Provides topographic maps from the United States Geological Survey (USGS)

Career resources from the American Astronomical Society

Envisat, the world's largest and most advanced satellite, has provided scientists with invaluable information for global surveillance and forecasting since it was launched by European Space Agency in 2002.

Occupational Outlook Handbook gives career information for Geoscientists and Hydrologists.

"World’s largest society dedicated to understanding science, technology, medicine, and their interactions with society in historical context." 1. Isis features topical articles and book reviews. 2. Osiris is an annual publication which focuses on a single theme, bringing together original articles by noted and emerging scholars. 3. Quarterly Newsletter provides insights on the profession and news on jobs, conferences, and other professional activities.

Provides aerial photography for counties in Illinois.

Illinois GIS data sets

Physics, Astronomy, Engineering

The MESSENGER Web Site (MESSENGER stands for MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) offers a window into NASA's "mission to conduct the first orbital study of the innermost planet" with amazing illustrations and clear descriptions of the program and associated science.

This system comprises many physical, chemical and biological processes that need to be dynamically integrated to better predict their behavior over scales from local to global and periods of minutes to millennia.

Pennsylvania Geology is a free online magazine published by the Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey. It includes articles on the geology of Pennsylvania, earth science education, and topographic mapping, and announcements of new publications, conferences, and other geologic and topographic items of interest. --Description taken from Publisher

(Occupational Handbook, U.S. Dept. of Labor)

"Science.gov searches over 60 databases and over 2200 selected websites from 15 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information including research and development results."

Database of multi-color images that cover more than a quarter of the sky that are used to create 3D maps containing more than 930,000 galaxies and more than 120,000 quasars.

News content on space and related industry activities

Illinois stargazing

Database of standardized geoscience information for the nation.

Allows you to search their catalogs of over 4,800 titles by subject, keyword, title, ISBN, Publisher, Series, Department, Language, and Date. Once you find the a title of interest, use I-Share or WorldCat to look up and request specific items.