Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Handbooks, Atlases

Listed here are a selected few of the dictionaries and handbooks available in Branner Library, designed to give you a flavor of the types of information available. Either come in and browse the shelves or browse SOCRATES if you can't find the information you need in one of these.

A-D

• AccessScience: The Online Encyclopedia of Science & Technology (Stanford Only)
• AGI (Association of Geographic Information) GIS (Geographical Information Systems) Dictionary, revised ed. - includes definitions for 980 terms "which either relate directly to GIS or which GIS users may come across in the course of their work." University of Edinburgh
• Atlas of Antarctic Research
• Australian Geological Survey Organization: Stratigraphic Names Database and GEODX: Bibliography of Australian Stratigraphy
• BEILSTEIN Handbook of Organic Chemistry; 1779 to the present. May include more than 350 chemical and physical data fields of critically evaluated data for any compound. Stanford only.

  Beilstein Dictionary — for users of the Beilstein Handbook of Organic Chemistry

• BP Amoco Statistical Review of World Energy
• Britannica Online (Stanford only)
• The Columbia Gazetteer of the World
• Combined Chemical Dictionary
• (Deer, Howie, and Zussman) Rock-forming minerals: Branner Library Reference collection, QE364.2.RD45 1978 (2nd edition) v. 1A. Orthosilicates — v. 1B. Disilicates and ring silicates — v. 2A. Single-chain silicates — v.2B. Double-chain silicates — v. 5B. Non-silicates: sulphates, carbonates, phosphates, halides
• Dictionary of Substances and Their Effects Database data for the accurate assessment of the risks associated with the use of chemicals of enviromental concern."

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Handbooks

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E

• Encyclopedia of applied geology: Branner Library Reference, QE501 .E56 V.13
• Encyclopedia of Associations — includes National, International, Regional, State, and Local Associations, part of Gale's Ready Reference Shelf (Stanford only)
• Encyclopedia of atmospheric sciences and astrogeology: Branner Library Reference, QE501 .E56 V.2
• Encyclopedia of beaches and coastal environments: Branner Library Reference, QE501 .E56 V.15
• Encyclopedia of climate and weather: Branner Library Reference, QC854 .E523 1996
• Encyclopedia of climatology: Branner Library Reference, QE501 .E56 V.11
• Encyclopedia of earth sciences series: Branner Library Reference, QE501 .E56 V.1-22. List of volumes
• Encyclopedia of earth system science: Branner Library Reference, QE515 .F24
• Encyclopedia of field and general geology: Branner Library Reference, QE501 .E56 V.14
• Encyclopedia of geochemistry: Branner Library Reference, QE501 .E56 V.21
• Encyclopedia of environmental sciences: Branner Library Reference, QE501 .E56 V.20
• Encyclopedia of European and Asian regional geology: Branner Library Reference, QE501 .E56 V.19
• Encyclopedia of igneous and metamorphic petrology: Branner Library Reference, QE501 .E56 V.17
• Encyclopedia of mineralogy: Branner Library Reference, QE501 .E56 V.4B
• Encyclopedia of oceanography: Branner Library Reference, QE501 .E56 V.1
• Encyclopedia of paleontology: Branner Library Reference, QE501 .E56 V.7
• Encyclopedia of planetary sciences: Branner Library Reference, QE501 .E56 V.18 + CD-Rom
• Encyclopedia of sedimentology: Branner Library Reference, QE501 .E56 V.6
• Encyclopedia of soil science: Branner Library Reference, S592.E53 2002
• Encyclopedia of soil science, Rhodes Fairbridge, ed.: Branner Library Reference, QE501 .E56 V.12
• Encyclopedia of solid earth geophysics: Branner Library Reference, QE501 .E56 V.16
• Encyclopedia of structural geology and plate tectonics: Branner Library Reference, QE501 .E56 V.10
• Encyclopedia of world regional geology Part I: Western Hemisphere: Branner Library Reference, QE501 .E56 V.8
• English Language Dictionaries
• Equilibrium activity diagrams: for coexisting minerals and aqueous solutions at pressures and temperatures to 5 KB and 6000C: Branner Library Reference, QD503 .B68 1984

