The Owen library contains many resources for students and faculty interested in Geology. If you have any questions not answered on the WSU Libraries website or would like to request a book or journal on any subject related to Geology, please contact Betty Galbraith. For questions concerning the Geology program, please visit the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences home page.

Indexes, Abstracts and other databases

Indexes to journal articles, conference proceedings, government documents and other resources

• GeoRef: an index of the American Geological Institute, covering worldwide research literature of geology and geophysics. 1785 to the present (within North America) and 1933 to the present for international literature.
• WorldCat: a combined catalog of library holdings. Includes OCLC member libraries found mostly in North America and Western Europe.

  Internet Links

• American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Canadian Soil Information System
• Directory of European Glaciology
• The EnviroWeb: A project of the EnviroWeb Network
• Mineralogy Database: Database of over 4,205 individual mineral species descriptions with links. Mineral data on individual species are linked to the following mineral table by crystallography, X-Ray powder diffraction, chemical composition, physical and optical properties, Dana's New classification, Strunz classification, and alphabetical listings of mineral species.
• National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Glacier Photograph Collection : Approximately 3,000 glacier photos are online. Most of these glaciers are in the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific Northwest, and Alaska. You can search and download the lower-resolution JPEG images.