What Do You Need?

• Maps
• Key Search Tools
• Writing Tools
• Key Reference Books
• Dictionaries
• Flooding Hazards
• Volcanic Hazard Town Meeting

Key Websites by Geography:

• General
• Alaska
• California
• Pacific Northwest
• Oregon
• Washington

Other Key Resources

• Key CRUZCAT Subject Headings
• How to Evaluate Information on the Web
• Earth Sciences 104 - Reserves (via CRUZCAT)
• ERES
• Off-Campus Access

Working on your report? 2 strategies: Look at our list of websites for your area, and look in GEOREF for additional reports (which can often include maps) .

GEOREF - The major database for materials in geology and geophysics, in particular: energy sources, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, the structure of the earth, and geostatistics. Select Advanced Search to get more search boxes to fill in.

• GEOREF Guide           Condensed version of the Guide, with local examples, or with Oregon examples

Maps

• UCSC Map Room web site. The Map Room is open 1-5, Monday-Friday
• Bibliography of useful books in the Map Room
• CRUZCAT: Maps & Atlases Search

Key Search Tools

• GOOGLE - U.S. Govt. Search This searches government web sites only
• GOOGLE - Advanced Search Use the Domain feature to search for specific web sites such as .edu for educational sites
• Science.gov - Earth & Ocean Sciences- a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results
• CRUZCAT to find reports, books, maps, and journals at UCSC
• MELVYL to find material at other UC's. Use the "Request" button to borrow material on interlibrary loan if it's not at UCSC
• GEOREF - The major database for materials in geology and geophysics, in particular: energy sources, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, the structure of the earth, and geostatistics. Select Advanced Search
  • GEOREF Guide           Condensed version of the Guide, with local examples, or with Oregon examples

Writing Tools back to top

• APA Style.org - Electronic References Online access to information on citing electronic resources
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association Hard copy version -- available in the library
• APA Style Guide
• Citing maps in your bibliography
• Citing Government Information Sources
• A Writer's Reference, edited by Diana Hacker [Ebook - UCSC Only]

Flooding Hazards back to top

• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) background information on floods and flash floods
• ESRI/FEMA Online Hazard Maps - Make your own flood map!
• U.S.G.S. Water Data Current conditions listed by state or displayed on a state map based on U.S. Geological Survey stream gauge data and National Weather Service data stations
• Who Needs Flood Insurance? Basic information about who needs flood insurance and what it costs
• NOVA online information about floods
• National Flood Insurance Program U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency online information about the National Flood Insurance Program.
• An introduction to Flood Mitigation Planning [HTML version]
• Dartmouth Flood Observatory Tools for detection, mapping, measurement, and analysis of extreme flood events using remote sensing

Volcanic Hazard Town Meeting back to top

• Electron Mudflow, Mount Rainier, Washington
• Volcanic Hazards from Mt. Rainier, Washington
• Cascades Volcano Observatory
• Disaster waiting to Happen
• Living with a Restless Caldera - Long Valley, California
• Pilot Project: Mount Rainier Volcano Lahar Warning System
• Lahar: Thousands live in harm's way
• Orting Census Information
• Orting Topo
• Majestic Menance! In the path of danger
• Hazard zones for lahars, lava flows, and pyroclastic flows from Mount Rainier

Key Websites by Geography back to top

General

• Atlas of rocks, minerals and textures
• How Volcanoes Work
• Tsunami Home Page (NOAA)
• U.S. Geological Survey Volcano Hazards Program (USGS)
• Earthquake Hazards Program (USGS)
• Geologic Mapping, Geophysics and Energy Resources of the West (USGS)

Alaska

• Alaska Earthquake Information Center (AEIC)
• Alaska Science Center (USGS)
• Earthquakes in Alaska (OFR 95-624) (USGS)
• Tsunamis from Alaska (Tsunami Research Group - University of Southern California)
• Alaska Volcano Observatory Volcano Hazard maps, Open File Reports, etc.
• Alaska Volcanoes and Volcanics - Maps and Graphics (USGS)
• Alaska Maps
• Alaska Population Overview (pdf)
• Alaska Soil Surveys
• Radar Structure of Earthquake-Induced, Coastal Landslides in Anchorage, Alaska
• Anchorage Geotechnical Project (pdf)

