Earth Sciences information resources: Background information

Dictionaries

  • Canadian Quaternary vocabulary [print]
  • Concise dictionary of paleontology [online]
  • A dictionary of earth sciences [online or print]
  • Dictionary of gems and gemology [online]
  • A dictionary of geology and earth sciences [online]
  • Dictionary of geophysics, astrophysics, and astronomy [online]
  • The dictionary of physical geography [online]
  • Glossary of geology [online]
  • Glossary of hydrology [print]​
  • Igneous rocks: a classification and glossary of terms [online]
  • The new Penguin dictionary of geology [print]
  • Vocabulary of geology: gitology-metallogeny [print]

Encyclopedias & Handbooks

  • Encyclopedia of atmospheric sciences [online]
  • Encyclopedia of caves [online]
  • Encyclopedia of caves and karst science [online]
  • Encyclopedia of coastal science [online]
  • Encyclopedia of forest sciences [online or print]
  • Encyclopedia of geobiology [online]
  • Encyclopedia of geology [online]
  • Encyclopedia of geomagnetism and paleomagnetism [online]
  • Encyclopedia of hydrological sciences [print]
  • Encyclopedia of prehistory [print]
  • Encyclopedia of quaternary science [online]
  • Encyclopedia of soil science [online]
  • Encyclopedia of soils in the environment [online]
  • Geologic time scale 2020 [online]
  • International petroleum encyclopedia [print]
  • Lexicon of Canadian stratigraphy [print]
  • Treatise on geochemistry [online]
  • Water encyclopedia [online]

Biographical information

  • A to Z of women in science and math [print]
  • African American Women chemists [online]
  • American National Biography [online]
  • Complete dictionary of scientific biography [online]
  • Find your path : Unconventional lessons from 36 leading scientists and engineers [online]
  • Geologists and the history of geology [print]
  • International encyclopedia of women scientists [print]
  • International women in science : a biographical dictionary to 1950 [print]
  • National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs [online]
  • Oxford dictionary of scientists [online]
  • Prominent scientists : an index to collective biographies [print]
  • Scientific Women: Re-Visioning Women's Scientific Achievements and Impacts [online]
  • World who's who in science: a biographical dictionary of notable scientists from antiquity to the present [print]