Geosciences
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Finding Articles
Limited to University of Arizona students, faculty, staff and library users.
Core Geosciences Databases
GeoRef
The premier index for geoscience literature. Indexes publications in the geosciences and geophysics covering North America from 1785 to the present and the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. Includes links to many full-text articles.
Geobase
Indexes physical geography and some geosciences. Coverage is from 1980 to the present. Includes links to many full-text articles.
Science Citation Index (Web of Science)
Multidisciplinary database supports both subject/keyword searches and citation searches.. Indexes core journals in science and technology. Coverage is from 1900 to the present. Includes links to many full-text articles.
Databases for Interdisciplinary Research
Dissertation Abstracts : useful for finding dissertations in geology and other earth sciences
Inspec (physics, etc.) : useful for researching topics in geophysics
EiCompendex (engineering) : useful for researching topics in engineering geology
SciFinderScholar (chemistry) : useful for researching topics in geochemistry
Water Resources Abstracts : useful for researching topics in hydrology and water resources
Electronic Journals in the Geosciences
Indexes all geosciences disciplines and provides links and direct access to full-text of thirty major journals from AAPG, AGI, GSA, The Geological Society of London, the Mineralogical Society of America, SEPM, the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and other professional organizations.
Managing Your References
EndNote is bibliographic management program that can be used in several ways to help you organize and track citations to the literature. You can download searches from databases such as the online catalog, GeoRef, General Science Index and Web of Science directly into EndNote. EndNote provides an index to the articles by author, keyword, date, etc.., and can be used to produce a bibliography when combined with a word processing program like WORD.
RefWorks is an easy to use reference management program, with in-context guidance. You can access your reference lists, add to them and work on your paper from any networked computer. All help files are online, so you always have access to the documentation. It is useful for groups working at a distance because they can all share the same files. The library provides access to RefWorks free of charge to UA faculty, students and staff.