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The Research Guides have been developed by librarians to serve as starting points in helping students select appropriate resources for research projects.

Evaluating Sources

How to Evaluate Information Sources

Citing Sources

General Citation Guides
APA Style
ASA Style
MLA Style
Chicago Manual of Style
Turabian
Turabian Citation Guide
Provided by Ohio State University Libraries


CSE Style
American Anthropological Association Style
Citing Specific Databases

Tutorials
Google Guide
"An online interactive tutorial and reference for experienced users, novices, and everyone in between."


Reading Scientific Papers, Flash Tutorial
Provided by Purdue University


Study Skills - How to Study
A free study skills resource site provided by Mangrum-Strichart Learning Resources


Library Research Tools
Databases A - Z
Online Databases available to Albion College faculty, students and staff. To access databases from off-campus, see Access to Electronic Resources from Off-Campus


EndNote FAQ
Addresses common questions regarding the use of EndNote


Find books, videos, and other materials


Find Journal Articles


Find Newspapers


Google Scholar
"Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research."


Recent Acquisitions of the Albion College Library
Recent acquisitions listed by subject. Users can subscribe to RSS feeds to stay updated.


Library Services
Archives Reference Request


Checking Out Library Materials and More FAQ
Circulation Services encompasses the circulation of library materials, wireless laptops, stack management, course reserves, audio-visual services, student employment, and classroom reservation


Government Documents Information


Information for Faculty


Interlibrary Loan Information


Need Research Help?


Software Installation CDs
List of available software includes Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, FrontPage and Publisher), GroupWise and Microsoft XP (for faculty/staff checkout only)


Special Collections (Rare Books and Archives) Information


Geology Research Guide

For research assistance, contact

Mike VanHouten
or Claudia Diaz
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Find Books & Videos
Albion College Library Online Catalog
The Albion College Library Online Catalog - your one-stop spot to search for books, periodicals, government documents, videos, electronic materials and more!
MeLCat Online Catalog
MeLCat will help you find books owned by dozens of libraries in Michigan (including Albion College, Michigan State University, Central Michigan University, and many others). Books may be borrowed by using the online request form.
WorldCat
Records of books and any other types of material cataloged by thousands of libraries worldwide. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.
Find Journal Articles & More
Albion College Library - Electronic Journals Home Page
Provides links to more than 2,000 electronic journals available through the Albion College Library.
Applied Science and Technology Abstracts
Provides information on management, careers and employment, and financial trends in the scientific and technological fields.
Cold Regions Bibliography
Electronic Collections Online
Electronic Collections Online provides indexing and full-text from academic journals in many disciplines. Articles can be viewed online or printed.
Energy Citations Database
"Contains over two million bibliographic citations for energy and energy related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy and its predecessor agencies."
Expanded Academic ASAP
Balanced coverage is available through 3,000 indexed and 1,900 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, etc.
Full Text Finder
Many journals, magazines, and newspapers are available in full text through online databases. To search for availability of full text articles from a particular source, look for the title of the journal, magazine, or newspaper by following the appropriate links.
General Science Abstracts
Journals and magazines from the U.S. and Great Britain, covering such subjects as anthropology, astronomy, biology, computers, earth sciences, medicine and health, and much more.
Geobase
Indexes journals, books, conference proceedings, and reports in geography, geology, ecology, and related fields.
Geological Society of America - Search the Journals Electronic Retrospective Index
A searchable database of citations to articles in the following three journals: Geology (1973-2000), GSA Bulletin (1972-2000), and GSA Today (1991-2000)
GeoRef
"Covers the geology of North America from 1693 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. The database includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from US and Canadian universities are also covered."
GrayLit Network: A Science Portal of Technical Reports
"The GrayLIT Network is the world's most comprehensive portal to Federal gray literature."
JSTOR
Provides indexing and full-text from scholarly journals in many disciplines. Unique, in that coverage for each journal begins with the first volume.
Online Databases - Complete List
A comprehensive list of all online databases.
Science Citation Index & Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)
Web of Science provides keyword and citation searching of scholarly journals in the sciences & social sciences from 1986 to present.
ScienceDirect Physical Sciences
"Apart from online eBooks, Reference Works, Handbooks and Book Series ScienceDirect offers a rich journal collection of over 2,000 titles."
Online Journals
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Full text articles from this journal from 1996 to the present.
Online Resources
A Tapestry of Time and Terrain (USGS)
This site contains information about the topography and geology of the continental United States.
Academic Info: Geology & Geoscience
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
BUBL LINK
Catalogue of Internet Resources using the Dewey Decimal System as the primary organisation structure.. Selected internet resources covering all academic subject areas.
Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations
Contains acronyms and abbreviations that are common in Quaternary studies, predominantly in the English language.
Earth Sciences Subject Guides
Compiled by Stanford University Earth Sciences Library
Geographic Names Information System
Geologic Guidebooks of North America Database
GEOSCAN
GEOSCAN is the bibliographic database for scientific publications of the Earth Sciences Sector (ESS) of Natural Resources Canada.
Mineralogy Database
Minerals Yearbook (USGS)
"The Minerals Yearbook is an annual publication that reviews the mineral and material industries of the United States and foreign countries. The Yearbook contains statistical data on materials and minerals and includes information on economic and technical trends and development. The Minerals Yearbook includes chapters on approximately 90 commodities and over 175 countries."
Paleontology at the U.S. Geological Survey
Plate Tectonics Animations
PSIgate - Earth Sciences
Quake: Earthquake Network Reports and Updates
Scirus
"Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. ...Scirus searches over 167 million science-specific Web pages"
TRAIL: Technical Report Archive and Image Library
A collaborative project to digitize, archive, and provide persistent and unrestricted access to federal technical reports issued prior to 1975.
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S.G.S Ground Water Atlas Archive
U.S.G.S. National Earthquake Information Center
"The mission of the National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) is to determine rapidly the location and size of all destructive earthquakes worldwide and to immediately disseminate this information to concerned national and international agencies, scientists, and the general public."
Water Quality Standards Database (EPA)
Reference Sources
Encyclopedia of Minerals
REFERENCE COLLECTION - QE 355 .R6 1990
Geochemical Reference Material Compositions
REFERENCE COLLECTION - QE 438 .P67 1992
Glossary of Geology
REFERENCE COLLECTION - QE 5 .B38 1987
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences
REFERENCE COLLECTION - QE 5 .E5137 1996

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