satellite imagery where available
- USGS Books and Other Publications
- USGS Digital Raster Graphics (DRG) (USGS)
- EROS Data Center: Earth resources observation systems
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
- USGS National Geologic Map Database
- USGS Publications Warehouse - Search bibliographic citations and obtain USGS products
