Geology: Find Articles
Guide for Library Research in Geology
Multidisciplinary Databases
- Academic Search PremierProvides selected full text, scholarly, and peer reviewed articles in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
- Google ScholarSearches the academic, scholarly Web for peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles.
Grey Literature
- arXivProvides open access to e-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, and statistics.
- IssueLabCovers case studies, evaluations, white papers, annual reports, government reports issue briefs, and numerous other materials addressing the world's social problems that include aging, crime and safety, nonprofit and philanthropy, race and ethnicity, and transportation.
- OpenGreyCovers grey literature produced in Europe focusing on science, technology, biomedical science, economics, social science and the humanities.
- Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN)Includes a database with abstracts of scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers. Also includes a paper collection of full-text documents.
- Web of Sciencecovers proceedings and published scholarly literature
Primary Geology Databases
- GeoRefOffers citations and abstracts about the earth sciences including palaeontology.
- Web of ScienceCovers high impact research journals across the sciences, including geosciences, engineering and environmental studies and across the social sciences.
Related Databases
- Agricultural & Environmental ScienceProvides citations, abstracts and full text of articles in agriculture, aquaculture, environmental, ecology, food and human nutrition, and water resources journals, conference proceedings, EPA reports, and books.
- BioOneContains full text articles from bioscience research journals focused on biology and environmental science.
- Environment CompleteCovers agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine and freshwater science, geography, pollution and waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts along with urban planning.
- National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)Index to technical publications from the U.S. government. Includes full text for reports from 1995 and select full text for earlier publications.