Science Guide: Geology/Earth Sciences
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 | *R QE372 .D23 |
Handbook of mineralogy | *R QE366.8 .H36 |
Handbook of physical properties of rocks | *R QE431.6 .P5.H36 |
Manual of mineralogy, c1999 | *R QE372 .K54 |
Mineral reference manual | *R QE372.2 .N53 |
Marine | Call Number |
Coral reefs of the world | *R QE565 .C67 |
Miscellaneous | Call Number |
Geologic time scale 1989 | *R QE508 .G3956 |