G112: Historical Geology
Geological DatabasesGeoRef - Index to World literature in the geosciences that has been published since 1785. GeoRef indexes articles in journals and books, as well as books, maps, government publications, conference proceedings, technical reports, theses and dissertations. For information on searching GeoRef, see the GeoRef Search Guide or the Geology Librarian.USGS Publications Warehouse - Search for USGS Publications, with access to digitized and digital publications.
Lexis Nexis Congressional - Provides full-text access to early geological publications that were published in Congressional documents, including USGS Annual Reports and Annual Reports of the Smithsonian Institution.
GEOLEX - The Lexicon of North American Geology, an index to resources related to named geologic rock formations in North America.
Academic Search - A general index to articles in major journals.
Paleontological Databases
Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates - An index to the literature on Vertebrate Paleontology from 1509-1958 and 1981 - 1993.Zoological Record - An index that contains information on journal and review articles, books, meeting proceedings, and reports in the Zoological Sciences, including paleontology.
Biological Abstracts - An index that contains information on journal articles, conference papers, and other publications in the fields of biology, botany, and zoology, including paleontology.
Library Resources
AccessScience - An online general science encyclopedia that contains information on a wide variety of topics, including Geology and Paleontology.
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences - An online encyclopedia that contains information on living and extinct mammals, including the fossil history of various mammalian orders, families and genera.
Encyclopedia of Paleontology - A print encyclopedia that contains information on vertebrate and invertebrate paleontology. Geosciences Library Reference QE 703 .E58 1999
Colbert's Evolution of the Vertebrates: A History of the Backboned Animals through Time - A general book on vertebrate evolution and paleontology. Geosciences Library Reference QE841 .C68 2001
Beginning of the Age of Mammals - A general book on mammalian evolution. Geosciences Library Reference QE 735 .R67 2006
Articles and Book Chapters
Anderson, Elaine, 1984. Who's Who in the Pleistocene: A Mammalian Bestiary. In: Martin, Paul S. and Klein, Richard G., eds., Quaternary Extinctions: A Prehistoric Revolution. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, p. 40-89. - This article contains a list of Pleistocene mammals and includes information on whether the genus is extinct.Nilsson, Tage, 1983. The Pleistocene: Geology and Life in the Quaternary Ice Age. Boston: D. Reidel Publishing Company. Of interest is Chapter 21: Systematic Review of Quaternary Mammals, pages 469-503.
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