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GEOLEX - National Geologic Map Database, Geologic Names Lexicon

Associations Unlimited - search for associations by subject, location, acronym, etc.
Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates
Columbia Gazetteer
Dictionary/Thesaurus (Merriam-Webster)
Dictionary of Abbreviations & Acronyms in Geographic Info Systems, Cartography & Remote Sensing
Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms
Journal Citation Reports - rankings and impact factors of science journals 2000+
Journal Citation Reports - 1994 thru 2000 (click "open" then click in the black window)
Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Reference Online PREMIUM - Earth & Environmental Sciences
Rock Properties Database
Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols and Abbreviations
Water Resources Databases
Water Words Dictionary

 


 

Databases
Agricola index
EBSCOhost

Geologic Guidebooks of North America Database
Geologic Mapping of Washington State, 1899-2003 - pdf file
GeoRef
Navigator of Scientific Publications
Water Resources Abstracts
Wilson Web

 


 

Organizations
Geology Departments (Universities worldwide)
State Geological Surveys (list by California Geological Survey)
State Geological Suvey's Publications and Ordering List
USGS
International Geological Surveys
International Palaeoentomological Society (IPS)
Canadian Geologic Sites
Societies

 


 

Full Text
Digital Dissertations - Full text available for Univ. of Iowa dissertations from 1998 to the present

Geoscience E-Journals - Access to online journals in Geoscience and related fields




E-Books -
Theory of the Earth by Don Anderson
Geological Society of Iowa Guidebooks
State Geological Surveys' online documents
Glacial Lake Agassiz (USGS Monograph XXV)
Iowa's Groundwater Basics: A Geological Guide to the Occurance, Use and Vulnerability of Iowa's Aquifers from the Iowa Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey online documents
Water Quality Report 2005 from the University of Iowa Water Plant


 

Miscellaneous
Careers in Geoscience
Earth Science Book Reviews Database Search
Earth Science Picture of the Day
Global Volcanism Program--Smithsonian National Museum
MapQuest (includes maps of National Parks)
Maps of Recent US Earthquake Activity
Publish Not Perish: The Art & Craft of Publishing in Scholarly Journals
Digital Sanborn Maps - more than 660,000 Sanborn maps chart the growth and development of more than 12,000 American towns and cities.
Terraserver - satellite imagery and aerial photography. You can view all imagery for free, down to 8 meters of detail. As a subscriber, you can view high- resolution images of 1 or 2 meters of detail and purchase the images immediately.
TopoZone (free topos online)
British National Archive of Geological Photographs
Virtual Field Trips
WILSIM Web-based Interactive Landform Simulation Model - "An educational tool to help you understand how landform evolve under different scenarios you select"

 


 

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Paleobotany
Paleontology
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