Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Atlases, Thesaurus, and more...
The following reference works are only a small representation of the reference collection in the disciplines of Earth Sciences and life sciences. The library's reference collection is extensive and will contain many similar dictionaries and encyclopedies for hundreds of subject areas. An easy way to find additional reference works would be to do a SUBJECT search in the library catalog. For example, to find dictionaries and encyclopedias in Sedimentology you would perform a subject search on GEOLOGY and ENCYCLOPEDIAS. Click here to view our tutorial on choosing search terms.
When in doubt as to the proper subject heading try a TITLE search on your topic.
The following dictionaries and encyclopedias are only a sampling of the wide variety of resources the library has in the area of Earth Sciences:
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals by Call Number: REF QE841 .I45 1999ISBN: 1840281529Publication Date: 1999
Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution by Call Number: ONLINEISBN: 9781405155106Publication Date: 2011
Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science by Call Number: REF QE741 .E53 2007ISBN: 044451919XPublication Date: 2006
