GEOLOGY 697
Research Methods

DeLaMare Library
Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Library Introduction > emphasizing online resources and facility

Library homepage > http://www.library.unr.edu/  > NetID,  off-campus access,
your record, course reserves, interlibrary loan, online catalog & journals online

Information Technology Help Desk: http://www.it.unr.edu/help/
775-682-5000, on-campus 2-5000

Geological Sciences Subject page:
http://www.library.unr.edu/subjects/subject.aspx?p_subj=25

1. Online Catalog
   Specialized dictionaries/encyclopedia/handbooks:
   • Encyclopedia of Geology
   • Treatise on Geochemistry
   • Glossary of Geology
      
2. Databases
   • GeoRef   [the geology database]
   • Water Resources Abstracts
   • Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
   • SciFinder  [use "full access"]  [chemistry database]
      
3. Journals online and print > subject guides to electronic journals >
       geological sciences  journals online
   • NOTE: master list of full text electronic journals
      
4. Additional web sites and resource suggestions
   • Keck Earth Sciences Information Center and DataWorks  - online data, a lab and more
   • USGS  — you name it, they've got it —
   • NEVADA -- federal programs:
     • USGS Programs in Nevada http://water.usgs.gov/wid/html/nv.html
     • USGS Activities in Nevada http://nevada.usgs.gov
     • USGS Lake Tahoe Data Clearinghouse http://blt.wr.usgs.gov/
     • US EPA 'Surf Your Watershed' http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/
     • US BLM Nevada http://www.nv.blm.gov/
   • Writing and Research Guides
     • Style Guides for Research Papers - online resources - includes internet citation guides
     • Communicating in science : writing a scientific paper
       DeLaMare,  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     T 11 .F52 1998
     • Geowriting : a guide to writing, editing, and printing in earth science.
       DeLaMare  Reference    QE48.85 .C63 1995
     • Science and technical writing : a manual of style
       DeLaMare  Reference    T11 .S378 2001     and Main Library
     • Scientific papers and presentations
       DeLaMare     T11 .D324 1997
     • Organization and content of a typical geologic report.  AIPG. 1993
       DeLaMare  Reference  QE 48.85 .O7326 1993
     • Suggestions to authors...of the U.S. Geological Survey
       DeLaMare Reference  &  gov't. stacks     I 19.2: Su3/5/991    [2 copies]
     • Writing successful science proposals
       DeLaMare     Q180.55 .P7 F75 2000
     • Writing geochemical reports: guidelines for surficial geochemical surveys.
       DeLaMare     T11 .H57 1986   [new edition has been ordered]
     • Zotero - a Firefox program to manage your research sources
     
      

Upper Carson River watershed, US EPA

 

Top | DeLaMare Library
Please direct questions to Linda Newman (lnewman@unr.edu)
Updated 1 September 2007

University Libraries   University of Nevada, Reno