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Associations
and Surveys:
Geological:
AAPG (American
Association of Petroleum Geologists)
Eastern Section
AAPG
Gulf Coast Section AAPG
Pacific Section
AAPG
Southwest
Section AAPG
AGI (AGIWEB) (American Geological Institute Webpage)
Geologic
Guidebooks of North America Database
Guide
to Geoscience Departments
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
GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition, 2008, Houston
Cordilleran
Section - GSA
North
Central Section-GSA
Northeastern
Section - GSA
Rocky
Mountain Section - GSA
South-Central
Section - GSA
Southeastern
Section - GSA
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
Professional
Organizations and Societies (by
Colorado School of Mines)
Rocky
Mountain Geological Association
SAGEEP
(Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental
Problems)
Seismological
Society of America
State Survey Publications
--Indiana Geological Survey
--Indiana
Geological Survey. First Annual Report, 1869
--Indiana
Geological Survey. Second Annual Report, 1870
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
Societies Project
Atmospheric:
American
Association of State Climatologists
American Meteorological Society
National Weather Association
National Weather Service
World Meteorological Organization
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias/Gazetteers/Photo
Archives
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
Dictionary
of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations -Explanations
for acronyms commonly encountered in Quaternary studies
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 general interest to
April 28, 2008
r 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)
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Directories
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)
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Employment
Opportunities
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
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Gateways:
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
Science 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
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GIS
(Geographic Information Systems) Resources
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
Load ArcIMS interactive viewer:
http://129.79.145.5/arcims/framework/ortho/Run.htm
U.S.
Army: GRASS information-Geographic
Resources Analysis Support
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. INTRODUCTION and MAPS
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
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Citing
References
Columbia
Guide to Online Style
Guide
for Citing Electronic Information
OWL Web page
also:
Electronic Styles: A Handbook for Citing Electronic Information
by
Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane (808.02 L612e 1996 - in HSSE, UGRL, KRAN
and LIFE)
Copyright
Information
Compiler
Press' Compleat World Copyright Website
Copyright Management Center,
IUPUI (recommended)
Copyright
Resources Online
U.S. Copyright Office
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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
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