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GEOL 203 : Paleontology Resources (BMC)
Finding Journal Articles:
GeoRef
Provider: CSA
Provides citations and selected abstracts to the world's literature in geology. Covers North America since 1785 and other areas since 1933.
Web of science
Provider: ISI
Search for scholarly articles in any discipline, or for articles that cite a known author or work. Provides access to the Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index.
GEOBASE
Interdisciplinary database that provides abstracts to journal articles, books, conference proceedings and reports. Fields include: physical and human geography, geology and ecology. Covers 1980-present.
Full Text Journal Collections:
BioOne
Includes full text coverage of including Journal of Paleontology, PALAIOS, and Paleobiology from 2000-present.
JSTOR
Includes full text of several paleontology journals, including Journal of Paleontology, PALAIOS, and Paleobiology. The most recent five years are not covered.
Encyclopedias:
Encyclopedia of geology
Provider: ScienceDirect
Extensive articles on many geology topcs including paleontology.
AccessScience @ McGraw-Hill
Online encyclopedia with good background articles on many paleontology topics. This is the online version of the 20-volume McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology.
Websites:
Paleoportal
Focuses on the fossil record of North America, including state-by-state U.S. paleontology, fossil photo galleries, and resources for the North American paleontologist community.
Australian Museum: Great Websites for Mollusc Information
News:
National Geographic Archaeology & Paleontology News
Science Daily: Paleontology News
Organizations:
The Paleontological Society
Paleontological Research Institute
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Off-Campus Access:
To use our databases and full text journals while off campus, go to our Off-Campus Access page. After entering your email username and password, you'll have access to our electronic resources, no matter where you are.
InterLibrary Loan & TriCollege Borrowing:
If you want to get a book or journal article that we don't have available in our library, you will need to use Inter-Library Loan (ILL).
Tri-College ILL - BOOKS: If you want a book from Swarthmore or Haverford, simply press the REQUEST button at the top of the Tripod screen. Enter your name & barcode number (on the back of your id), and select WHERE you want to pick up the book. Delivery takes approximately one day library to library.
Non-Tri-College ILL - BOOKS: For books NOT available in Tripod, try E-Z Borrow and request books directly from nearby Pennsylvania & NJ libraries. Books usually arrive within a few days. If the book is not available via EZ Borrow, order through Inter-Library Loan. (You can use Worldcat to get complete book information).
JOURNAL ARTICLES: If you want an article from a journal not available at Bryn Mawr, request it through Inter-Library Loan. (Use this for Haverford and Swarthmore journals as well as any journals not available through tri-co).
Tri-College ILL - BOOKS: If you want a book from Swarthmore or Haverford, simply press the REQUEST button at the top of the Tripod screen. Enter your name & barcode number (on the back of your id), and select WHERE you want to pick up the book. Delivery takes approximately one day library to library.
Non-Tri-College ILL - BOOKS: For books NOT available in Tripod, try E-Z Borrow and request books directly from nearby Pennsylvania & NJ libraries. Books usually arrive within a few days. If the book is not available via EZ Borrow, order through Inter-Library Loan. (You can use Worldcat to get complete book information).
JOURNAL ARTICLES: If you want an article from a journal not available at Bryn Mawr, request it through Inter-Library Loan. (Use this for Haverford and Swarthmore journals as well as any journals not available through tri-co).