Miami University Libraries
Get HelpGeography - Selected Other Resources
Maps, Name servers, and related resources: go to new LibGuide Mapping and Geospatial Imagery
Research tools and writing resources
RefWorks (M.U. only) Import references from online databases, use them for writing papers, automatically format the paper and the bibliography in several choices of styles.
LabWrite Resources Excel tutorial, guidelines for graphs, tables, lab reports, etc.
Suggestions for Authors of Reports of the USGS Writing style guide for reports of the U.S. Geological Survey. The STA is a basic scientific style guide for scientists, students, and editors. It includes citation styles, report organization, table and graph design, and details of map design.
General resources
E-print network A gateway to over 16,100 Web sites and databases worldwide, containing e-prints in basic and applied sciences, including geosciences and environmental sciences, as well as multidisciplinary fields.
U.S. Geological Survey Information, data, mapping, publications. Digital images of archived publications can be viewed from this list, using the LizardTech DjVU plug-in. Click here to download.
U.S. Minerals Information Site for the Minerals Information Team of U.S. Geological Survey. Includes Minerals Yearbook. Yearbook is in three volumes covering Metals and Minerals, Domestic Area Reports on States and Puerto Rico, and International Area Reports by country and region. Reports are in PDF and require free Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click here to download.
The Virtual Geography Department Project.
Journal of Maps. An online journal for the publication of maps produced as scholarly research. Free registration is required. Note for students: A biennial Student Edition is planned to publish maps produced by university undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Tsunami Laboratory, Novosibirsk, Russia Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics. Maps, simulation models, and other resources. Tsunami! University of Washington Geophysics. General information about tsunamis. Welcome page with links to other sites