SJSU Research Guides: Geology: Finding Background Information

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Geological Society of America This link opens in a new window
The Geological Society of America is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences. SJSU Library subscribes to some of the journals available on the website.

Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window
Oxford Reference Online contains100+ dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University press.

World Book Online Reference Center
The World Book Online Reference Center (now called World Book Student), includes the articles of the World Book Encyclopedia, a Biography Center, dictionary, atlas, an extensive multimedia collection, thousands of editor-selected Web sites, correlations to curriculum standards, and much more.
Oxford's dictionary of earth sciences [E-book]
This dictionary of earth sciences has been revised and updated and contains over 6000 entries, including planetary science, remote sensing, statistics, and sequence stratigraphy, and substantial updating in paleontology, mineralogy, and geophysics.

Dictionaries and encyclopedias that might be helpful while exploring your topic: