GEOLOGY 211
RESEARCH METHODS:  Minerals

DeLaMare Library
Wednesday, September 20, 2006

 

• Primary library web site:   http://www.library.unr.edu/
• Subject web page:  Geological Sciences
        http://www.library.unr.edu/subjects/subject.aspx?p_subj=25
  
  NOTE:  links to e-journal lists and all databases
   
• online catalog >  http://innopac.library.unr.edu/ 
  specialized dictionaries / encyclopedias / handbooks 
  these are not primary references -  useful for general review and lists of additional,
  possibly primary references:
  
  Examples:
  Dana's New Mineralogy - DeLaMare Library Ref. QE 372 .D23 1997
     manual of new mineral names 1892 - 1978 -
     DeLaMare Ref   QE357 .M36 1980
  Encyclopedia of Mineral Names  - DeLaMare Ref.  QE 357 .B53 1997
  Minerals of Nevada - DeLaMare Ref.   QE375.5  .N3 C37 2004
   NOTE: Reference works often contain lists of primary citations.
   
• Databases:   multiple entries >  'Subjects...> Geological Sciences > Best Resources' and from 'Databases'
   
  • GeoRef  > the geology database  -  2 million records with link to UNR
    online catalog
  • MinAbs  > 124,000 citations from 1982 +      Search Abstracts >
  • ChemAbstracts (SciFinder 2006)   Explore > Research Topics >  [print > Standard]
  • Science Citation Abstracts >  indicates citations of the article and by
    the article
    
    Some overlap, but not entirely!
     
• Writing and Research Guides:
  
  • Style  Guides for Research Papers - online resources - includes internet citation
    guides
  • Communicating in science:  writing a scientific paper.  
    DeLaMare Library, Life & Health Sciences Library, TMCC (Reno)  Q223 .B664 1993
    
  • A field guide for science writers:  the official guide of the National Association of Science Writers         
    DeLaMare Library   T 11 .F52 1998
  • Geowriting:  a guide to writing, editing, and printing in earth science. 
    DeLaMare Ref.  QE48.85 .C63 1995
  • Science and technical writing: a manual of style 
    DeLaMare Library  Ref.  T11 .S378  2001  and Main Library
  • Scientific papers and presentations 
    DeLaMare Library   T 11 .D324 1997
  • Organization and content of a typical geologic report.  AIPG.  
    DeLaMare Library  QE 48.85 . O7326 1993
  • Suggestions to Authors...of the U. S. Geological Survey. 
    DeLaMare Library Ref & book stacks  Z253 .U55 1991  (2 copies)
  • Writing successful science proposals  DeLaMare Library  Q180.55 .P7 F75 2000
  • Writing geochemical reports: guidelines for surficial geochemical surveys.  DeLaMare Library T11 .H57  1986
  
   

ASSIGNMENT:   Locate information including a journal article and prepare a report as described.  The databases listed above (or others suggested),  should provide articles for your assigned mineral.  Use American Mineralogist  [QE 351 .A7]  format for citing your journal.

Geology glossary [online]
Dictionaries and thesauri online