Earth Sciences Databases
Recommended starting places
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
(article index)
A large academic multi-disciplinary database providing indexing for over 8,000 journals and full text for nearly 4,700 (including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals). PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for some journals.
ProQuest Research Library
(article index)
1971-present. Covers scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers in a broad range of subjects.
AccessScience (McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology)
(reference resource, e-books)
Includes articles from the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, research updates, thousands of illustrations, Science News headlines, biographies, and more.
GeoRef (EBSCOhost)
(article index)
American Geological Institute's geoscience database.
Oxford Reference
(reference resource, e-books)
~ A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
~ The Oxford Companion to the Earth
~ A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation
~ Encyclopedia of Global Change
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Google Scholar
(article index, e-books)
Google Scholar, currently in development, searches for scholarly materials (peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and articles) from sources such as academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, and universities.
Science Citation Index (ISI Web of Science)
(article index)
Web of Science includes Arts & Humanities Citation Index (2004-present), Science Citation Index (1999-present), and Social Sciences Citation Index (1965-present). It offers bibliographic citations and cited references from a broad range of disciplines, and is useful as a citation analysis tool.
SimplyMap
SimplyMap is a mapping application that lets users develop interactive thematic maps and reports using thousands of demographic, business, and marketing data variables. You must create a personal login in order to use SimplyMap.
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