This is a general research guide to support OSU's Geology program. You'll find suggestions for locating books, articles, research tools, and suggested sources on the web. If further assistance is needed, please contact the subject librarian for Geology: Andrea Wirth (Andrea.Wirth@oregonstate.edu).
Most of the Valley Library's geology collection is located on the 1st floor. However, many related topics - particularly physical geography and hydrology - are located on the 6th floor.
Maps are located on the 3rd floor.
Call numbers by broad geology subdiscipline
GB 400-649 Geomorphology, landforms, and terrain
GB 651-2998 Hydrology/Water
QC 801-809 Geophysics
QC 811-849 Geomagnetism
QE Geology
QE 351-399 Mineralogy
QE 420-499 Petrology
QE 500-625 Dynamic/Structural geology
QE 640-699 Stratigraphic geology
QE 701-996 Paleontology (including paleozoology and paleobotany)
TD 201-500 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
TD 419-428 Water pollution
TD 429.5-480.7 Water purification & water treatment
multiple words anywhere in the catalog record (fisheries Alaska)
phrases ("Alaskan fisheries")
word stems where you might want to search a variety of words at once (fisher* -- which will result in records that contain fisheries, fishery, fisherman, but not fishing, fishes or fish)
Other features are available such as limiting by year published, media type, etc.
Look closely at the item records for the results you are getting. Be sure to look at the subject headings.
Subject heading searches
You may find this feature useful once you have explored your topic and have found how your topic is described by others. This will help you navigate the catalogs a little easier. For example, in one of the records for my searches on Alaskan fisheries, I found these subject headings
If I click on these headings from the catalog record, I may (or may not) find additional titles described in the same way.
Repeating your search in Summit
Once you have done a search in the OSU Libraries catalog you can click "Try Summit Libraries" to see if any regional libraries have additional titles that meet the search criteria.
