Geology 200 – Earth History

• Books and Journals
• Indexes and Abstracts
• World Wide Web

Books and Journals

• Library Catalog
• Electronic Journals

Indexes and Abstracts

• Infotrac OneFile
  Index to articles in the sciences and other fields, many with full text.
• GEOREF
  Index and bibliography of geologic information from 1785 to the present.
• Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
  Index to articles in the biological and environmental sciences. GEOREF is only one of many databases provided through CSA.

World Wide Web

• Google
  Searches the web for relevant pages, i.e., those that are linked to most often.  The "I'm feeling lucky" button links you directly to the first (most relevant) search result.
• Evaluating Web Resources
  The accuracy, authority, and value of web sites varies greatly.  A favorite page listed on the Swem page is "Ten C's for Evaluating Internet Resources" .
• Citing Internet Resources
  This link lists online style manuals for both print and electronic resources.