Geology is commonly divided into a number of sub-disciplines:
those concerned with the chemical makeup of the solid earth (geochemistry,
mineralogy, petrology); those having to do with the structure of the solid
earth (geophysics, structural geology, volcanology); those concerned with
landforms and processes (geomorphology, glacial geology); those dealing with
geologic history, including the study of fossils and the fossil record (paleontology,
stratigraphy, planetary geology); economic geology (mining and petroleum
geology); and environmental geology. (Adapted from Encyclopedia Britannica)
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GeoRef
GeoRef is a bibliographic database that
indexes geosciences, including geology, geophysics, geochemistry,
paleontology, hydrogeology, hydrology, and mineralogy. The database
contains over 2.1 million references to geoscience journal articles,
books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses. The database
contains full-text links when available. Subscription restrictions
to full-text may apply. Coverage: 1789 - present.
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Engineering Village 2--Compendex and INSPEC
Compendex is a comprehensive bibliographic
database of engineering research literature. Contains references
and abstracts to engineering journals, conferences and technical
reports. Subject areas include: chemical and process engineering,
computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and
communications as well as civil and mechanical engineering. Coverage:
1970 - present.
INSPEC is a bibliographic database that indexes physics, astronomy and
astrophysics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control
engineering and information technology. The database contains full-text
links when available. Subscription restrictions to full-text may apply.
Coverage: 1968 - present.
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Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA)
Contains bibliographic citations with
abstracts on meteorology, climatology, atmospheric chemistry
and physics, astrophysics, hydrology, glaciology, physical oceanography
and environmental sciences. Coverage: 1974 - present.
SciFinder Scholar
The online version of Chemical Abstracts, an index to
interdisciplinary science topics, including earth sciences, chemistry, and
other sciences. Includes abstracts.
Location: Selected workstations in the Earth
Sciences, Engineering, Science, and Math Physics Libraries.
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Publications of the US Geological Survey
A subset of GeoRef. Index to publications of the USGS.
Use the index to identify publications, such as Open
File Reports, many of which are available
online. Coverage: 1789 - present.
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Water Resources Abstracts
Index with abstracts to interdisciplinary
research in water-related subjects. Coverage: 1967 - present.
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Web of Science
Provides access to current and retrospective
bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references
found in 5,700 of the world's leading scholarly science and technical
journals covering more than 164 disciplines. Coverage: 1970 -
present.
More General Abstracts and Indexes
Although many databases
contain links to full-text articles, when you find article citations in the
index databases, you need to search Chinook to
see if University Libraries own that periodical title.
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Applied Science and Technology Index
Indexes trade and industrial publications,
journals issued by professional and technical societies, and
specialized subject periodicals, as well as special issues such
as buyers' guides, directories, and conference proceedings. Coverage:
1983 - present.
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General Science Abstracts Full Text
Abstracts popular and scholarly journals
in the fields of astronomy, atmospheric science, biology, botany,
chemistry, conservation, earth science, environment, food, genetics,
health, mathematics, medicine, microbiology, nutrition, oceanography,
physics, physiology, and zoology. Coverage: May 1984 - present.
Selected full text 1995 -present.
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Expanded Academic Index
An interdisciplinary database that contains
citations, abstracts, and links to selected full-text articles
from general interest magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers.
Coverage: 1980 - present.
