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The Claremont Colleges Library use the Library of Congress Classification System to organize physical books in the library. Our science section can be found on the first (1st) floor of the Honnold side of the building.
LC Subclasses for Geology Subjects:
Geology: call numbers beginning with QE1-996.5
General geology Including geographical divisions: call numbers beginning with QE1-350.62
Mineralogy: call numbers beginning with QE351-399.2
Petrology: call numbers beginning with QE420-499
Dynamic and structural geology: call numbers beginning with QE500-639.5
Volcanoes and earthquakes: call numbers beginning with QE521-545
Structural geology: call numbers beginning with QE601-613.5
Stratigraphy: call numbers beginning with QE640-699
Paleontology: call numbers beginning with QE701-760
Paleozoology: call numbers beginning with QE760.8-899.2
Paleobotany: call numbers beginning with QE901-996.5
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The databases below can help you find primary and secondary literature in the sciences. While searching, you can narrow your results to primary literature, ebooks and more.
View the Database Directory for on-going updates to our subscriptions.
A multidisciplinary database for peer-reviewed journals, newspapers and magazines, and some trade publications.
High-resolution art images. You will need to create a free account before you can download images.
Dissertations & Theses Global
Dissertations and theses from 1861 - present from US, UK and Irish academic institutions. Many are full text.
Scholarly citations for all the literature in geology from the American GeoSciences Institute.
Comprehensive e-journal platform in the earth sciences. E-books currently not included.
A growing full text collection of scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences. Most titles only include backfiles (some as far back as the early 1800s), with only some current content. Also includes university press ebooks.
Law, News and Business Database.
Full text news articles, law journal articles, court cases, briefs, legal codes, and SEC filings. Users can Shepardize court cases and then read the full text of the related decisions. Most publications are covered 1980-present. The best place to find interview transcripts from television and radio.
Theses and dissertations from the Claremont Colleges
Theses and dissertations from the Claremont Colleges. Some are open access, some have embargoed access to the full text, some are available only on campus IP range.
USGS Publication Warehouse
Full-text of USGS authored journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, reports. Includes citations to other information products published by non-USGS authors.
Citations covering high-impact (heavily cited) journals in the sciences (1900-present), social sciences (1956-present), and arts and humanities (1997-present).
Find more eBooks in our collections by using Library Search (search field on Library homepage). Be sure to apply The Claremont Colleges Library filter and filter again by eBook format. Find all eBook Collections by going to the Library Homepage > Databases > Databases by Format > eBooks.
If you don't find your item in our collections, you may also fill out an online form to Suggest We Purchase an eBook or contact your Subject Librarian.
ACLS Humanities Ebooks
Full-text humanities ebooks, the majority from scholarly publishers. Chapters downloadable as PDFs.
Cambridge Core
E-books and journal articles from Cambridge University Press.
Full-text and searchable scholarly e-books.
O'Reilly Safari Learning Platform: Academic edition
E-learning platform with mobile app available. Ebooks and instructional videos in the categories of Data, Hardware, Security, Software Development, System Administration, and Web & Mobile development; plus Business, Career Development, Design, Math, Science, Engineering, and Travel & Hobbies.
Full-text and searchable scholarly e-books from the 1990s-1 year ago.
Springer E-Books
A wide variety of scholarly e-books.
Use Reference materials to get background and general information on your topics. Find all eBook Collections by going to the Library Homepage > Databases > Databases by Format > Reference Sources.
Encyclopedia articles and dictionary entries from many disciplines
The principal dictionary of record for the English language. Also includes the Oxford Historical Thesaurus.
Oxford Reference Online
Full-text of reference books (encyclopedias, dictionaries, quotations, maps, timelines) on a wide variety of subjects.
SpringerLink Encyclopedias
Wide variety of e-encyclopedias
The Claremont Colleges Library has both print and ejournal collections. Search for journals by going to the Library homepage and clicking on Journals. You can search by ISSN, title or even acronym and also browse by subject and title.
Core Geology Journals
American Mineralogist
The Canadian Mineralogist
Chemical Geology
Environmental Geochemistry and Health
The term Open Access, also known as OA, refers to the free and unrestricted online access and publication of research such as journal articles and books. This type of content is open to everyone with no access restrictions or fees.
Visit Open Content on the Library website to learn more about browser extensions and Deep Web searching techniques you can use in the World Wide Web. You will also find additional open access resources throughout this guide.
(PLOS) Public Library of Science
Open-access science, technology and medicine publisher. Includes a library of open-access journals and other scientific literature under an open-content license.
California State Geoportal
Interactive online database of location-based government data that includes over 1,200 publicly-available data sets from 25 state entities.
The DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) was launched in 2003 at Lund University, Sweden, with 300 open access journals. Today, the independent database contains ca. 12000 open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social science and humanities.
Peer-reviewed articles, theses, and scholarly books from journals, professional organizations, and university and preprint repositories. Visit Open Content to learn how to connect content from The Claremont Colleges through Google Scholar.
Journal of Geosciences
Journal of Geosciences is a peer-reviewed Earth Science journal, focused on all aspects of nature and origin of igneous and metamorphic complexes. It is published by the Czech Geological Society and is available both in printed and open-access electronic version. The articles are written exclusively in English.