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Handbooks

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F-H

• Fundamental physical constants
• General Earthquake Information and Glossary of Seismology
• Geochemical Reference Materials [USGS] Element concentration for rock types.
• Geographical Names of Canada
• Geographical Names Information System
• GEOLEX: Geologic Names Lexicon [GEOLEX is a search tool for U.S. lithologic and geochronologic unit names.]
• Glossary of Geology: Branner Library Reference, QE5 .B38 1997
• Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry 1772 to the present. Includes ceramics, glasses, minerals. May include more than 800 chemical and physical data fields of critically evaluated properties for any compound. Stanford only.
• Handbook of geochemistry: Branner Library Lock Stacks, QE515 .W42. Chapter listing
• Handbook of mineralogy Branner Library Reference, QE366.8 .H36 1990
• Handbook of physical constants Branner Library Reference, 550.6 .G345m no.97. List of data included
• Handbuch der physik Branner Library Reference, QC21 .H327. Geophysics Sections

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Handbooks

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 I -K

• International Lexicon of Stratigraphic Names: Branner Bibliographies and Indexes, QE645 .I57 1956 List of sections

  British Geological Survey (BGS) Lexicon of Named Rock Units

  [U.S.] GEOLEX: Geologic Names Lexicon

• International Research Centers Directory, part of Gale's Ready Reference Shelf. Stanford only.
• International tables for crystallography: Branner and Swain Library Reference, QD908 .I56 1995
• All that JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources
• Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology Articles on atmospheric modeling, groundwater, ozone, geothermal, natural gas, petroleum, etc.

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Handbooks

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L-O

• (Landolt-Bornstein Numerical Data & Functional Relationships in Science & Technology, New ser.)Branner Library Reference, QC61 .L332 GROUP 5. Physical properties of rocks; and Geophysics of the solid earth, the moon and the planets.
• Landolt-Bornstein Elastische, piezoelektrische, piezooptische und elektrooptische Konstanten von Kristallen.Branner Library Reference, QC61 .L332 GROUP 3. Crystallography
• Lexicon of Clay Minerals
• List of terms of hydrogeology, geochemistry, and geothermal of mineral and thermal waters: Branner Library Reference, GB1001.4 .L35 1984
• Mineral physics & crystallography: Branner Library Reference, QE366.8 .M55 1995
• MINERAL--THE CSIRO/ALEPH Mineralogical Database (Nickel and Nichols): Branner Library: Workstation C
• Minerals Information, USGS Statistics and information on the worldwide supply, demand, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy, the national security, and protection of the environment.
• Oxford English Dictionary OED Online edition (Stanford only)

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Handbooks

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P-Z

• Periodic Tables of Elements
• Quaternary Dictionary of Acronyms
• Research Centers Directory part of Gale's Ready Reference Shelf Stanford only.
• Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
• Static Petroleum Measurement
• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers (Stanford only)
• Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry Covers subjects like ecology and ecotoxicology, environmental management of the chemical industry, soils, groundwater, ozone, etc. physical properties of natural gas and petroleum. Stanford only.
• Volcanoes of the World: Gazetteer of Volcano Names, Synonyms, and Subfeatures Paper copy: Branner Reference, QE522 .V92 1994
• Water Encyclopedia: Branner and Engineering Library Reference, TD351 .V36
• Wind Energy Resource Atlas of the United States

