Oceanography
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Background Information
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Electronic resource is also available.
BOOKS
To locate a book: Use Exact Search if you have an exact title or author name; Use Keyword Search if you are searching with keywords.
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E-JOURNALS
DICTIONARIES & THESAURUS
Acronym Search (NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory)
Elsevier's Dictionary of Marine Pollution: English-French
GC1085 .E52 2000 Science Library
Glossary of Physical Oceanography and Related Disciplines
Glossary of Oceanography and the Related Geosciences with References
Glossary of Weather and Climate: With Related Oceanic and Hydrologic Terms
QC854 .G56 1996 Science Library
Ocean and Marine Dictionary
GC9 .T86 Science Library
Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Encyclopedia of the Life Sciences
Encyclopedia of Marine Sciences
GC9 .E56 1998 Science Ref
Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences
GC9 .E58 2001 Science Ref
Encyclopedia of the Sea
GC9 .E38 2000 Science Library
Marine Affairs Dictionary: Terms, Concepts, Laws, Court Cases, and International Conventions and Agreements
GC9 .W36 2004 Science Ref
HANDBOOKS & DIRECTORIES
The Facts on File Dictionary of Marine Science
GC9 .F28 2001 Science Library
Coastal Water Temperature Guide
Coastal Ocean Laboratory, National Oceanographic Data Center
Seas at the Millennium: An Environmental Evaluation
QH541.5.S3 S35 2000 Science Library
Tides & Currents (NOAA)
Links to state and regional tide measurement stations, nationwide, including storm surge indicators.
World wide, global tide information. Look up current tide information by continent and port.
ATLASES
National Atlas (Data in multidisciplinary areas, interactive maps land use etc.)
Hydrographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean
United Nations Atlas of the Oceans
DISSERTATIONS & THESES
Dissertations and Theses - Full Text (ProQuest)
Index of North American PhD dissertations back to 1865, with PDF full text since about 1997.
Dissertations (University of Arizona electronic repository, 2005- )
WRITING HELP TOOLS
RefWorks is an internet-based bibliographic utility to store an unlimited number of citations and sort them in a variety of formats. With RefWorks, you can easily import references from other databases and automatically sort and format them in seconds.
Citation Guides for Print & Electronic Resources from the UA Library
Examples of citations for MLA, APA, and Chicago Styles, as well as links to subject specific citation styles.
Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization: A Handbook for Technical Writers and Editors
The Mayfield Handbook of Technical and Scientific Writing Web site
Writing Center, the English Department, University of Arizona