Databases for Geology
Best Bets
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| GeoRef |
GeoRef contains citations to over 22,000 titles from journal articles, books, theses, conference proceedings and reports. |
1785-present |
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| GeoScienceWorld |
GeoScienceWorld (GSW) is a nonprofit corporation formed by a collaboration of six leading earth science societies and one institute. |
1885- |
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| Web of Science (ISI) |
Provides indexing for over 12,000 academic journals, proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions, from three databases: |
1898-present |
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Also Useful
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| Academic OneFile |
Contains more than 11,000 academic jounals, the majority in full text and peer-reviewed, and podcasts and transcripts from major news sources. |
1980-present |
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| Academic Search Complete |
Provides full text for over 8,500 magazines and journals, and indexing for 4,100 more titles. |
1980-present |
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| GEOLEX |
GEOLEX is a search tool for lithologic and geochronologic unit names and includes more than 16,000 entries. |
Current |
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| ScienceDirect |
Full text access to more than 1,200 journals from the Elsevier Science journal collection (indexing for 1,300 more). |
1960s-present |
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| SpringerLink |
Provides full text access to more than 500 peer reviewed journals and over 2,000 books online. |
1990s-present |
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| WorldCat |
Contains over 50 million records cataloged by OCLC member libraries throughout the world: Appalachian State University Library is a member (OCLC member code=NJB). |
1000 BC-present |
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