The Mineral Resources Library is your gateway to information on Manitoba's geology, mineral and petroleum resources and industries. Whether you are looking for reports, maps, journal articles or video/audio cassette recordings dealing with these topics, we can help. We have an extensive collection and a world of information at our fingertips via in-house or on-line databases.

If the information is not in our collection, we can direct you to technical and scientific information around the world.

Special Collections

• Approximately 300 scientific and technical journal titles
  
  
• Manitoba Geological Survey reports and maps
  
  
• Geological Survey of Canada collection. The Mineral Resources Library is the provincial depository for Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) publications
  
  
• Comprehensive map collection on Manitoba Geology including surficial, geophysical, bedrock, and preliminary maps
  
  
• Large collection of VHS videos and audio recordings
  
  
• Exchange publications from Saskatchewan, North Dakota, and United States geological surveys

Research and Reference Services

• Library holdings: 30,000 volumes
  
  
• Public access catalogue of library titles: includes approximately 10,000 searchable titles from 1990 to present and card catalogue prior to 1990
  
  
• GEOREF: searchable database of references and selected abstracts to the world's literature in geology. Over 1.5 million records since 1785. Prepared by the American Geological Institute
  
  
• Bibliography of Manitoba Geology: compiled by Manitoba Science, Technology, Energy and Mines, this searchable database is a comprehensive bibliography with 11,000 references on the geology of Manitoba
  
  
• Newsclippings database: providing access to current mineral and petroleum industry related news items
  
  
• Canadian MineSCAN: searchable database of mining and exploration companies operating in Canada and the United States
  
  
• Northern Miner: searchable database of the Northern Miner, 1987 to present
  
  
• Internet access to a host of other mineral related web sites