Earth Sciences information resources: Home

This guide is designed to help you get started on your Earth Science research. Use this guide to find books, journal articles, and additional resources such as handbooks, atlases and field trip guides.

Contact info

If you need help, please contact Jenna Thomson, Liaison Librarian at 778-782-3269 or jennat@sfu.ca or Ask a librarian

Highlighted resources

GeoRef - Covers worldwide literature in geology and earth sciences. Indexes journals in 40 languages as well as books, maps, reports, most U.S. Geological Survey publications, and American and Canadian masters and doctoral theses. Coverage: 1785 to the present.

Web of Science- Search citations and abstracts for journal articles, conference proceedings, and other resources across the sciences as well as in social sciences, arts, and humanities. Can also be used for cited reference searches and citation analysis.

GEOSCAN - Scientific and technical publications of the Earth Sciences Sector (ESS) of Natural Resources Canada including Geological Survey of Canada Memoirs, Bulletins, and maps.

USGS Publications Warehouse - Content from the United States Geological Survey.

New Earth Sciences books