Glaciology/Ice-Worm Pathfinder

Scope, Definitions, Call Numbers, Subject Headings

Abstracts & Indexes

Bibliographies

Directories

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Handbooks & Guides

Books

Statistics

Maps

Proceedings & Congresses

Journals/Periodicals

Databases

Websites

Videos

Associations

Scope:

This pathfinder includes sources that provide information about glaciology and the ice worm for the layperson, researcher, or reference librarian.

Definitions:

glaciology—

the study of glaciers

"Glaciology." (2004). Concise Oxford English dictionary (11th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

ice-worm—

A small oligochaete worm, Mesenchytrae solifugus, found in North American glaciers and ice fields; also called glacier-worm and snow-worm.

"Ice-worm." (1989). Oxford English dictionary (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. Retrieved April 10, 2007, from Oxford English Dictionary Online database.

Related fields:

hydrology, geology, ecology, zoology

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):

These can all be subdivided geographically: Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, etc.

Glaciers

Glaciology

Hydrology

Mesenchytraeus solifugus

Oligochaeta

Worms

Abstracts & Indexes:

Meteorological and geoastrophysical abstracts, 1960-, (ISSN: 0026-1130)

The American Meteorological Society publishes this monthly.

PASCAL: Meteorology, glaciology, physics of the oceans, 1992-, (ISSN: 1164-5997)

Published monthly by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, the text is in French and English. The abstracts are in French. Other title: Meteorologie, glaciologie, physique des oceans.

World Data Center for Glaciology. (1990s-). SPRILIB ice and snow. Cambridge, UK: Scott Polar

Research Institute, University of Cambridge.

"Contains records for literature relating to snow and ice worldwide." (Description from WorldCat database.)

Bibliographies:

Alaska Historical Library. (1970). A short bibliography on ice-worms. Juneau: Alaska Historical

Library.

Brennan, A.M. (1989). Ice core update, 1980-1989: Permafrost data workshop. Boulder, CO:

World Data Center for Glaciology (Snow and Ice), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado.

Macqueen, A.D. (1993). Sea ice in the southern ocean: A bibliography. Cambridge, UK: University

of Cambridge.

Snyder, E.F. (2000). Bibliography of glacier studies by the U.S. Geological Survey. Anchorage, AK:

U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources.

http://ak.water.usgs.gov/Publications/glaciers.htm

World Data Center A for Glaciology. (1982). Glacial hydrology. Boulder, CO: World Data Center A

for Glaciology (Snow and Ice), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado.

Directories:

Hoelzle, M., & Haeberli, W. (1999-). World glacier inventory. Boulder, CO: World Glacier

Monitoring Service and National Snow and Ice Data Center/World Data Center for Glaciology.

http://nsidc.org/data/glacier%5Finventory/index.html

World Data Centre for Glaciology, Cambridge. (2005). Directory of European glaciology.

Cambridge, UK: International Council for Science.

http://wdcgc.spri.cam.ac.uk/directory

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias:

Anderson, M.G. (2005). Encyclopedia of hydrological sciences. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons.

5 volumes

Dasch, E.J. (2003). Water: Science and issues. New York: Mackmillan Reference USA.

4 volumes

Kotliakov, V.M., & Smolyarova, N.A. (1990). Elsevier's dictionary of glaciology in four languages:

English (with definitions), Russian (with definitions), French, and German. Amsterdam:

Elsevier.

Molnia, B. (2004). Glossary of glacier terminology: A glossary providing the vocabulary necessary

to understand the modern glacier environment. Menlo Park, CA: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1216

Handbooks & Guides:

Hubbard, B., & Glasser, N.F. (2005). Field techniques in glaciology and glacial geomorphology.

Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons.

Kendall, P.F. (1891). Hints for the guidance of observers of glacial geology. Stockport, UK:

North West of England Boulder Committee.

Ostrem, G., & Brugman, M.M. (1991). Glacier mass-balance measurements: A manual for field and

office work (Rev. ed.). Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: National Hydrology Research Institute, Inland Waters Directorate, Conservation and Protection, Environment Canada.

Books:

Geological Survey (U.S.). (1995). Glaciers, a water resource. Denver, CO: U.S. Dept. of the Interior,

U.S. Geological Survey.

Available for purchase from the Government Printing Office.

Goodman, D. (1971). Ecological investigations of ice worms on Casement Glacier, southeastern

Alaska. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Research Foundation.

Knight, P.G. (Ed.). (2006). Glacier science and environmental change. Malden, MA: Blackwell

Publishing.

Mayewski, P.A. (2002). The ice chronicles: The quest to understand global climate change.

Hanover, NH: University Press of New England.

Menzies, J. (Ed.). (2002). Modern and past glacial environments. (Rev. student ed.). Boston:

Butterworth-Heinemann.

Post, A. (2000). Glacier ice. (Rev. ed.). Seattle: University of Washington Press.

Tynen, M.J. (1972). Ice-worms (Oligochaeta: Enchytraeidae) from western British Columbia.

Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, National Museum of Natural Sciences.

Statistics:

Bomblies, A. (1998). Climatic controls on streamflow generation from Antarctic glaciers.

Unpublished master's thesis, University of Colorado.

Rasmussen, L.A. (1982). Continuity equation model of the predicted drastic retreat of Columbia

Glacier, Alaska. Alexandria, VA: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.

