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Geosciences Research Guide

Information resources for Geoscience research and study.

Book Catalogs

Main Dewey Decimal call numbers for browsing geoscience materials in the Mansfield Library book stacks:

  • 549 Mineralogy
  • 550 Earth sciences
  • 551 Geology, hydrology & meteorology
  • 552 Petrology
  • 553 Economic geology
  • 554 Earth sciences of Europe
  • 555 Earth sciences of Asia
  • 556 Earth sciences of Africa
  • 557 Earth sciences of North America
  • 558 Earth sciences of South America
  • 559 Earth sciences of other areas
  • 560 Paleontology; paleozoology
  • 561 Paleobotany; fossil microorganisms
  • 562 Fossil invertebrates
  • 563 Fossil marine & seashore invertebrates
  • 564 Fossil mollusks & molluscoids
  • 565 Fossil anthropods
  • 566 Fossil chordates
  • 567 Fossil cold-blooded vertebrates; fossil fishes
  • 568 Fossil birds
  • 569 Fossil mammals

For a detailed view of Dewey Decimal call numbers, click on: Dewey Decimal Classification Summaries.

Geological Society of America - Publication Series

  • Abstracts (550.6 G345a - Lv.5)
  • Bulletin (550.6 G345b - Lv.5)
  • Memoir (550.6 G345mo - Lv.5)
  • Special Papers (550.6 G345s - Lv.5)

Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology - Publication Series

  • Annual Report (557.86 M8r - Lv.4- MT Collection)
  • Bulletin (557.86 M8b - Lv.4- MT Collection)
  • Publication Catalog (557.86 X M8p - Lv.4- MT Collection)
  • Special Puclication (557.86 M8s - Lv.4- MT Collection)

U.S. Government Documents

  • Cumulative Subject Index to the Monthly Catalog (015.73 X C9711, 1900-1971)
  • Cumulative Title Index to U.S. Public Documents (015.73 X L642c, 1789-1976)

U.S. Geological Survey - Publication Series

(NOTE: Check OneSearch for electronic, paper, and microfiche copies; also see USGS Publications Warehouse (1880-present).

  • Bulletin (I 19.3: plus the Report Number - Lv.1 Gov Docs)
  • Circular (I 19.4/2: plus the Report Number - Lv.1 Gov Docs)
  • Open-File Reports (I 19.76: plus the Report Number - Lv.1 Gov Docs)
  • Professional Papers (I 19.16: plus the Report Number - Lv.1 Gov Docs)
  • Water-Resources Investigative Reports (I 19.42/4: plus the Report Number - Lv.1 Gov Docs)
  • Water-Supply Papers (I 19.13: plus the Report number - Lv.1 Gov Docs)