California

• California Government UCSC Map Room List of Web Sites
• California Geological Survey Geologic hazards, resources and maps
• Seismic Hazards Mapping Program (California Geological Survey)
• Database of Potential Sources For Earthquakes Larger than Magnitude 6 in Northern California
  (USGS Open-File Report 96-705)
• San Francisco Bay Region Geology (USGS)
• California Soil Surveys    
       The Santa Cruz County Soil Survey   Also available in print in the Map Room.
• For articles and maps about the geology of Santa Cruz County, try a GeoRef search.

• The Pacific Northwest Center for Geologic Mapping Studies
• Cascades Volcano Observatory (USGS) Lost of information about all Cascadia volcanoes
• Earthquakes & other natural hazards in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon Department of Geology & Mineral Industries)
• Pacific Northwest Urban Corridor Project geologic maps Click on "Links & Resources" for more good sites
• Western Region Coastal and Marine Geology Program (USGS)
• Western Region Geologic Information Server (USGS)

• DOGAMI home page: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
• Earthquakes & other natural hazards in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon Department of Geology & Mineral Industries)
• Relative Earthquake Hazard Maps for Selected Urban Areas in Western Oregon
• "Oregon Geology" (free online journal) Spring 2002 issue: Earthquakes and tsunamis documented at southern Oregon coast, Oregon seismicity in 2001
• Oregon Soil Surveys

• The Pacific Northwest Center for Geologic Mapping Studies
• Washington State Department of Natural Resources (Geologic Hazards, Geologica Mapping)
  

  - DNR's Online Publications

  You can find the Geologic Map of Washington, and other maps, such as
  "Tectonic elements and evolution of northwest Washington".
  Note, however, that some of these files are meant to be printed at a large size.

• Geologic Information about Washington (USGS)
• Washington Soil Surveys

Key Reference Books back to top

• Columbia Gazetteer S&E Maps G103.5 .C65 1998  and online
• Glossary of geology S&E Maps QE5.G37 1997 (Earlier editions also in S&E Ref & S&E stacks)
• Encyclopaedia Britannica Also includes dictionary, atlas and related web sites (Earthquakes:Types of Seismic Waves video).
• Encyclopedia of geochemistry / edited by C.P. Marshall and R.W. Fairbridge S& E Ref QE515 .E48 1999
• Encyclopedia of earthquakes and volcanoes / David Ritchie and Alexander E. Gates S&E Ref QE521 .R58 2001
• Encyclopedia of volcanoes / editorin-chief, Haraldur Sigurdsson  S&E Ref   QE522 .E53 2000
  Comprehensive reference source on volcanoes. Also includes an appendix listing historically active volcanoes - basic facts, where, when, type, elevation
• Firefly guide to global hazards/ Robert Kovach and Bill McGuire S&E Ref GB5014 .K69 2004
• Macmillan encyclopedia of earth sciences / E. Julius Dasch, editor in chief; S&E Ref QE5 .E5137 1996
• Sciences of the earth : an encyclopedia of events, people, and phenomena / edited by Gregory A. Good S&E Ref QE11 .S38 1998
• Volcanoes of North America : United States and Canada / compiled and edited by Charles A. Wood and Jürgen Kienle S&E Ref  QE524.V66 1990
  More in depth description of north american volcanoes.
• The Natural history of the UC Santa Cruz campus S&E QH105.C2N37 Has a chapter describing the geology of the campus.

Dictionaries/Reference back to top

• The Oxford English Dictionary [UC ONLY]
• Oxford Reference Online Premium [UC ONLY]
  Provides access to general maps & illustrations, dictionaries, thesauruses, language references, quotations, as well as subject reference guides, including medicine.
• Merriam-Webster Online Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate (R) Dictionary, 10th ed.