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Oceanography, Earth, and Marine Sciences

The UC San Diego Library is recognized as having a world-class oceanography collection.  Use the online guides, links, and resources below to discover the print and digital collections and resources in oceanography, earth and marine sciences, intended for the support of research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the world's premier oceanographic institution, researchers at the University of California and at other oceanographic institutions and centers around the world. 

The seven links below lead to online guides of resources, eBooks, and journal article databases for the academic programs and curricular groups in climate sciences, geosciences, and ocean biosciences:

  • Applied Ocean Science: Customized guide with links to resources for the various disciplines involved in the application of technology to ocean exploration and observation.
  • Biological Oceanography: Specialized guide with links to resources in biological oceanography.
  • Climate & Atmospheric Sciences: Customized guide for resources in atmospheric, climatic and meteorological fields.
  • Ecology & Environmental Science: Tailored guide for resources in ecology and environmental science, with links useful for the UC San Diego PIER interdisciplinary environmental specialization.
  • Geosciences, Geophysics & Geochemistry: Specialized guide with links to resources in geophysics, geochemistry, and related geosciences.
  • Marine Biology: Customized guide for resources in marine biology and related topics.
  • Physical Oceanography: Specialized guide with links to essential resources for physical oceanographers.

General Resources for Oceanography, Earth & Marine Sciences

  • Quick Links to most used Databases: ASFA, BIOSIS, Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science (NEW), GeoRef, Inspec, MGA (climate), MarinLit (Natural Products) PubMed, Web of Science, Zoological Record
  • Requesting journal articles & books - Use this form to request PDFs of journal articles or book chapters, books, and Interlibrary loans of items.
  • HathiTrust - Browse & search the HathiTrust Digital Library for access to over 111,800 items from the former Scripps Library collection. The digitized Scripps Library collection in HathiTrust includes books, technical reports, and series in oceanography, earth & marine sciences, plus Scripps Institution of Oceanography publications. Use the search box below to search this collection in HathiTrust, and use your UCSD login to gain access to more full text content.

  • Digital Collections - Images, documents, research data, audio, & video, includes many Scripps related topics, resources and events.
  • Research Data Curation - the Library's Research Data Curation Program provides assistance with creating a data management plan, training on data management best practices, guidance on depositing your data in a repository, help in creating a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for your research outputs, and instruction on research computing skills.
  • Open Access Publishing Discounts - listing of UCSD & UC publishing discounts for UC authors.
  • Ocean Charts - Links to US and International indexes for the Library's print charts, with some links to online charts.
  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography Publications - links to various historical publications and bibliographies.
  • eScholarship - The University of California repository of scholarly publications, upload your publications for Open Access and persistent URLs, plus easy to use citation metrics.
  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives and Manuscripts 
  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography History - Links to historical information & publications
  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography Biographies & Memoirs - Links to several biographies, autobiographies and memoirs of Scripps' luminaries and distinguished oceanographers.
  • Library Guide for Technical Reports: Resources and links to online collections.
  • California Explores the Ocean - a collaborative project to digitize a selection of primary source materials from the former Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library and Archives and the San Diego Historical Society.  This website facilitated searching and discovery of archival manuscripts, texts, images, and sound recordings related to ocean research conducted at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, in addition to historical materials on ocean resources owned by the San Diego History Center. This website was originally created in 2001 and revised in 2020, without the addition of new content, use the links in the "About" section to find  more information on these topics.
  • Recommend a Purchase - can't find what you need in our collections? We welcome purchase recommendations from all library users with a UC San Diego email account.

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