Use Socrates, Stanford's catalog, to determine the location and availability of books, journal titles, field guides, maps, data files, and technical reports. Try a "keyword" search or use the following Library of Congress Subject Headings:
climatic changes--environmental aspects
earthquakes--california
geology, stratigraphic--permian
plate tectonics
Databases:
Databases will lead you to articles in journals and papers in conference proceedings and technical reports.
AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists)
Access to AAPG articles also available through GeoScienceWorld.
ESPM (Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management, 1967+) content includes environmental sciences including air, land, water and noise pollution, bacteriology, ecology, toxicology, risk assessment, environmental biotechnology and engineering, waste management, water resources, policies and regulations, and U.S. federal environmental impact statements.
GeoRef (1693+) covers the geology of North America from 1693 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. The database includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from US and Canadian universities are also covered.
GeoScienceWorld (includes access to GeoRef and full-text journals)
PAIS (1972+) had articles on agriculture, forestry, energy resources, environment, and policy issues in these and other areas.
SciSearch (1945+) is a multidisciplinary index to the literature of science, technology, and biomedicine. It is part of a larger group of databases called SearchPlus which also includes access to BIOSIS, Engineering Index, and Inspec.
SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers) online e-library
