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Recent News

We now have a subscription to GeoScienceWorld.

Spring 2012 Geology Librarian Office Hours:

• Natural History Bldg. Room 220A
  • Monday 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
  • Tuesday 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
  • Wednesday 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
  • Thursday 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
• Or call (217-333-2676) or email for apppointment

Check out the song, Cambrian Explosion, by John Palmer

American Geological Institute (AGI) has posted the GeoConnection Webinar " Geoscience Careers in Minerals Exploration" online.

Earthquakes & Tsunamis (Information Resources)

Notice: The Geology Library Stacks and the Geology Map Room located in the Natural History Building (1301 West Green Street, Urbana) permanently closed to the public at 5 p.m. on August 6, 2010. Services and Collections are still available. Link to more information .

New Online Resources:

+ New online resource: Glossary of Geology from AGI: http://www.library.illinois.edu/orr/get.php?instid=1055691
+ We now have online access to 25 of Elsevier’s major reference works (Encyclopedias & Treatises): http://www.library.illinois.edu/orr/results.php?interface=1248&ByInt=Go 
+ We now have a subscription to the Lyell Collection, all of the Geological Society of London publications, including books: http://www.library.illinois.edu/orr/results.php?interface=1246
+ We now have a subscription to GSA books (Memoirs, Special Papers, Guideboooks, Reviews in Engineering Geology): http://www.library.illinois.edu/orr/results.php?interface=1247

In the News:

• Recent Geologic Hazards Information (Earthquakes, tsunamis, etc.):  Earthquakes & Tsunamis; Information Resources 
• New Geology Books (last 14 days) by call number, by Geology fund number ; Other new titles at UIUC.
• Information for Faculty about making material available via E-Reserves.

• The 2009 edition of Journal Citation Reports (ranking) is now available.

• Fieldiana Geology has been digitized.

• Geoscience Currents: Workforce Data Snapshots released by AGI.

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  Services

  • Interlibrary Loan
  • Document Delivery (see DocExpress)
  • My Library Account
  • Help for Specific Geology Class Assignments
  • Help for problems using a flash drive in any of the UIUC libraries.
  • New Geology Library Titles

  • E-Reserves Information for Faculty about making information avaialble

  Contact the Geology Librarian: call 217-333-2676 (e-mail: luraj at illinois dot edu)

  ...More Geology Library Services

  
  

  Other Useful Links

  • UIUC Department of Geology
  • UIUC Geology Class Schedule
  • School of Earth, Society, and Environment Virtual Library
  • School of Earth, Society, and Environment Home Page
  • ISGS Library
  • IL State Water Survey Library
  • Other Illinois Department of Natural Resources Agencies
  • USGS-Water Resources of Illinois
  • UIUC Department of Atmospheric Sciences
  • UIUC Physical Sciences & Engineering Division of the Library
  • Geology class web pages: http://ijolite.geology.uiuc.edu/ 07SprgClass/geo000/
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