The library provides study, teaching and research resources for the Earth Sciences.
Earth Sciences
Local Transport: You can take Bus no. 10 from the center or the station in the direction of Fiera and get off at the “Via Venezia” stop. You can also take Bus no. 9 from the station in the direction of Ippodromo and get off at the “Ognissanti 4” stop.
Parking lots are available in the Fiera or Portello area.
The library is located on the ground floor of the Department of Geosciences (main entrance).
Scopus is a bibliographic and citation database (provides bibliometric indicators for authors and journals) of quality scientific literature and web sources in science-technology and the humanities and social sciences.
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This tool allows you to search the bookshelf volumes in the Geosciences library by their Dewey classification, i.e., by subject.
The portal makes it possible to search on a geographical basis some 30,000 geo-thematic and historical maps preserved by the University of Padua, retrieve a copy in the library, or view and download the reproduction when copyright allows. Through a search, it is possible to select the area on which it is then possible to view in a time chart, the various georeferenced maps on the selected territory.
The Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) is a public research organization under the supervision of the Minister of the Environment and Energy Security (MASE). There is a section on the website dedicated to cartography and map data.
The Istituto Geografico Militare is an institute that performs the functions of the cartographic body of the Italian Army and the cartographic body of the Italian state.
Multidisciplinary, bibliographic and citation search platform that includes several international and regional databases designed to support scientific research. Indexes over 34,000 journals, books, conference proceedings, patents and datasets.
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Prehistoric animals and landscapes as seen through the eyes of 19th and 20th-century scholars.
The Geosciences Library remembers Antonio De Toni, a former student and later a professor of geology at the University of Padua, who fell within the early days of World War I.
Through a selection of printed works, unpublished manuscripts, archival documents, and fossils, the exhibition leads visitors to discover the scientific profile of Achille De Zigno, a geologist and palaeontologist of tireless research and writing, extraordinary precision, wide network of relationships, and international fame.
Collection of wall charts of the Sciences Libraries located at the Library of Geosciences and the Library of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Padua.
The journal Memoirs of Geological Sciences began publication in 1912, vol. 1, edited by Prof. Giorgio Dal Piaz and his collaborators, in order to popularize the scientific geological and paleontological works of the Veneto Region. It ceased in 2004 with vol. 55.
The library holds historical collections and miscellanies concerning geology and paleontology mostly from the 19th century from bequests and donations. The material can be consulted on the premises and is partially catalogued.
