About Field Trip Guidebooks
Field trip guidebooks provide geologic information for a particular area. They are stop-by-stop guides containing detailed information and usually contain maps, photographs and illustrations not typically found in other resources. Distributed primarily to those who attended a specific field trip these guidebooks are valuable both to professional geologists and students beginning studies in an unfamiliar area.
Find Guidebooks at UK
Guidebooks for geology field trips are often difficult to locate in InfoKat Discovery (IKD). Published by societies or geological surveys as a series the titles may not be listed in the catalog. Sometimes they are included as part of meeting proceedings or in an issue of a journal. If you begin your search by using the Geologic Guidebooks of North America database it will tell you which organization published the guidebook and will make your search to locate it much easier.
To find field trip guidebooks, search the InfoKat Discovery Library Catalog by author, title, or keyword. IKD will list the location and call number for each guidebook.
If you cannot find the guidebook you are looking for, contact Sue Smith.
- InfoKat Discovery Library Catalog Advanced Search
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Search the full InfoKat Discovery Library Catalog combining terms in different fields (e.g., title, subject, date, language).
Resources for Finding and Accessing Guidebooks
- Geologic Guidebooks of North America DatabaseSearchable database of guidebooks covering North American field trips.
- Virtual Field Trip GuidesList compiled by Walter Geology Library, University of Texas at Austin.
- USGS Geology in the Parkstours of the National Parks in 2D or 3D
Sample Page from Field Trip Guidebook
Used with permission from Kansas Geological Survey.