The encyclopedia of earth sciences series: Earth Sciences Reference QE501 .E56

• Encyclopedia of applied geology QE501 .E56 V.13
• Encyclopedia of atmospheric sciences and astrogeology QE501 .E56 V.2
• Encyclopedia of beaches and coastal environments QE501 .E56 V.15
• Encyclopedia of climatology QE501 .E56 V.11
• Encyclopedia of environmental sciences QE501 .E56 V.20
• Encyclopedia of European and Asian regional geology QE501 .E56 V.19
• Encyclopedia of field and general geology QE501 .E56 V.14
• Encyclopedia of geochemistry QE501 .E56 V.21
• Encyclopedia of geomorphology QE501 .E56 V.3
• Encyclopedia of hydrology and water resources QE501 .E56 V.22
• Encyclopedia of igneous and metamorphic petrology QE501 .E56 V.17
• Encyclopedia of mineralogy QE501 .E56 V.4B
• Encyclopedia of oceanography QE501 .E56 V.1
• Encyclopedia of paleontology QE501 .E56 V.7
• Encyclopedia of planetary sciences QE501 .E56 V.18 (text and CD-Rom)
• Encyclopedia of sedimentology QE501 .E56 V.6
• Encyclopedia of sediments and sedimentary rocks QE501 .E56 V.23
• Encyclopedia of soil science Pt.I QE501 .E56 V.12
• Encyclopedia of solid earth geophysics QE501 .E56 V.16
• Encyclopedia of structural geology and plate tectonics QE501 .E56 V.10
• Encyclopedia of world regional geology Pt I: Western Hemisphere QE501 .E56 V.8

Handbook of geochemistry by K.H. Wedepohl.: Located in the Branner Library Locked stacks: QE515.W42.

Summary: Each chapter covers one element of the periodic table (ordered by atomic number), and is subdivided as follows: A - Crystal chemistry; B - Isotopes in nature; C - Abundance in cosmos, meteorites, and tektites; D - Abundance in rock-forming minerals, phase equilibria; E - Abundance in common igneous rocks; F - Behavior in magmatic processes; G - Behavior during weathering and alteration of rocks; H - Solubilities of compounds which control concentration of the element in natural waters; adsorption; valences in nature; I - abundance in natural waters and in the atmosphere; K - Abundance in common sediments and sedimentary rocks; L - Biogeochemistry; M - Abundance in common metamorphic rocks; N - Behavior in metamorphic reactions; O - Relations to other elements, economic importance, etc.

Handbook of physical constants Branner Library Reference, 550.6 .G345m no.97. Data included:

• 1 Compositions of rocks;
• 2 Abundances of the elements;
• 3 Isotopic abundances and 1961 atomic weights;
• 4 Densities of rocks;
• 5 X-ray crystalographic data, densities, molar volumes of minerals;
• 6 Themal expansion;
• 7 Compressibility;
• 8 Internal friction in rocks;
• 9 Seismic velocities;
• 10 Geodetic data;
• 11 Strength and ductility;
• 12 Viscosity;
• 13 Melting & transformation points/oxides & silicates/low pressure;
• 14 Phase relations/sulfides;
• 15 High-pressure phase equilibria;
• 16 PVT & phase relations/water & CO2;
• 17 Binary mixtures of volatile components;
• 18 Ionizations constants in aqueous solutions;
• 19 Solubility;
• 20 Thermodynamic properties of minerals;
• 21 Thermal conductivity;
• 22 Heat flow and volcanic temperatures;
• 23 Radioactive decay constants and energies;
• 24 Abundances of U, Th, K;
• 25 Magnetic properites of rocks and minerals;
• 26 Electrical properties of rocks and minerals;
• 27 Conversion factors, numerical constants, atomic constants

International Geological Congress. Commission de stratigraphie. Lexique stratigraphique international or International Lexicon of Stratigraphic Names

Branner Library Reference, QD503.B68 1984

• v.1 Europe
• v.2 U.R.S.S.
• v.3 Asie
• v.4 Afrique
• v.5 Amerique du Sud
• v.6 Oceanie
• v.7 Amerique du Nord.
• v.8 Termes stratigraphiques majeurs

A few scattered volumes of the second edition have been published. The United States volume is up-to-date and has been published as GEOLEX or GEONAMES (U.S. Geological Survey, 1996).