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Earth Sciences

A guide to earth sciences resources available from ANU Library.

Find books using the Catalogue

The ANU Library Catalogue contains all items and subscriptions owned or licensed by the Library.

You can find books by searching the Catalogue by keyword. Here are some search tips to get you started:

  • Analyse your topic: identify the main ideas or concepts you need to research.
  • Develop a list of search terms including keywords and phrases.
  • Consider alternative spellings and different word endings.
  • Use more specific words or add words using AND to narrow your search.
  • Use synonyms, related terms, or combine words using OR to broaden your search.
  • Exclude words from your search results using AND NOT.
  • Use the Advanced search to search a particular date of publication, language or format.

For additional advice on book searching, see the Library's Finding Library Resources.

Subject searches

Click on the links to browse the Catalogue using these selected subject headings: 

Locating books

Highly used earth science books and journals 2020- are located in the Hancock Library. Less used earth science books and print journals pre 2020 are housed at the Print Repository, and can be requested from the  Library Catalogue.

G     Geography
GB   Physical Geography  
GC   Oceanography
QB   Astronomy
QB47    Astronomy Mathematics  
QC801   Geophysics
QE   Geology
QE351   Mineralogy
QE515   Geochemistry
QE535     Seismology
TN   Mining and Metallurgy

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