Maps:

Ferrigno, J.G., Williams, R.S., & Thomson, J.W. (2002). Coastal-change and glaciological maps of

the Antarctic Peninsula. Reston, VA: U.S. Geological Survey.

Williams, R.S., & Ferrigno, J.G. (1988-2002). Satellite image atlas of glaciers of the world.

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Proceedings & Congresses:

Mosley-Thompson, E., & Thompson, L.G. (Eds.). (2006). Papers from the 2005 International

Symposium on High-elevation Glaciers and Climate Records: Held in Lanzhou, China, on 5-9 September, 2005. Cambridge, UK: International Glaciological Society.

Rado, C., & Beaudoing, D. (Eds.). (1988). Ice core drilling: Proceedings of the third International

Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology: Grenoble, France, 10-14 October 1988. Grenoble, France: Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environnement.

Raymond, C.F., & Van der Veen, C.J. (2003). Papers from the International Symposium on Fast

Glacier Flow: Held in Yakutat, Alaska, U.S.A., 10-14 June, 2002. Cambridge, UK: International Glaciological Society.

Journals/Periodicals:

Annals of glaciology, 1980-, (ISSN: 0260-3055)

Bulletin of glaciological research, 1987-, (ISSN: 1345-3807)

Glaciological data, 1977-, (ISSN: 0149-1776)

Glaciology and quaternary geology, 1985-, (ISSN: 0924-5006)

Ice, 1958-, (ISSN: 0019-1043)

Journal of glaciology, 1947-, (ISSN: 0022-1430)

Polar science, 2007-

http://ees.elsevier.com/polar

Databases:

NOTE: Some of these are subscription-only databases, which means you will have access to them

only through an academic or public library that subscribes to the database. Others are publicly accessible through the Internet. The links take you to the University at Buffalo Libraries' product description pages. These pages are publicly accessible so you can determine the database's time coverage and what journal articles they index. If it is a subscription database, you will be able to enter it if you are a member of the UB community. If you are not a member of the UB community, check your college or public library's website to see if it subscribes to the database. A separate link is provided for publicly accessible databases.

Academic Search Premier (subscription-only)

Database that includes periodical literature on multiple disciplines.

Access Science (subscription-only)

Encyclopedic database for beginning your scientific research.

BIOSIS Previews (subscription-only)

All things biology-related.

GeoRef (subscription-only)

Includes citations and some full-text articles on geology, the environment, and other geosciences.

Web of Science (subscription-only)

This is a citation index, which means it is useful for researchers interested in finding articles written by an author who cites another particular author. You can surf from article to article through the authors' bibliographies.

Websites:

Cordova Iceworm Festival

Cordova, Alaska

Just a fun site that shows Alaskans can celebrate anything.

http://www.iceworm.org

Glaciers Theme Page

Community Learning Network (CLN) offers this site as curriculum development for teaching glaciology.

http://www.cln.org/themes/glaciers.html

Methane Ice Worms

Eberly College of Science

Interesting site on the discovery of methan ice-worms in the Gulf of Mexico.

http://www.science.psu.edu/iceworms/iceworms.html

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

U.S. Dept. of Commerce

Excellent science site that leads to data center and map links about glaciology.

http://www.noaa.org

North Cascades Glacier Ice Worm Research

Site sponsored by the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project at Nichols College in Dudley, MA. Features photos, facts, and zoological classification for ice-worms.

http://www.nichols.edu/departments/Glacier/iceworm.htm

A Tour of the Cryosphere

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Companion website to the video (SEE entry under Videos section).

Government site

http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003100/a003181/index.html

USGS Library

U.S. Geological Survey

Government site that includes online maps and journal holdings.

http://library.usgs.gov/index.html

World Data Centre for Glaciology, Cambridge

Includes Ice & Snow database, which has "around 40,000 records, listing works published from 1661 through to 2001." (Description from WDCGC site.)

http://wdcgc.spri.cam.ac.uk

Videos:

Clark, L. (2004). Descent into the ice [DVD]. Boston: WGBH.

Mitchell, H., Cohen, J., & Starobin, M. (2005). A tour of the cryosphere: The earth's frozen assets

[DVD]. Greenbelt, MD: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

This video has a companion website. (SEE entry under Websites section.)

Visuart Enterprises. (1993). Voices from the ice [videocassette]. Anchorage, AK: SkyRiver Films.

Associations:

NOTE: These are good sources of information about glaciology, science, and careers in glaciology.

(Addresses and URL's found in Associations Unlimited database.)

Arctic Institute of North America (AINA)

University of Calgary
2500 University Dr. NW
Calgary, AB
Canada T2N 1N4

http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca

Federation of American Scientists (FAS)

1717 K St. NW, Ste. 209
Washington, DC 20036
USA
http://www.fas.org/

International Glaciological Society

Scott Polar Research Institute
Lensfield Rd.
Cambridge CB2 1ER
United Kingdom
http://www.igsoc.org

National Science Foundation (NSF)

4201 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22230
USA

http://www.nsf.gov

Polar Libraries Colloquy (PLC)

1915 NW Valhalla Dr.
Pullman, WA 99163
USA

http://arcticcentre.ulapland.fi/polarweb/plc/cmte.asp

World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)

Dept. of Geography
University of Zurich-Irchel
Winterthurerstr 190
CH-8057 Zurich
Switzerland

http://www.geo.unizh.ch/wgms

Oral presentation given 17 April 2007.
Pathfinder created 16 April 2007.
Last updated 21 April 2007.
Copyright: Karlen Chase, 2007.