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When you start to do research on any aspect of geology, you'll find that the UNC Geosciences Library has lots of resources that will help you. This subject guide is intended to introduce some of the books, journals, and databases relevant to earthquake research that you can access through the UNC library system, as well as some relevant websites.
Browsing: Depending on what kind of topic you want to explore within earthquake research, it may be helpful to simply browse the shelves of the Geological Sciences Library to see the many general and specific books on the subject. The section of the library containing the most earthquake books is QE 531-541, which is near the back of the library on the right-hand side. One good general resource in this section is the International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology (Lee, Kanamori, Jennings, and Kisslinger, eds; QE534.3 .I68 2002).
Using the Online Catalog: To find other titles, search the library catalog using keywords that seem relevant to your topic (for example, try searching "earthquakes AND North America" to find books about earthquakes in North America).
Reference Books: In the Reference Section (in the front of the library), here are a couple books that should be useful:
Ritchie, David, and Alexander E. Gates. Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes. QE521.R58 2001. This encyclopedia has over 1,000 entries about the history, characteristics, and causes of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, as well as more than 75 illustrations, a timeline and an index. This resource should be very helpful in any kind of earthquake research.Seyfert, Carl K. ed. The Encyclopedia of Structural Geology and Plate Tectonics. QE 601. E53 1987. This reference book may help with research in the causes of earthquakes.
UNC subscribes to many journals that relate to earthquakes. In the stacks of the Geological Sciences library you'll find:
Bulletin of the Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo
CERI Quarterly Seismological Bulletin
Earthquake Data Report (I 19.76)
Earthquake Information Bulletin
Earthquake Notes
Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Earthquakes in the United States (QE75.C5)
Geotectonics
Preliminary Determination of Epicenters (I 19.76)
Proceedings of the National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council (I 19.76)
Proceedings of the World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (TH1095.W6)
Seismic engineering program report(QE75.C5)
Seismological Research Letters
Seismological Society of America Bulletin
Seismological Society of America Eastern Section: Earthquake Notes
Tectonics
Tectonophysics
United States Earthquakes (QE535.U55)
Note: Unless otherwise noted, these journals are shelved alphabetically in the Journal section.We also have subscriptions to these e-journals:
Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics
Geotechnical & Geological Engineering
Journal of Earthquake Engineering (JEE)
Journal of Structural Geology
Journal of Seismology
Shock Waves
Tectonics (Washington, D.C.)
Tectonophysics
In each of these databases, add "Earthquake" as a keyword to your search to find articles that relate whatever specific seisological topic you're interested in.
GeoRef
GeoRef is the most comprehensive database in the geosciences, providing access to worldwide geological and geographic literature. GeoRef, by the American Geological Institute, indexes articles from more than 3,000 journals in 40 languages as well as books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses.
The database includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from U.S. and Canadian universities are also covered.
GeoRef contains over 2.2 million references and continues to grow by more than 70,000 references a year.
GeoBase
GEOBASE covers worldwide literature on geography, geology, ecology, and related disciplines. Over 2,000 journals are fully covered, and an additional 3,000 are selectively covered. More than 2,000 books, monographs, conference proceedings, and reports are also covered.
LexisNexis Academic
If current events about earthquakes are what you are looking for (rather than scholarly articles), use LexisNexis. In the "News Category," select "U.S. News" or "World News," then you can narrow down your geographical area in "Step Two: Select a news source." Search for "earthquake" in the headline, lead paragraph, or terms.
National Earthquake Center
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards
Earthquake Research Guide from UCSB