Geosciences: Background

Internet resources in the areas of geology, geophysics, meteorology, climatology, oceanography, and hydrology.

Large, online directory of geoscience resources.

Introductory petrology in thin-section images. Note: this website is old and may be hard to read and/or navigate.

Dynamic and printable topographic maps, including small-scale datasets, hydrography data, link to The Global Map.

Historical maps of Europe from the Greek and Roman eras to the 20th c.
Includes maps of various types: political, topographical, thematic, etc.

Aerial photographs, satellite images, publications (Professional Papers, Water Supply Papers, etc.), topographic maps.

Dictionaries and Encylopedias on Science and Technology from Oxford University Press

Comprehensive Reference Source on the Chemistry of the Earth / edited by William M. White ; with associate editors, William H. Casey, Bernard Marty, Hisayoshi Yurimoto

From University of Virginia Libraries Research Data Services + Sciences. Includes templates for DOE, NIH, NSF, HHS, NEH, DOT, DOC, and others, covering all areas of natural and social sciences. See also DMPTool for many publicly shared Data Management Plans in various research areas.

Guidelines, templates, examples of data management plans; University of California Curation Center of the California Digital Library.

From the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Exploring the Planets includes the history and achievements of planetry explorations.

NASA's archive for space science mission data.

Listing of requirements for each NSF directorate or unit, to be followed when submitting a research proposal to the National Science Foundation.

Citation format examples suitable for many scientific publications. A print copy of the guide is in the science library, behind the reference desk [OBIS record].

Timely information and studies about the groundwater resources of the United States.