Earth Sciences

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Subject Databases

• Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences (or Physical Sciences)
• Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology
• GeoRef
• GEOSCAN (Publications of the Geological Survey of Canada)
• GeoScienceWorld

Some Related Databases

• Academic Search Complete
• ASTIS (Arctic Science and Technology Information System) Database
• Canadian Business and Current Affairs
• Canadian Publishers Collection
• Dissertations and Theses (Proquest)
• ETDEWEB
• Environment Index
• Erudit
• Eureka.cc (Biblio Branchée)
• Expanded Academic ASAP
• GreenFILE
• Geobase
• Ontario Scholars Portal NRC (National Research Council) Journals
  • Cambridge Suite(alternative access)
  • Oxford Suite(alternative access)
  • Science Direct (including Earth Sciences)(alternative access)
  • Springer LINK service(alternative access)
  • WILEY Online Journals (alternative access)
• Science Citation Index
• WorldCat

Some Internet Portals

• GeoGuide
• Scirus

Research Aids

General

• Canadian Minerals Yearbook
• Geologic Time: The Story of a Changing Earth

Book Reviews

• Book Review Digest Restrospective: 1908-1982
• Canadian Book Review Annual (on-campus access only)

Atlas

• Crown Land Use Atlas

Data Sources

• Geobase
• United Nations Common Database

Dictionaries

• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Earth Science (In Print - 2nd Floor: Ref. QE 5 C66 1990)
• Dictionary of Geologic Terms
• OED (Oxford English Dictionary)

Encyclopedias

• AccessScience (McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Online)
• Encyclopædia Britannica On-line
• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
• Encyclopædia Universalis
• International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences