Research Resources: Class Guides

GEO/ENV173: The California Gold Rush

Locating Books

To find a book, begin by conducting a Keyword search our your topic. Analyze your topic or research question and break it down into its key concepts, which becomes the Keyword search. Once you have found a record for an item that looks useful, click on a Subject Heading to retrieve other items with similar content.

Background

AccessScience

Full access to more than 7100 articles, 115,000 definitions, 2,000 biographies, and research advances in science and technology. Updated daily.

Dictionary of Earth Sciences

Dictionary of Environment and Conservation

Encyclopedia of Soil Science

Oxford Companion to the Earth

Indexes & Article Collections

General Science Full Text

Journals and magazines from the U.S. and Great Britain, covering all major scientific fields. Indexing from 1984 to present, abstracting from 1993 to present.

GEOBASE

More than 500,000 records covering international literature on geology, geography, and ecology. Covers 1980 to present.

GeoRef

Nearly 2 million records about geology and earth sciences. Covers 1785 to the present (North America) and 1933 to the present (entire world).

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Finding Journals and Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

To determine whether or not the F&M Library owns a journal, use the Journal Finder tab on the Library's homepage. If the library does not have a journal you need, and you have at least 1 week to 10 days before your assignment is due, you can submit an Interlibrary Loan request to have the journal article acquired for you by the library. Allow 3-7 days for the article to arrive.

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If you have any questions, would like further assistance, etc, contact:

Pamela Snelson, College Librarian,
291-3896 or pamela.snelson@fandm.edu

Last updated: 8/1 ps/jb