Geology: Databases
Finding Articles
Databases are the first place you want to look for articles. Databases usually have information about an article (such as the title, author, name of the journal or magazine the article appeared in) and sometimes they will also contain an abstract, or summary, of the article.
Databases also often have information about other types of resources too - sometimes they contain information about books, book chapters, government documents, and other things.
Some databases will also have the articles themselves (called the full text of the article). When that happens, you should see a link to an HTML or PDF document. If you do not see a link, click on - this will check the other library databases for the full text of the article.
Geology databases
- GeoRef This link opens in a new windowGeoRef is an excellent source for scholarly articles, books, book chapters, trade publications, government documents, and more!
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowThis is a great multi-disciplinary database. It tells you what other authors have cited an article, which can make it easier to find important or similar articles on your topic.
- GreenFILE This link opens in a new windowThis database mostly includes topics related to the environment. It also has information about business, policy, law, and technology - specifically how they relate to the environment and vice versa.
- AGRICOLA This link opens in a new windowAGRICOLA is primarily a life sciences database, but can be an excellent source for journal articles, books and government publications related to the environment and ecology.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowUse Google Scholar to search for scholarly, peer reviewed articles on any topic.
General Databases
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new windowThis is a good multi-disciplinary database, with lots of full text. This database allows you to limit your search to peer-reviewed articles.
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