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Reference Handbook Databases

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Includes McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
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Includes World of Earth Science
Oxford Reference Online
Includes Oxford Companion to the Earth
Sage Knowledge eBooks
Includes Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science

Periodicals

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Environmental Geology	Geological Magazine	Geology Today
GSA Today	Journal of Petrology	U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
U.S. Geological Survey Circular

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In our print collection:Earth (formerly Geotimes)

Books, Handbooks and Web Resources

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Handbooks and Web Resources

Encyclopedia of Earth Science Series. Major reference work in the field, issued in parts. See also specific titles:

Encyclopedia of coastal science. (Ref 551.457 Sch95) Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Springer, c2005
Encyclopedia of environmental science. (Ref 333.7 AL26) Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1999
Encyclopedia of field and general geology. (Ref 550.3 F495) New York :Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1988
Encyclopedia of geomagnetism and paleomagnetism. (Ref 538.703 G932) Dordrecht : Springer, c2007.
Encyclopedia of hydrology and water resources (Ref 551.48 H438) Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, 1998
The Encyclopedia of structural geology and plate tectonics. (Ref 551.1 Se94) Publisher New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1987

General

Glossary of geology. (Ref 550.3 B319) Alexandria, Va. : American Geological Institute, c1987
Companion encyclopedia of geography : from local to global. 2 vols. (Ref 910 D746) Publisher London : Routledge, 2007.

California

California Geological Survey - Maps, hazards, reports, news.
Geologic atlas of California. (Atlas Case 557.94 C128 GA ) San Francisco: California. Division of Mines and Geology
California Department of Water Resources - Data and Reports including the Water Data Library. At the bottom, browse topics A-Z.
California State Water Resources Control Board - Water quality, water rights.
Geology of California. (Ref 557.94 N797) New York: Wiley, 1990.
San Francisco Estuary Project. Local/State/Federal partnership to carry out the Comprehensive Conservation and management Plan for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. Includes An Introduction to the San Francisco Estuary and State of the Estuary Annual Reports (2008).
California Water Atlas. (Ref oversize 912.794 K122) Sacramento: The Governor's Office, 1979.

Hydrology - Water Issues

Rivers of North America. (Ref 551.483 B438) Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2005
Freshwater Issues. (Ref 333.91 Sm68) Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2002.
Water: science and issues. 4 vols. (GVRL online) New York: Macmillan, 2003.
Hydrology and the management of watersheds. (ebrary ebook) Ames, Ia. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

National

U.S. Geological Survey - News, reports, maps. Earthquake Hazards. Real-time maps.
National Geologic Map Database - Standardized collection of maps from many sources, including USGS and Association of American State Geologists
Berkeley Earth - Earth temperature and climate science data sets

Global Volcanism Program - From the Smithsonian.

Field Guides

Field Guides and Handbooks

Rocks and Minerals

The Library's field guides can be checked-out so they are useful in the field! Here is a selection:

Minerals and rocks : exercises in crystal and mineral chemistry, crystallography, X-ray powder diffraction, mineral and rock identification, and ore mineralogy (2nd floor 549 K672). Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2008
Sediments, diagenesis, and sedimentary rocks. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2005
Igneous rocks: a classification and glossary of terms : recommendations of the International Union of Geological Sciences, Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002
Metamorphic rocks and their geodynamic significance : a petrological handbook. Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2002
Deformation microstructures and mechanisms in minerals and rocks. Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2000
The Audubon Society field guide to North American rocks and minerals. (2nd floor 549.1 C426) New York : Knopf, 1978
Rocks and minerals of the San Francisco Bay region. (2nd floor 549.9 B675) Berkeley, University of California Press, 1966,c1962
Franciscan and related rocks and their significance in the geology of western California. (2nd floor 557.94 C128 B183) San Francisco, 1964
Earth materials : introduction to mineralogy and petrology. (2nd floor 549 K672e) New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013
Introduction to mineralogy. (oversize, 3rd floor 549 N373) New York : Oxford University Press, 2000
Principles of igneous and metamorphic petrology. (oversize, 3rd floor 552.1 P549) New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Geology

Geology and natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area : a field-trip guidebook : (2nd floor 557.94 St66 ) Menlo Park, Calif. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 2001
Roadside geology of Northern and Central California / Alt, David D. (2nd floor 557.94 AL79a) Missoula, Mont. : Mountain Press, 2000
Field guide to the geology and metamorphism of the Franciscan Complex and Western Metamorphic Belt of northern California. (2nd floor 557.94 Sch32) Sacramento, CA : California Dept. of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology, 1992
Geologic guidebook to the Point Reyes area, Northern California. (2nd floor 557.9462 B497) Ventura, CA : Pacific Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, c1990

Style Guides - Citing Sources

Scientific style and format: the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers. (Ref 808.0665 C832) Reston, VA: Council of Science Editors in cooperation with the Rockefeller University Press, 2006.

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