Geological & Planetary Sciences

Jim O'Donnell
210 North Mudd
MS 100-23
(626) 395-6699

Tony Diaz
Library Assistant

 

The Library serves the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, collecting and providing access to materials in the fields of earth and planetary geology, geophysics, geochemistry, seismology, and paleontology. More information is available about the library, including instructions on wheelchair access .

Databases/ Indexes

Field of research

Important databases

Geology GeoRef, Web of Knowledge, National Geologic Map Database
Geophysics GeoRef, Inspec, Web of Knowledge
Geochemistry SciFinder Scholar, GeoRef
Planetary Science GeoRef, Inspec, ADS
Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Engineering Abstracts, Quakeline, CompendexWeb

Current Earthquake Information

Latest California Earthquakes Pacific Northwest Earthquakes Other Regions

Historical Earthquake Information

National Earthquake Information Center's Earthquake Lists, including:

Frequently Asked Questions; Earthquake Lists, Facts and Statistics; US Seismicity and Earthquake History; World Seismicity 1975-95; Largest Earthquakes in the World; Largest US Earthquakes; Other Large US Earthquakes; Earthquakes Magnitude 7 and Greater.

Stover, Carl W., Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989. U.S. Geological Survey, 1993.
(Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527)
GEOL Ref QE535.2.U6 E27 1993. For other locations, see CLAS.

For specific earthquakes, see the subject heading Earthquakes -- [country or state] in CLAS, or go to GeoRef.

Other earthquake information sites

Glossaries, dictionaries, etc.

(see also Specific Subject Pages)

Glossary of Geology, 4th edition Geology Ref QE5 .G37 1997 See CLAS

Agencies

California Geological Survey (formerly California Division of Mines and Geology)

 

Southern California Earthquake Center

Southern California Earthquake Center Education Module

Southern California Seismic Network

 

Organizations and Institutions

For groups not listed here, try a Google search.

National and International

Regional

Geoscience Library Catalogs

Publishers

For others, try Books in Print, Yahoo...Publishers or agencies or organizations lists, above

Specific subject pages

Earthquakes Earthquake Engineering & Hazards Geochemistry

Geographic Names
(including latitude and longitude)

Geology Geology of California Geomorphology &
Remote Sensing
Geophysics
Glaciology Global Change Mapping & GIS
(including data)
Maps
Meteorites & Craters Minerals & Mineralogy Planetary Science &
Earth imagery
Plate Tectonics
Volcanology

Other aggregating sources