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Online Databases and Other Internet Resources for Earth Science

Pillarisetty Venkataramana, Domex e-Data Pvt. Ltd, India

Chandos Information Professional Series

 - earth science resources on the Internet are grouped into various categories: such as journals, databases, multimedia, directories, teaching aids and mailing lists
 - online earth science publications and a list of open access publications related to earth sciences
 - the databases are further grouped into bibliographic data, specimen collection, chemical analysis, geophysical data, etc.
 - a comparative study of various search engines in extracting scientific information from the Net are provided
 - details of the URLs and the type of data they contain are presented in tables for easy readability

Though an enormous amount of information relating to earth sciences are available on the Internet, for a serious researcher, teacher, librarian or a student who has deadlines to meet, searching the Internet for specific scientific information can at times be frustrating. The main purpose of Online Databases and Other Internet Resources for Earth Science is to group these resources together and to provide the URLs and hyperlinks so a researcher, teacher or student can access them with the minimum effort, time and cost. The book also introduces the reader to a few basic concepts that propel the Internet and the world wide web so that he or she can make informed searches apart from assessing the quality and reliability of the data available on the internet. A brief introduction is provided on the current status of the draft treaty by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the EU directive on copyright restrictions for scientific databases and what a researcher is permitted to do with the data obtained from the Internet, especially those from a commercial data provider.

Readership: Researchers, librarians, teachers and students.

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About the author

Dr Pillarisetty Venkataramana holds a PhD in geochemistry and petrology from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He worked as a professional geologist for 22 years in the Geological Survey of India and has wide experience in geological mapping, mineral exploration, GIS, computer programming languages and RDBMS. At present he works for Domex e-Data Pvt. Ltd., a knowledge management and outsourcing company based in Chennai, India as its Executive Director.

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Contents

Introduction
 - Print media and internet
 - Scientific journals and the Open Access Initiative
 - Earth science resources on the internet
 - Earth science journals on the internet
 - Earth science databases on the internet
 - Graphics and multimedia files
 - Web directories
 - Teaching aids
 - Newswires
 - Wikis
 - Blogs

Earth science resources and the internet
 - Search engines for scientific information
 - Notes

Databases and other resources for the Polar Regions
 - Arctic
 - Antarctica

Geochemistry
 - Mineral chemistry
 - Igneous/volcanic rock geochemistry
 - Sediment/sedimentary rock geochemistry
 - Aqueous geochemistry
 - Organic geochemistry
 - Environmental geochemistry
 - Geochemical standards and reference material
 - Bibliographic references

Geophysics and environmental studies
 - Geophysics
 - Environmental studies

Marine sciences
 - Physical oceanography
 - Chemical oceanography
 - Biological oceanography
 - Geological oceanography
 - Marine science portals
 - Marine science discussion groups

Palaeontology
 - Paleobiology
 - Palynology
 - Invertebrate paleontology
 - Micropaleontology
 - Corals
 - Vertebrate paleontology
 - Paleontology indexes and catalogues

Geology and geomorphology
 - Geomorphology
 - Regional geology
 - Petrology
 - Mineralogy
 - Hydrocarbons
 - Hydrology and groundwater

Conclusions
 - Notes