The links below are from the many governmental bodies, professional organizations, educational institutions, and even individuals who have made freely available a wealth of data in geology in the form of databases, datasets, atlases, maps, etc. Of particular note is the United States Geological Survey for which there is a separate list of links in the box to the right.
- American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
- Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates
- Cornell’s Geoscience Information System
- Earthtrips
- Educational Resources for Seismology
- Geologic Guidebooks of North America
- Geologic Maps of the U.S. States
- GEOROC
- Geoscience Australia
- Global Volcanism Program (Smithsonian Inst.)
- Mineralogy Database
- Mount St. Helens Post-Eruption Chemistry Database
- National Earthquake Database (of Canada)
- National Geophysical Data Center
- National Science Digital Library
- The New Madrid Compendium
- OneGeology
- The Paleobiology Database
- Paleomap Project
- Significant Earthquakes Database
- University of California Museum of Paleontology: Geology Wing
- Virtual and Online Geologic Field Trip Guides
Image resources
- Atlas of rocks, minerals, and textures
- Earth Science World ImageBank
- National Archive of Geologic Photographs
- Petrographic Atlas of Coals, Cokes, Chars, Carbons & Graphites
- Petrography
- Shale Photos
- Volcano Watch Satellite Images
USGS publications are indexed in GeoRef and often include a link to the full-text online. Older USGS publications not yet online may be in our library; look for them by searching in our online catalog BearCat.
- USGS home page
- U.S.G.S. Publications Warehouse
- USGS Series
- USGS Library Online Catalog
- Bedform Sedimentology Studies
- Digital Spectral Library.splib05a
- Earthquake Hazards Program
- Energy Geochemistry Database
- Geology of the National Parks
- Ground Water Atlas of the United States
- Mineral Resources Online Spatial Data
- Minerals Yearbook
- National Geologic Map Database
- National Geospatial Program
- National Water-Quality Assessment Program
- Quaternary Fault and Fold Database for the United States
- Water Resources of the U.S.
