Geosciences Research Guide
Internet Links

Massachusetts State Geologist

Information, links and maps related to Massachusetts geology.

CiteSource from Trinity College is a great site for help with knowing when and how to cite a work. Especially helpful with citation styles

These websites are useful for general research in the Geosciences:

Academic Info - Geography
Portal to educational sites in geography. Links are annotated, but there are a lot of ads.

Academic Info - Geology
Portal to educational sites in geology. Links are annotated, but there are a lot of ads. 

American Geological Institute
Nonprofit federation of 41 geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 100,000 geologists, geophysicists, and other earth scientists.

Association for Women Geoscientists
International organization devoted to enhancing the quality and level of participation of women in the geosciences.

BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources
Annotated links to geographical data,  Geographical Information Systems (GIS), geography links, geography research, geography societies, geology research, geology societies, geomorphology,  and geophysics.

Geographic Names Information System
Contains data on nearly 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the U.S. Includes links to Information about foreign geographic feature names.

National Atlas of the United States
Easy to use interactive resource that allows users to view part or all of the U.S. and overlay layers of information, including natural features, political boundaries, federal lands, roads, cities, or airports. 

National Geophysical Data Center
Informational resource for glaciology, marine geology and geophysics, paleoclimatology, solar-terrestrial physics, and solid earth geophysics.

Open Directory - Earth Sciences
Thousands of annotated subject links in Earth Science categories.

U.S. Geological Survey
Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment. Exceptional collection of interactive services. Includes alphabetical index and links to jobs and the USGS Library.