Best Bet Databases in
Geography & Geology
- GEOBASE
Indexes geography, geology, and ecology. Also covers cartography; climatology; energy; environment; geochemistry; geomorphology; geophysics; GIS; hydrology; meteorology; paleontology; sedimentology; volcanology.
1980-present.
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Indexes journals, books, monographs, conference proceedings, and reports. From FirstSearch. Subjects include:
- cartography
- climatology
- energy
- environment
- geochemistry
- geomorphology
- geophysics
- geographic information systems (GIS)
- hydrology
- meteorology
- paleontology
- petrology
- photogrammetry
- sedimentology
- volcanology
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- ScienceDirect
Covers Physical and Chemical Sciences; Life Sciences; Health Sciences; Engineering; Social Sciences and Humanities.
1995-current.
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Elsevier Science journal collection (
over 1,200 titles), along with journals from a host of prestigious societies and STM publishers. Note: UConn does not have free access to all journals.
Topics include:
- Biochemistry
- Biological Sciences
- Business & Management Science
- Chemistry
- Clinical Medicine
- Earth Sciences
- Economics
- Engineering & Technology
- Environmental Science
- Materials Science
- Mathematics & Computer science
- Microbiology & Immunology
- Neurosciences
- Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Physics
- Social Sciences
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- Water Resources Abstracts
Technical and scientific literature on water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources.
1967-current.
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This database, which concentrates on water supply and water treatment, complements the Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts database, ASFA, where there is greater coverage of the marine environment and biological material. Free access to Water Resources Netsites, linking to research and development programs, data sets, lists of experts and researchers, conference and meetings information, and other resources on the Internet.
Subjects include:
- Groundwater
- Lakes
- Estuaries
- Erosion and sedimentation
- Water supply and conservation
- Desalination
- Water yield improvement
- Water quantity management and control
- Watershed protection
- Water quality management
- Water resources planning
- Water law
- Engineering works and hydraulics
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- Web of Science
Scholarly journal articles in the sciences, social sciences, arts & humanities. A great database for high quality scholarly articles on any topic. Excellent for citation searching.
1994- present.
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Science Citation Index
Subjects include:
- Agriculture
- Astronomy
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Biotechnology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Materials Science
- Mathematics
- Medicine
- Neuroscience
- Oncology
- Patents, when a patent is part of the record
- Pediatrics
- Pharmacology
- Physics
- Plant Sciences
- Psychiatry
- Veterinary Science & Zoology
Social Sciences Citation Index
Subjects include:
- Anthropology
- History
- Information Science & Library Science
- Law
- Linguistics
- Philosophy
- Political Science & Industrial Relations
- Psychiatry & Psychology
- Public Health
- Social Work & Sociology
- Substance Abuse
- Urban Studies
- Women's Studies
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Subjects include:
- Art & Architecture
- Archaeology
- Asian Studies
- Classics
- Dance
- Folklore
- History
- Language & Linguistics
- Literature & Literary Reviews
- Music
- Philosophy
- Poetry
- Radio, Television, & Film
- Religion
- Theater
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- GeoRef
International geoscience literature, covering engineering and environmental geology, hydrology, and paleontology.
North American geology: 1785-current; international geology: 1933-current..
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Contains references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses.
Includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from US and Canadian universities are also covered.
Major areas of coverage include:
- Areal geology
- Economic geology
- Engineering geology
- Environmental geology
- Extraterrestrial geology
- Geochemistry
- Geochronology
- Geophysics
- Hydrogeology and hydrology
- Marine geology and oceanography
- Mathematical geology
- Mineralogy and Crystallography
- Paleontology
- Petrology
- Seismology
- Stratigraphy
- Structural geology
- Surficial geology
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