SUBJECT AREA: QE - GEOSCIENCES
Purpose (interdisciplinary relationships): Students working in physical geography, palaeontology, environmental studies/science and in others interdisciplinary areas such as Biology, Biochemistry and Chemistry. Some of the materials for the curriculum (global change, life on earth and coastal oceanography) being offered in this area are classed elsewhere - GE, QC, T and QH.
Curriculum is changing to focus more on geomorphology and oceanography. Materials from these subject areas fall more in GE and QC than QE.
Geoscience is part of the Geography Department.
Existing Collection Strength: Selective.
Current Collecting Intensity: Basic. A substantial number of documents from the Geological Survey of Canada and Remote Sensing Canada are added annually to the Government Documents Collection from the Depository Services Programme of the Federal Government.
Geographic focus: North America.
Chronological focus: Current.
Languages collected: English.
Formats collected: Paper and micro formats.
Access to Journal Articles: ProQuest Direct Research Library does not adequately address this area. General Science Index and Applied Science and Technology Index can provide some access to for general research. Faculty and students have access to the indexing and full text services provided by IDEAL Library*, WEB of Science* [Science Citation Index], Springer-Verlag Link*, CarlUncover and Current Contents. The cost of document delivery from these systems is the responsibility of individual faculty members. [*Access is through the CNSLP Agreement.]
Date: April 8, 1996 Revised: January 29, 1998; May 4, 1999; June 15, 2000; March 31, 2001
Selector Responsible: Brian McNally
| 1168 (1996) | |
| 1206 (1998) | 3.3% |
| 1202 (1999) | -0.3% |
| 1231 (2000) | 2.4% |
| 1322 (2001) | 7.4% |
NOTE: during 1998/1999 many journal titles in this field were withdrawn from the collection. Also, most publications coming from the United States Geology Survey and the geological surveys of Canadian provincial governments were also withdrawn. The bulk of this material has been transferred to the Fundy Geological Museum in Parsboro, Nova Scotia.