United States Geological Survey

The Montana Tech Library collects nearly all U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Bureau of Mines publications to support the minerals curriculum. These are stored on second floor under the SuDocs category of the Department of the Interior and the call number starts with I. Since January 1996, the Minerals Information function of the U.S. Bureau of Mines became the Office of Minerals Information (OMI) in the U.S. Geological Survey.

The USGS serves the Nation by providing reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth; minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters; manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources; and enhance and protect our quality of life.

The primary publications of the USGS include the USGS Bulletin, the USGS Monograph, the USGS Open-File Report, the USGS Professional Paper, the USGS Water Supply Paper, and the USGS Circular. Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey is a subset of the GeoRef database established by the American Geological Institute. (the Montana Tech Library subscribes to the complete GeoRef database, which can be accessed electronically). The government database provides access to the publications of the USGS and includes references to U.S. Geological Survey reports and maps published from 1880 to date, references on USGS publications with USGS authors published from 1983 to date, and 225 references to reports produced by the Hayden, King, Powell, and Wheeler surveys. The text of documents is not included; however, the database includes complete bibliographic references and index terms drawn from the GeoRef Thesaurus. Reports with chapters by different authors have complete references for each chapter. The sheet size, scale, and latitude and longitude are given for maps. Each reference averages more than 13 index terms, and some references have abstracts. Publications that exist in electronic form at the time of announcement include a URL. Prices are included for USGS publications.

The Tech Library also keeps the paper copy U.S. G.S. indexes from 1879 to present.

References:

1. United States Geological Survey Bulletin, Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington (1883).

2. United States Geological Survey Monograph, Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington (1915).

3. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report, Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington (1902).

4. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper, Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington.

5. United States Geological Survey Water Supply Paper, Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington (1908).

6. United States Geological Survey Circular, Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington (1933).