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Geology

Library resources on geology.

Open Educational Resources (OER)

Introduction to Geology by Chris Johnson et al.
Free textbook from OpenGeology, accessible online.

Historical Geology by Callan Bentley et al.
Another free textbook, focusing on historical perspectives.

USGS Educational Resources
Offers lesson plans, activities, and multimedia, supporting educational outreach.

Geological Structures: A Practical Guide
This manual is about structures that occur within the Earth’s crust. Structures are the features that allow geologists to figure out how parts of the Earth have changed position, orientation, size and shape over time.

Goddard Earth Sciences Data & Information Services Center
The NASA Goddard Earth Sciences (GES) Data and Information Services Center (DISC) is a data center that archives and distributes Earth science data, including remote sensing data, models, and field measurements, primarily focusing on atmospheric composition and dynamics, global precipitation, and solar irradiance, for research, applications, and education.

MERLOT: Geoscience
MERLOT: Geoscience is a portal, part of the larger MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) program at the California State University, that provides a collection of geoscience educational materials and resources accessible to users through higher education, professional societies, and industry.

National Geoscience Data Centre (UK)
A collection of geoscientific data and information available to a wide range of users and communities.

OASIS
Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier. OASIS currently searches open content from 132 different sources and contains 447,775 records. 

OER Commons
OER Commons (OER for open educational resources) is a freely accessible online library that allows teachers and others to search and discover open educational resources (OER) and other freely available instructional materials.