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Covers the world's technical
literature on geology and geophysics. It indexes papers from 13,000 serials, U.S. Geological Survey
publications, and dissertations. The database corresponds to the print publications Bibliography
and Index of Geology, Bibliography and Index of Geology Exclusive of
North America, Bibliography
and Index of North American Geology, and Geophysical Abstracts.
Coverage: North
Amer. 1785-; world 1933-
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Indexes and provides full
text context for a group of American Association of Petroleum Geologists journals, as well as related
petroleum geology journals. Examples: AAPG Bulletin (1917-), Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology
(1953-), etc.
Coverage: varies
by title
Users: unlimited
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Geobase is a multidisciplinary bibliographic database of human and physical geography, ecology, geology,
oceanography, geomechanics and development studies. The material covered includes refereed papers,
trade journals and magazine articles and it provides excellent coverage of the international literature,
including books, conference proceedings and reports.
Coverage: 1994-
Users: 1
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Provides indexing and full-text access to peer-reviewed journals,
newsletters, and bulletins from the American Anthropological
Association (AAA).
Coverage:
varies by title
Users: unlimited
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This is the official source of bibliographic information for U.S. Government publications. Users can search the entire catalog or specific subsets, choosing either a basic, advanced, or expert search option. Recent material may also have links to full text.
Coverage: 1976-
Access: unlimited
Free resource
Comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences from scientific journals, conference proceedings, reports, books, and government publications. Coverage includes agricultural biotechnology, air quality, ecology, energy resources, environmental engineering, environmental impact statements, hazardous waste, pollution (land, air, water, noise), toxicology & toxic emissions, and waste management.
Coverage: 1967-
Users: unlimited
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Evaluate and compare journals
in the sciences and social sciences using citation data drawn from over 7,500 scholarly and technical
journals. JCR is related to Web of Science and is based on similar data. Use JCR to find the
most frequently cited journals in a field and/or a journal's impact factor, among other information.
Coverage: 2002-
Users: 8
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Contains abstracts for journal
articles in the fields of mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, petrology, environmental mineralogy
and related topics.
Coverage: 1982-
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Online version
of the three Citation Indexes: Science, Social Sciences, and Arts and Humanities. In
addition to searching by keyword, subject, author, etc. for articles in over 8,000 journals, one
can do a "cited reference" search to see how frequently
and where an article has been cited. Web of Science is one of our best databases. Also an excellent source for finding
book reviews.
Coverage: Science
1945-; Social Sciences 1956-; Arts & Humanities 1975-
Users: unlimited
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