PROSPECTING THE USGS LIBRARY MATERIALS FOR GIS NUGGETS

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Libraries Program has the largest geoscience collection in the United States, and worldwide. Though access and availability to electronic and georeferenced documents have been exponentially increasing each year, there are still many “print-only” materials that have useful “GIS nuggets” for scientific research, natural resource mitigation, legal issues, and general interest inquiries from library users. Likewise, many federal documents and other print materials from the 20th Century have yet to be index within online bibliographic databases, though the information is indexed within print indexes and bibliographies. Come discover hidden gems within our own USGS Library!