ESS 205 -- Introduction to Physical Geology (Fall 2019): Selecting a Topic

A good encyclopedia can provide beginning researchers with the following:

• an overview of a topic and its various aspects
• the vocabulary associated with the topic
• the names of important people, companies or places,
• a bibliography to lead to other relevant items on the topic, including major studies, books, articles and researchers.

Some good examples are:

• Encyclopedia of Earth, comprehensive material in traditional environmental disciplines.
• Encyclopedia of Earth Science [Ref 550.3 K97e 2005]
• Encyclopedia of Energy, e-book from Credo Reference (2004)