Library seminar by Ian Gordon and Heather Whipple for Frank Fueten's ERSC 2P17 seminar

1. ERSC 2P17 - Library Assignment
Date and Location:
Tuesday, September 27, 2- 5 p.m. Learning Commons Classroom A
This assignment will serve to familiarize you with the services available in the James A.
Gibson Library to assist you in locating resources relevant to Earth Sciences. Each
student enrolled in ERSC/GEOG 2P17 must select one Earth Science related topic.
A list of sample topics relevant to the Geology of Ontario are listed below, but feel free to
pick something that interests you. To complete this task you are to use the various Earth
Science/geology databases, available on-line through the James A. Gibson and Map
Libraries. Remember to only search for results since 1990. Ian Gordon, Earth Sciences
Librarian and Heather Whipple, Liaison Librarian for Geography & Data Librarian will
provide you with an overview of how to locate resources, either physically of
electronically, necessary to complete this assignment,
The report for your library assignment will consist of a one page, single-sided, single-
spaced ‘information’ sheet on your selected topic and must contain the following (see the
sample layout attached):
1) A location map of the feature described;
2) A definition/description of the topic chosen, highlighting - what it is, where it is;
3) Significance to earth science – why it is important;
4) A listing of two recent references (post 1990) you found on the topic plus a copy
of the first page of each article cited.
5) Also include in your report:
A) The URL for the Brock Library Earth Sciences Research Guide
B) Two sample screen shots of your searches from two different data bases
(Copied and pasted into your word document)
C) A list of the keywords on which you searched.
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2. Library Assignment layout:
Feature Title:
Definition/Description:
Significance to Earth Science:
References:
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Location Map

3. Ontario sample topics.
TOPIC
1 Flinton Group
2 Llano Uplift
3 Grenville Front Tectonic Zone
4 Central Gneiss Belt
5 Parry Sound Domain
6 Central Metasedimentary Belt
7 Adirondack Highlands
8 Addington Pluton
9 Manicougan Structure
10 Elzevir Pluton
11 Lac Joseph allochthon
12 Britt Domain
13 Sudbury Igneous Complex
14 Kapuskasing Structure
15 Abitibi Greenstone Belt
16 Nipigon Plate
17 Huronian Supergroup
18 Quetico Metasedimentary Belt
19 Kenoran Orogeny
20 Port Coldwell Alkalic Complex
21 Mackenzie Dyke Swarm
22 Slate Islands Impact Structure
23 Grenvillian Orogeny
24 Birch-Uchi Greenstone Belt
25 Approved topic of your choice
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