Research Guides: Geol 140 Environmental Geology: USGS

Finding USGS Publications

Publications Warehouse of the USGS
Search for publications written by USGS scientists over the century-plus history of the bureau.
Google
Limit to US Government publications by searching with your keywords and then limiting search to site:usgs.gov
Example: sea level rise site:usgs.gov

OneSearch
This Library receives many publications from the USGS, however not all of them listed individually in OneSearch by author or paper title, especially older publications. If you can't find a title by searching the OneSearch Library Catalog, you can try this method: determine the series and report number and then use the table to identify a call number.

Below is a list of popular series from the USGS with call numbers to help in your searching.

Title	Agency	Call Number	Years Owned	Volumes Owned
USGS	Annual Report	QE 75 .A6	1880/81-1904/5 1975-present	v. 2-26 Note: online 1997-2000
USGS	Bulletin	QE 75 .B9	1883-present	All
USGS	Circular	QE 75 .C5	1933-present	All
USGS	Monograph of the U.S. Geological Survey	QE 1. M 7	1890-1929	All
USGS	Open-File Reports	QE 75 .O7	select reports beginning-1968- present	Individually cataloged; check OneSearch
USGS	Professional Papers	QE 75 .P9	1902-present	All
USGS	Water Resource Investigations Report	TD 224 .C3 U54	select reports beginning 1973- present	Selected titles only
USGS	Water Supply Papers	TC 801 .U2	1897-present	no. 2-present

USGS-Water Resources Division	Water Resources Data for California	TC 801 .U222	1961- present	Note: data is online beginning 1994.See link for access. See Factsheet 078-02
Geological Society of America [GSA]	Abstracts With Programs	QE 1 G2 .G142	1961- present

CA Dept of Water Resources	Bulletin	REF TD 224 .C2 A32	1922- present	All

CA Division of Mines and Geology {DMG]	Bulletin	TN 4 C2 .A3	1896- present	No. 9- present
CA DMG	Report of the State Geologist	TN 24 C2 .A325	1886, 1888, 1890, 1957/58-1975/76	No. 6, 8, 10, 55-69
CA DMG	Special Report	TN 24 C2 .A33	1950- present	All

US Bureau of Mines	Bulletin	TN 23 .U4	1970-	No. 1-
US Bureau of Mines	Information Circular	TN 295 .U4	1926-1981	No. 6007-9446 (some missing)

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