Papers on subjects as diverse as seafloor hydrothermal systems, beach dynamics, early diagenesis, microbiological studies in sediments, palaeoclimate studies and geophysical studies of the seabed.
A primary sources is a first-hand, original account, record, or evidence about a person, place, object, or an event.
This may include, but is not limited to, oral histories, objects, photographs, and documents such as newspapers, ledgers, census records, diaries, journals, and inventories, rare books, graphs, charts, data and more.
Felsch (Fred) collection 1857-1997 and undated
Professor Fred Felsch (1932-1998) taught history at Mt. San Antonio Community College during the school year and traveled for 22 summers with his family to Yellowstone National Park where he was a seasonal park ranger. An outdoorsman who cherished the United States National Parks, this collection focuses on Felsch's appreciation for the United States National Parks and Western Americana ephemera. A majority of the collection consists of books, brochures, pamphlets, periodicals and other printed matter by and about state and national forests, historical sites, memorials, monuments, parks, recreational areas and wildlife refuges in the United States, its territories, and Canada. Artwork, photographs, ephemera and memorabilia which focus on these areas of interest are also included such as decals, postage stamps, a scrapbook of postcards, loose postcards, a card game from Yellowstone, commemorative coins and wooden signs. Lastly, Felsch's personal notes, in the form of spiral-bound notebooks and 3 x 5 inch index card files, are also included in the collection.
Honnold (William L.) papers 1842-1955
This collection contains correspondence, reports, maps, plans, photographs, realia, and ephemera relating to the life and career of William L. Honnold (1866-1950), a pioneering American mining engineer in South Africa, who later became a major benefactor to the Claremont Colleges, and his wife, Caroline Burton (1868-1954). The collection documents in particular Honnold's early career in the coal fields of Minnesota and gold fields of California; his activities in furthering the technique of deep mining in South Africa; his position as arguably the first mining engineer in to fully combine the roles of engineer, business entrepreneur, and top corporate executive; his long friendship with Herbert Hoover and his contributions to World War I relief in Belgium and Northern France as a member of the Commission for Relief in Belgium; his long friendship with Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, and their founding of the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa; his "retirement" to California in the 1920s, and his subsequent business ventures, many with members of the Mudd family; and his philanthropic activities, the bulk of which benefited the Claremont Colleges, as well as his alma maters, Knox College and the Michigan Mining School (now Michigan Technological University). Photographs from Honnold's life in South Africa graphically portray Johannesburg's elite at the height of the Edwardian age. Extensive financial records from the 1920s onward, including virtually complete accounts paid, document the contemporary cost of living, such as food; workmen's and servants' wages; automobile maintenance; travel; jewelry, artwork, and other luxury items; and taxes.
Shoemaker (J. Ralph) Papers, Water Resources Collection 1910-1960
This collection contains the papers and reports of hydraulic engineer J. R. Shoemaker. He worked for the Pomona Valley Protective Association, and various Southern Californian water companies. He was also involved with legal suits related to water and water rights. Materials in the collection include field books, legal documents, reports, records, maps, and photographs relating to his work.
Sonderegger (A. L.) Papers, Water Resources Collection 1919-1967
Metropolitan Water District reports, publications, correspondence, clippings, and meeting minutes. He was the Los Angeles Consulting Engineer. Reuel Olson mentioned him in his book In addition he was vice President of the Los Angeles Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (1930).
Geology and water resources of Owens valley, California by Lee, Willis T.
Call Number: Digitized
Report by the Department of the Interior reports on the geography, hydrogeology, and climate of the Owens Valley. Report includes map of the valley. Area surveyed would later become the site for the Los Angeles Aqueduct.
The geologic guidebook : Los Angeles Aqueduct system by Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power Publication by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power details the geology of the Owens Valley around the Los Angeles Aqueduct through charts, maps, and photographs.
Call Number: eBook
Browse all of our Newspaper Resources by going to the Library homepage > Databases > Databases by Format > Newspapers & News Sources.
African American Newspapers
Full-text of articles from major African American newspapers published in the United States in the 19th century. Includes: Freedom's Journal, The Colored American, The North Star, The National Era, Provincial Freeman, Frederick Douglass Paper, The Christian Recorder, Freedmen's Record, and The Negro Business League Herald. Coverage 1827-1909.
America's News
Complete full-text content of local and regional news. Includes Los Angeles Times. Paid advertisements are excluded. Coverage varies by newspaper. Updated daily.
Some of the world's top news sources. Includes titles such as, The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications.
GREENWIRE
Independently owned news organization focusing on energy and the environment in the U.S. Includes Greenwire only.
Full text coverage of articles from the Eastern edition,1984 - present.
Sage Research Methods
Books, dictionaries, encyclopedia, video, journal articles, cases, and datasets on research methods to help you learn and conduct projects.
Digital Campus: Streaming Film Database
Streaming feature films.
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Films on Demand Master Academic Collection
Educational titles, documentaries, archival films and performances from international producers across 26 core subject areas. New content regularly added. Unlimited, simultaneous access
Films on Demand World Cinema Collection
International films from the mid-20th century.
Fox Feature Films for Education
Classic, feature films, and documentaries from more than 20 genres. New titles added twice yearly.
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