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Library Research Guides

This guide is designed to highlight some resources for your projects.

The Geology & Geography Library Research Guide contains more information about Geology library resources. The Art & Art History Library Research Guides will also have useful sources for your research. The Finding Images and Search Engines sections of the Multimedia Projects Guide and the ARTSTOR database may help you find images for your final paper.

Mary Glackin is the LITS liaison for Geology and is here to help you

Finding Library Resources

Discover
A combined database made up of many individual resources including the library catalog and the majority of our subject-specific databases.

Search the library catalog only (enter search terms and then limit) or dozens of databases together. A great place to start your research on almost any topic.
GeoRef
The GeoRef database, established by the American Geosciences Institute in 1966, provides access to the geoscience literature of the world.
GeoScienceWorld
GSW provides a single point of access to 46 full-text scholarly journals plus specialized searching capabilities and links to millions of relevant resources hosted elsewhere on the Web.
Web of Science
Access the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities and examine proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions. In addition to the core Web of Science collection our expanded access subscription also includes multiple other databases. Use the drop down menu on the home page to see a title list.

Five College Library Catalog
Search for books in the Five College combined library catalogue.

Other Resources

Among the resources that can provide additional information for your work are the online catalogs of various museums. These websites also provide examples of formatting for online exhibition catalogs.

Here's a list of natural history museums to begin your search:

American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
British Natural History Museum, London, England
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, CT
The Field Museum, Chicago, IL

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