General Geoscience Gophers

• the VIRTUAL EARTH - a tour of the 3W for earth scientists
• The Official Virtual Library of Earth Science 3W servers
• United Kingdom Geoscience Links
• Earth Science Resources in Zilker Park
• The Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT) Earth Resources Laboratory
• The EarthNet Info Server
• EcoNet Home Page
• EcoNet's Toxics, Hazards & Wastes Resources
• EARTH SCIENCE AND GEOLOGY LINKS-BY CATEGORY
• Intera
• Geology Servers
• COGS - Computer Oriented Geological Society
• Yahoo - Science:Earth Sciences:Geology and Geophysics
• The Soft Earth
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Earth Sciences Resources
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Earth Sciences
• Online Resources for Earth Scientists: General Geology
• Geotech Links
• Geo-Departments List

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Geochemistry

• Geochemistry
• Geochemistry at Galaxy Server
• Galaxy Geochemistry
• Geochemistry SW - Binary Files
• Internet Chemistry Resources - Software
• Generalized Thermobarometry: WEBINVEQ with the TWQ 1.02 data base
• Geochemistry software
• Molecular Models
• Yale - Geochemical cycles
• Princeton University - Prof. A. Navrotsky's group
• Princeton University - Prof. Hinchley's group
• Geochemistry Page (Hansen - Norway)

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Environmental Geology

• Pollution Research Group, Univ. of Natal
• Institute for Resource & Environmental Geosciences Homepage
• ENVhome - School of Env. Sci., East Anglia
• ERIM (Environmental Research Inst., Michigan)
• ICOMOS - Resource Guide
• Green Clips - Electronic newsletter about sustainable building issues

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Geological Surveys & Nat. Res. Depts

• Arizona Geological Survey Gopher Server
• Australian Geological Survey WWW Server - @ngus
• Australian Geological Survey Organization
• British Geological Survey Home Page
• Geological Survey of Canada
• Geological Survey of Canada - Atlantic Geoscience Centre
• Geological Survey of Estonia
• Geological Survey of Finland (GSF)
• Iowa Geological Survey Web Server
• Illinois State Geological Survey Home Page
• /Illinois State Geological Survey Educational Extension Unit
• Minnesota Geological Survey
• Oklahoma Geological Survey
• Oklahoma Geological Gopher
• South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
• Texas Bureau of Economic Geology
• United States Geological Survey - HTTP Server - Home Page
• United States Geological Survey Index of Earth and Environment Sciences Internet Resources
• The United States Geological Survey - Environmental Science Resources
• MineNet
• DISSEMINATING GEOSCIENCE INFORMATION

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Free Geoscience Software

• University of Erlangen - Stephan Krumm's Software Treasures
• The Soft Earth (NewPet program)
• Javier Sabadell's Nielsen Programs
• Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis WWW Site (incl. ftp for EMM Software)
• StereoNet program
• Scientific Visualization Software Packages
• Data Modeling Web Site
• Welcome to ADEPT (A Program for Aquifer Data Evaluation)
• Xtalographic Software at the Dept. of Earth Sciences, Oxford
• Seepage/Groundwater Modeling Software
• Earthware - Environmental Software

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Mineralogy

• Mineral search in ATHENA database
• Mineral Formula Database
• World mineral resources database (in French)
• American Crystallographic Association
• Bob's Rock Shop This is a new server that contains a number of very nice illustrations of mineral specimens as well as information on them, and links to other sites. It is not a commercial site but just a nice place to look at some of Bob's specimens in his collection. Worth a check!
• Association francaise de microminéralogie
• Frieberg - Institut für Mineralogie
• Kiel - Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut und Museum
• California Institute of Technology - Experimental Petrology
• CSIRO Division of Minerals - Perth

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Crystallography

• Main Crystallographic Server in Geneva
• Crystallography WWW Virtual Library (Geneva)
• Crystallograpic Gopher of CSIRO, Australia
• European Crystallography Committee
• Crystallography at Komenský University
• Education of X-Ray Diffraction
• Structural Chemistry Section - University of Manchester
• Birkbeck Crystallography Homepage
• The Cambridge Crystallography Home Page

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Microscopy and Microanalysis

• Microscopy Online
• UM-StL Scanned Tip and Electron Image Lab
• Other Microscopy/Interesting Sites
• SEM-EDS Laboratory
• WWW of electron microscopy + analysis

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Mineralogical Collections

• Smithsonian Institution, Gem & Mineral Collection
• Mineralogical Collection of the Ecole des Mines in Paris
• Mineral Gallery This is an on-line guide to minerals (complete with descriptions, images, and physical characteristics). Note that this is a commercial site, although it is fairly low key.
• Mineralogical Collection of the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology
• Mineralogical Collection of the Technical University Clausthal
• Natural History Museum London
• The Fossil Company - Fossils, Mineral Specimens and Crystals
• Seaman Mineral Museum (Michigan)

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Newsgroups in Earth and related Sciences:

• sci.geo.geology
• sci.geo.eos
• sci.geo.fluids
• sci.geo.meteorology
• sci.geo.hydrology
• sci.geo.petroleum
• sci.environment
• sci.techniques.xtallography
• sci.techniques.spectroscopy

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Petrology

• Rock-forming minerals
• Metamorphic Studies Group
• The Virtual Microscope
• Very Low Temperature Metamorphism Page at Erlangen University

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Geological and other Natural Science Magazines

• Journal of Microscopy
• Journal of Metamorphic Geology
• GeoLogic, Terra NOVA
• Geological Samizdat
• Volcanologica Acta
• New Scientist
• Nature
• Earth Science Journals
• CARL journals database

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Publishers and Publications

• Springer Verlag Scientific magazines
• Springer News: New Publications from Springer-Verlag
• Elsevier Catalogue
• SpringerVerlag, Journal Preview Service
• Elsevier Periodicals - last months Contents
• Chapman and Hall
• Kluwer Academic Publisher Info Service

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Search Tools

• Comparison of search engines' effectivity in scientific information retrieval

• The undoubtedly best - AltaVista !!
• MetaCrawler - also very efficient
• Lycos
• Inktomi
• NlightN - a Universe of Information, News, Books & more !
• OpenText
• infoseek
• Magellan Internet Guide
• WebCrawler

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Geo-Societies

• List of geo-societies maintained at the Bristol University
• GAC-MAC
• Clay Minerals Association
• Mineralogical Society of America Gopher
• SGA (via Clausthal)

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