This is a selective list of ready reference resources available on the open shelves at the lower level of SIBL. Areas of topics covered include: minerals, gems, volcanoes, rocks, and fossils as well as related fields of oceanography, meteorology and astronomy. These sources may provide a quick answer to your question, or help you focus your research topic needs. If you have additional questions, please feel free to speak to a librarian at the McGraw Desk on SIBL's lower level.
Atlases/Maps
Call Number
Index to maps in earth science publications,1963-1983
*R QE36 .V36
World atlas of geology and mineral deposits
*R QE26.2 .D47
Directories
Call Number
Directory of geoscience depts, North America
*R QE47.A1 .D57
Earth and astronomical sciences research centres: a world directory of organizations and programmes
*R QE40 .E25
World palaeontological collections
*R QE716.G72 .L633
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
Call Number
Dictionary of gemmology, c1988
*R QE392 .R39
Encyclopedia of earth system science, c1991
*R QE5.5 .E514
Encyclopedia of earthquakes and volcanoes, c2001
*R QE521 .R58
Encyclopedia of paleontology, c1999
*R QE703 .E58
Magill’s survey of science. Earth science series
*R QE28 .M33
McGraw-Hill dictionary of geology and mineralogy c2003
*R QE5 .M3654
By Geographic Areas
Call Number
Gems & minerals of America; guide to rock collecting, c1974
*R QE392.5 .U5.R36
Geology of New York City and environs, c1968
*R QE78.3 .S38 (McGraw Desk)
Geology of New York : a simplified account, c2000
*R QE145 .G42
Rocks, minerals & fossils of the world
*R QE366.8 .P45
Geological Phenomena
Call Number
Earthquakes, tides, unidentified sounds, and related phenomena: a catalog of geophysical anomalies
*R QE53 .C65
Volcanoes of the world: a regional directory, Gazetteer, and chronology of volcanism during the last 10,000 years
*R QE522 .V92
Handbooks/Manuals
Call Number
Dana’s new mineralogy: the system of mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana
