Subject guides: Geosciences: Using Journal Databases

Key Databases

This list of databases consists of some of the core databases that you will use when conducting Geosciences research.

Factiva.com (mid-1980s - present)
Current affairs and company information.
Geobase via Engineering Village (1980-present)
Covers physical and human geography, geology, mineralogy, ecology, and development studies.

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GeoRef via GeoScienceWorld (1785 - present)
Contains a large number of databases related to the environment, marine life, oceanography, social sciences, economics and politics. Individual databases need to be opened in order to search them.
GeoScienceWorld
Delivers aggregated journal content of 6 leading earth science societies. You can also search GeoRef simultaneously.

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Lyell Collection (1811 - present)
The Lyell Collection consists of the Geological Society of London’s journals, Special Publications and key book series.

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ScienceDirect
A good generic database which contains a very large amount of global scientific, medical and technical information.

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Web of Science Core Collections
One of the largest science databases with good coverage of the geosciences. It also provides citation analysis of authors, journal and subject areas.

Many eJournals allow you to browse past issues by volume and issue to find a particular article.

Australian Geographer
Journal of the Geographical Society of New South Wales.
Advances in Geosciences
An Open Access Journal for Refereed Proceedings and Special Publications.
The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names
Encyclopedia of Earth
A free, fully searchable, electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society.
Geographical Names Board
To administer place names within New South Wales.