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Directories & Search Engines
 

• Earth, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences: Electronic Reference Resources [Syracuse University]
  
  
• Geology Link.com  (Houghton Mifflin)
  
  
• GeoIndex
  
  
• Internet Resources for Geography & Geology  (University of Wisconsin)
   
• Intute: Earth Sciences Gateway
  
  
• Links for Mineralogists  (University of Wurzburg)  Annotated links to internet resources, especially for minerologists, petrologists, crystallographers, geologists.  
   
• NASA Earth Science Gateway
   
• Open Directory Project: Earth Sciences

Associations

• American Geological Institute
  

Databases / Digital Collections

• Center for International Earth Science Information Network
  (Columbia University)
  
  
• Digital Library for Earth System Education (National Science Foundation) "community-based effort involving teachers, students, and scientists working together to create a library of educational resources and services to support Earth system science education, at all levels"
  
  
• GeoRef (American Geological Institute)  Access to over 2.3 million references to articles, books, maps, conference papers, and theses covering the geosciences
  
  
• MinMax Mineral Information System  (Zampano) a multi-language (currently english and german), very extensive and interactive database of minerals, locality references, minerals links, forums and many other features for mineral collectors. It is open for everyone and also everybody can be an author on MinMax and contribute data, images, articles, comments and links as an editor and edit and change minerals, localities, almost everything.
  
  
• National Geophysical Data Center
  
  
• TheImage.com Images and property data for a variety of gems and minerals. Over 190 different property descriptions are available here with over 1,000 different photographs at this site. Plus, the Web designers disclose the methods and equipment used to photograph the minerals on their site.
  
  
• U.S. Geological Survey Web Server
  
  
• U.S.G.S. National Geologica Map Database
  
  
• Visible Earth  (NASA) a searchable directory of images, visualizations, and animations of the earth.

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

• Atlas of Rocks, Minerals and Textures  (University of North Carolina)
   
• Earth Sciences Dictionary, Glossary and Terms Directory

Electronic Journals & Newsletters

• Directory of Open Access Journals in Earth Science
  
  
  
• MedBioworld: Geology & Earth Science Journals

News  

• Geology.com:  Earth Science News, Maps, Dictionary, Articles, Jobs
  

General Resources

• MARGINS Program  "The MARGINS Program seeks to understand the complex interplay of processes that govern continental margin evolution."
  
  
• Minerals and Mineral Collecting  (J. Adams)  ""providing valuable information about minerals and mineral collecting to rockhounds everywhere"
  
  
• Plate Tectonics (University of California, Berkeley)
  
  
• Virtual Cave
  
  
• Washington State Division of Geology & Earth Resources
  
  
• When the Earth Moves: Plate Tectonics  (National Academy of Sciences)
  

Earthquakes

• ABAG Earthquake Maps and Information (Association of Bay Area Governments, San Francisco, CA)
  
  
• The Big One: Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest   (Burke Museum)
  
  
• Seismological Laboratory  (Cal Tech)
  
  
  
• NEIC: Current Earthquake Information
  
  
• Northern California Earthquake Data Center
  
  
• PNSN: Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network This searchable site contains up-to-date information about geologic hazards in Oregon and the state of Washington. Users may report earthquakes, view information about recent quakes and volcanic eruptions, and access information on hazards preparation, research, maps, and historic quakes. Eruption summaries are available for eight Cascade volcanoes. Centered at the University of Washington, PNSN is a collaborative university and government program. 
  
  
  
• QUAKELINE  (MCEER)
  
  
• Surfing the Internet for Earthquake Data  (University of Washington)
  
  
• USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
  
  
• Washington State Earthquake Hazards
  
  
• World-Wide Earthquake Locator  (University of Edinburgh)
  

Volcanoes

• Alaska Volcano Observatory
  
  
• Cascades Volcano Observatory
  
  
• Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes ( University of Hawaii)
  
  
• Electronic Volcano  (Dartmouth College)
  
  
• Michigan Technological University Volcanoes Page
  
  
• Smithsonian Weekly Volcanic Activity Report
  
  
• Volcano World  (University of North Dakota) "VolcanoWorld has been the Internet's leading source of information about volcanoes since January 1995. Each year VW serves about 4 million different users, including grade school kids, teachers, college students, professors, researchers, government scientists and the general public.
  
  
• Volcanoes.ca  a clearing house for a number of volcanological resources that I have put together over the years and think may be useful to the volcanology community at large. These include lists of Latin American volcano pages, Professors of Volcanology and Volcano Observatories, and of course, Canadian volcanoes and an ever expanding list of interesting volcanology-related books.
  
  
• Volcanoes.com
  
  
• Washington State Volcanoes and Volcanics  (USGS)