AGI Announces Availability of Online Glossary of Geology

Alexandria, VA — The Glossary of Geology, AGI’s premiere geoscience resource publication, is now available online. Available for both individual and institutional licensing, the online glossary is searchable using terms, words within terms or definitions.

The Online Glossary offers all of the terms included in the latest print edition of the Glossary plus over 1,000 updates that have been made since the publication of the print edition in 2005. Users of this online service will be able to access the most up-to-date terms not yet available in the print edition.

The Online Glossary includes several enhancements over the print edition. Images from the Earth Science World Image Bank, maintained by AGI, are displayed for rocks, minerals, fossils and landforms whenever possible. For quick reference, hyperlinks for similar or related terms are included. Also, most of the glossary terms are also available in Spanish, both for searching and browsing.

The printed Glossary of Geology is now in its 5th edition. Containing nearly 40,000 geoscience terms, this book continues to be an essential reference for the geoscience community. When the print edition is purchased direct from AGI, the buyer will receive a free 6-month individual license to the Online Glossary.

To learn more about the online Glossary of Geology, access to a free 30-day trial, and licensing information, go to http://www.agiweb.org/pubs/glossary/.