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UIUC Library Gateway
Connect to Geology Electronic Journals
Connect to All UIUC Electronic Resources
Locations of Print Geology Journals
Find Specific Journals and Articles
Find Articles for Undergraduate Papers

UIUC Library Search Assistant (New!)

Find Books & More:

Online Catalogs:

UIUC Library Gateway
UIUC Online Catalog

Illinios Libraries Online Catalogs (I-Share)
WorldCat (Worldwide)
Search Multiple U.S. Online Catalogs
Other Online Library Catalogs
ISGS Publications Catalog
USGS Library Catalog
Environment Canada Library

E-books:

Google Books
Live Search Books - Microsoft
Internet Archive; Texts
Amazon.com (some tables of contents, etc.)
USGS Contents
Million Books Project

Springer Books (Use the online catalog advanced mode, type "SpringerLink" as author and if you want to limit to the Earth Sciences, in the second search box, add "Earth and Environmental Science" (as a phrase), and search by "Any Words." Also
, you can check the Springer site directly. (Sometimes it takes a while for Springer e-books to appear in our online catalog.)

Other:

AAPG Special Publications - full text (includes memoirs)

Conference Papers Index

Field Trip Guidebooks Database

Geological Survey of Canada Publications (some free downloads)

Illinois Online Soil Survey Manuscripts - NRCS
Illinois Soil Survey Maps - NRCS

National Academy Press - many books with full text

PapersFirst - Identifies papers from congresses, conferences, expositions, workshops, symposia, and meetings

Proceedings First - Identifies conference proceedings

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A.

SciVee - Science video-sharing site

Theses and Dissertations

ProQuest Digital Dissertations (USA) - many with full text

Canadian Theses and Dissertations - Full Text (Theses Canada Portal)

DissOnline - German Dissertations

Index to Theses - Great Britain and Ireland

USGS Publications Warehouse - many with links to full text; searchable

USGS Contents - a good way to connect to full text USGS publications

Virtual Technical Reports Center - U. Maryland Libraries

Find Geologic Maps & Other Maps:

Find Articles:

GeoRef - Geology and related

Web of Science (ISI) - Interdisciplinary

UIUC Library Gateway

AGU Digital Library

Bibliography of Illinois Geology - ISGS Library

Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS) - includes environmental and paleontology

Current Contents - Interdisciplinary

Directory of Open Access Journals; Earth and Environmental Sciences

Energy Citations Database - bibliographic records for energy and energy-related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy (DOE)

Engineering Village (Compendex, INSPEC, NTIS) - Engineering & Applied Science

ENTREZ (Life Sciences Search Engine from NCBI)

Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management

GeoBase - Geology, geography, and related

Geologic Names Lexicon - for articles related to geologic formations and units, including revisions

GeoScienceWorld - UIUC does NOT have a subscription. You can search the database, but you will need to access articles from the UIUC ORR.

Infotrieve Article Finder (searching is free; they charge for articles, so check UIUC resources)

Institute on Lake Superior Geology Publications Search

SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts) - from Geology Library computers (or go to the Chemistry Library)

Science.gov - gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results. Includes some articles in commercial publications.

Technology Research (CSA) - 1962-present; Over 4,000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade literature, patents, books, and press releases in all engineering fields.

USGS Illinois Water Science Center Searchable Publications Database

USGS Online Publications Index (Central Region) - Includes links to Bulletins, Circulars, Fact Sheets, Open File Reports, Professional Papers, and more

USGS Publications Warehouse - many with links to full text; searchable

Water Resources Abstracts - Water and environmental

Zoological Record - includes paleonology

Search Multiple Journals for Full Text Articles:

American Geophysical Union - Search AGU publications
Ingenta - Browse or search publications
JSTOR (Includes older issues of Science and others)
Springer/Kluwer Online Journals
Science Direct - Elsevier Onine Journals

Find Articles for Undergraduate Papers:

Search the Web for Articles & Web Pages:

Scirus - A science-specific search engine; returns journal results and Web results
Scopus - (Elsevier)
Google Scholar

Search Repositories

PerX Engineering Repository Cross Search Pilot Project - searches across a variety of digital repositories of interest to the engineering

Links to Services

Interlibrary Loan
Document Delivery (see DocExpress)

Contact the Geology Librarian: luraj at uiuc dot edu (Or call: 217-333-1266)

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