Subject Guide - Geology
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- Environment Complete: Full-text content on physical sciences, including geology.
- Films on Demand:
- Earth Science includes geology, oceanography, weather, & climate.
- O'Reilly for Higher Education: includes ebooks, video, interactive media and more on topics like geology. For more information, please see How to Access RPCC Library Resources and select O'Reilly for Higher Education for more information on creating an account.
- Science and Technology Collection: Articles from over 800 scientific and technical journals, and more.
Find books and DVDs shelved in these call numbers:
- QE 1 to QE 996.5 – Geology.
- QE 1 to QE 350.62 – General, including geographical divisions.
- QE 351 to QE 399.2 – Mineralogy.
- QE 500 to QE 639.5 – Dynamic and structural geology.
- QE 521 to QE 545 – Volcanoes and earthquakes.
- QE 601 to QE 613.5 – Structural geology.
- Alex Strekeisen: includes high-resolution images and details on rocks and minerals.
- Geology.com: "Geology and Earth Science News and Information," including articles, maps, images, and more.
- Geology: National Park Service: "explore the world's most magnificent rock collection—your National Parks."
- Geoscience Online Learning Initiative from the American Geosciences Institute offers free online short courses in geology and related topics.
- Macrostrat: "A platform for geological data exploration, integration, and analysis." Includes a link to the ROCKD Mobile app.
- PaleoMap Project: Travel through time and check out what Earth looked like in the distant past, and what it might look like in the distant future!
- USGS Science Explorer: Geology offers multiple resources including multimedia content.
- Virtual Microscope: Discover our Earth's and extraterrestrial rock collections -- the building blocks of planets.
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