Important Fall 2021 Updates
For up-to-date information on COVID-19 and library services, including onsite vs. virtual vs. hybrid services; checking out materials; and study spaces, please visit the Library's statement on COVID-19. The “COVID-19 & Yale Library Online” page contains up-to-date information (and a link to an FAQ) about available services during the pandemic. As of this page's update on August 6, 2021, Yale University and New Haven have put indoor mask policies in place. More information about Yale's COVID-19 policies and current alert levels are here.
- For the Fall 2021 semester, we have currently been advised that we should offer some in-person consultation options, depending on your preference. I am offering remote only consultations (via Zoom) on Mondays and Thursdays. You will have the option of remote or in-person consultations on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Click the Schedule Appointment button on this page below my photo.
- If you are not on campus right now, please visit our remote access page.
- Most library resources are available via a URL proxy prefix, but you can also download and install the VPN. Being connected to the VPN makes our electronic resources behave as if you were connected to YaleSecure.
- Resources accessed from the library website and catalog will automatically use the off-campus access URL prefix. If you are off-campus, not on the VPN, and NOT accessing a resource through the library website, the prefix is https://yale.idm.oclc.org/login?url= ... and you would get to JSTOR by putting that in front of the JSTOR URL: https://yale.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://jstor.org
- Yale Library is piloting something called Lean Library Access for the fall semester that makes accessing resources more seamless from off-campus. Zotero also has a plugin feature that can automatically save the proxy prefix. View more info on the remote access page.
- Sometimes, we have access to a resource through an aggregator, not the publisher's website. In those cases, checking the library website for access is very useful.
- Yale University Library has just done a major website redesign. If you are having difficulties locating something you need that was on the old website, please email me.
We have a purchase request form if you need something that is not currently available.
Welcome
Welcome to the Paleontology subject guide!
This guide is targeted at the paleontology community at Yale, which is part of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. On this guide, you will find:
- Where to go to find relevant print and electronic resources (including historical materials on the HathiTrust).
- Information about how to contact the Earth & Planetary Sciences subject librarian, Kayleigh Bohémier.
- How to locate journal articles and metrics.
- How to make requests for resources to your librarian.
Related Guides
Grazing Through the Literature
Image credit: OC Marsh, for the USGS 16th Annual Report. (1896) An illustration of Stegosaurus ungulatus.
Top Resources
This guide exists so you can navigate the complex print and electronic book environment to locate the materials you need for your research.
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Print ResourcesThis page describes how to make requests for new items; how to use QuickSearch (or the old Orbis catalog) to narrow down with facets so you can quickly locate what you need; and contains two feeds from the library catalog that display the print-only books and ebooks that have recently been added to the catalog.
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eBooksThis page talks specifically about ebooks. The Library's ebook environment is complicated. This page contains links to guidance in our collection development policies; information about locating historical digitized materials in the HathiTrust; and showcases some eBook databases and research guides that will make using them easier for you.
Your Librarian
My default ONSITE days are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. I am OFFSITE most Mondays and Thursdays.
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Marx Science and Social Science Library (formerly called CSSSI)
Office C41
219 Prospect Street
Concourse Level
Kline Biology Tower
Land Acknowledgement
"Yale University acknowledges that indigenous peoples and nations, including Mohegan, Mashantucket Pequot, Eastern Pequot, Schaghticoke,Golden Hill Paugussett, Niantic, and the Quinnipiac and other Algonquian speaking peoples, have stewarded through generations the lands and waterways of what is now the state of Connecticut. We honor and respect the enduring relationship that exists between these peoples and nations and this land."
For more information on the land acknowledgement, please look here.