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Information Strategy

Information Strategy Unrestricted Resource
A basic guide for tracking down relevant, high-quality information needed for papers, lab reports, discussions, and other purposes.

Define

Define... Unrestricted Resource
... a topic by gathering background/overview information; help formulate your question.

Glossary of Geology
Call Number: QE5 .B38 2005

Natural Communities Unrestricted Resource
Glossary; Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

The Historical Atlas of the Earth: A Visual Exploration of the Earth's Physical Past
Call Number: QE28.3 .H57 1996

AccessScience Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
The online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and Yearbooks and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, and more.

Oxford Reference Online (ORO) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Provides full text of a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations from 175+ Oxford reference titles, many of which are in-depth, scholarly entries.

Reference Universe Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Some full text. Reference Universe helps you find the right article--the authoritative article--to begin your research, whether it's on your shelves in a reference work or in an online reference database

Identify

Identify Unrestricted Resource
... specific sources of information about the defined topic--to answer your question

Databases

LexisNexis Academic Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
1-popular Useful for coverage of newspapers and some popular magazines 1980's-present; use the Power Search.

Academic Search Premier Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Dates vary. An extensive multidisciplinary database providing full text for thousands of publications, including thousands of peer-reviewed journals.

Grinnell College Libraries Unrestricted Resource
Books, media, Web sites, databases, art work, and more

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (Annual)
Call Number: Burling 1st Floor, Reference Area--ask at the circulation desk for help locating.
An index of the most popular, general-interest periodicals published in the United States, reflecting the history of 20th century America.

GEOBASE Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
2-popular/primary

United States Federal Government Documents Unrestricted Resource

WorldCat Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Before 1000 B.C. to the present. The OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other materials held in libraries worldwide. Contains millions of records.

GeoRef Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only
3-primary Contact Kevin Engel for access to GeoRef. The database of the American Geological Institute (AGI). It covers worldwide technical literature on geology and geophysics.

Reference Sources

U.S. Geological Survey Unrestricted Resource

National Geologic Map Database (USGS) Unrestricted Resource

State Geological Surveys Unrestricted Resource

NASA Earth Observatory Unrestricted Resource
Offers high-quality geological, environmental, and geographical information at the planetary scale ... from NASA's extensive repositories of satellite imagery and numeric data; includes color photographs, maps, satellite images, articles, data sets, and more.

AP images (Associated Press) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Provides 24/7 access to over 4.9 million primary source photos from 1825 to the present. Additionally, provides audio, video, graphics and interactives. Constantly updated, AP Images is an important resource for virtually every discipline. This database may be used for educational purposes only. Images may not be posted on the Web or otherwise made available electronically to anyone outside the Grinnell College community. These images may not be republished or distributed in newspapers, newsletters, magazines, brochures, catalogs, yearbooks, calendars, posters, or similar materials.

Earth Revealed Unrestricted Resource
"A video instructional series on geology for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 26 half-hour video programs and coordinated books"; originally produced in 1992; videos freely available for streaming over the Internet.

Locate

Locate Unrestricted Resource
... the publications identified above at Grinnell or elsewhere--get your information

Grinnell College Libraries Unrestricted Resource
Books, media, Web sites, databases, art work, and more

Journal Finder Unrestricted Resource
Journals, magazines, and newspapers available through the Grinnell College Libraries.

U.S. Geological Survey Publications Warehouse Unrestricted Resource

Interlibrary Loan Unrestricted Resource

Other Library Catalogs

Iowa State University Library Catalog Unrestricted Resource

University of Iowa Libraries Catalog Unrestricted Resource

Evaluate

Evaluate Unrestricted Resource
...the validity, objectivity, and usefulness of the information