AGI Extends Free and Reduced-Price Resources for Geoscientists

Alexandria, Va. — To assist the geoscience community during the Covid-19 outbreak, the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is extending recently announced free and discounted resource offerings.

AGI is providing free individual access to its Glossary of Geology Online Service through August 31, 2020. The online service provides access to more than 39,000 glossary entries contained in the Fifth Edition of the print Glossary. Many entries contain a syllabification guide and background information. To get free access to the Glossary of Geology Online, go to https://www.americangeosciences.org/glossary/register.html and set up your password/login.

Also continuing through August 31 are reduced-price publications including the digital edition of AGI’s bestselling The Geoscience Handbook, discounted by more than 50 percent to $19.60. The digital edition comes in a PDF that is readable on electronic devices (Android, iPhone, tablet, laptop, desktop). With over 470 pages of crisp, clear graphics, this quick reference tool offers key metrics and concepts, a guide to cornerstone papers and recent developments, and short tutorials on specialized topics. The discount, available for individual purchasers only, is available at https://store.americangeosciences.org/the-geoscience-handbook-digital-edition.html. Learn more at https://www.americangeosciences.org/handbook.

If you or your colleagues prefer the printed versions, AGI is offering a bundle of the Glossary of Geology and Geoscience Handbook for $80.00. To learn more, see https://store.americangeosciences.org/glossary-of-geology-and-geoscience-handhoaok-htm.

Also, The Geotimes Collection, every issue of Geotimes/Earth Magazine (1956-2019) on a flash drive, is 50 percent off at https://store.americangeosciences.org/geotimes-earth-collection-1956-2017.html.

For university faculty and students, there are dozens of modules in the free-to-take Geoscience Online Learning Initiative (GOLI) platform, a joint effort of AGI, the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG), the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), and the National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG). GOLI courses range from 1 to 10 hours in length, addressing geoscience topics and skills from geoscience writing to geoethics to advanced environmental geochemistry. Visit https://goli.americangeosciences.org or learn more at https://www.americangeosciences.org/workforce/goli.

For educators and students in grades K-12, AGI offers access to free resources through its Education GeoSource database, which provides access to the widest possible collection of Earth science-related classroom activities, teacher professional development opportunities, science education standards documents, virtual field trips, teaching ancillaries, and much more. Find Education GeoSource online at https://www.americangeosciences.org/center-for-geo/education-geosource. The Earth Science Week website offers hundreds of learning activities, videos, contests, and other educational opportunities organized around this annual international public outreach campaign. Visit Earth Science Week online at http://www.earthsciweek.org.

For more information or assistance, please contact AGI’s John Rasanen at jr@americangeosciences.org.