Information Resources for Geological Sciences

Best Resources for Finding Articles

• GeoRef
  • Most comprehensive bibliographic database in geology, from 1785 to present. Nearly 2 million records. (Now from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
• Treatise on Geochemistry
  • Deals with all major parts of geochemistry, ranging from the chemistry of the solar system to environmental geochemistry.
• Water Encyclopedia
  • Search or browse articles on water quality, wastewater, ground water, surface water, oceans, industrial water, water chemistry, drinking water, ultrapure water, and water resources.
• Interactive Index of Geologic Mapping in Nevada
  • Map index with references (including USGS, theses, journals, NBMG) to location, 1876-1999.
• Science Citation Index
  • Part of Web of Science. Search by subject, author, or cited reference. On the search screen, clear the checkboxes for Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index if you do not want to search all 3 databases simultaneously (the default). An excellent current awareness and bibliography-building tool. 5,700 journals, from 1965- present
    Save citations to EndNote Web — recorded training sessions are available.
• USGS National Geologic Map Database
  • Searchable Geoscience Map Catalog, Geologic Map Image Library, Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States, and links to related resources. Most of the maps in the Catalog are from the U.S. Geological Survey, and therefore available in our Ansari Map Library.
• Water Resources Abstracts
  • Abstracts of journal articles, books, & other reports pertaining to water resources. 1967- present.
• Geobase
  • Worldwide bibliographic database on geography, geology, and ecology. 900,000 records. 1980 - present.
• Meteorological & Geoastrophysics Abstracts
  • Indexes the worldwide literature of meteorology, climatology, atmospheric chemistry and physics, astrophysics, hydrology, glaciology, physical oceanography and environmental sciences. Summaries from 600+ journal titles, as well as conference proceedings, books, technical reports and other monographs. 1974- present.
• Petroleum Abstracts
  • Over 800,000 abstracts from journals, conference proceedings, books, and other sources on oil and gas exploration, production, transportation and storage. Full-text is "Pay-per-View", so check the library catalog for journal titles, and use our Document Delivery service if you need an article that is not available locally.
• PapersFirst
  • Index to conference papers contained in the British Library's collection of proceedings of symposia, conferences, and workshops. 1993 to present.
• IMMAGE Online
  • Information on mining, metallurgy, and geological exploration. IMMAGE Online indexes material published from 1979 to the present. IMMAGE now contains over 100,000 records, with two to three thousand references being added each year. (Same content as the IMMAGE CD - available via the UNR Dataworks - easier to use!) Five simultaneous users only!
• IMMAGE
  • Information on mining, metallurgy, and geological exploration. 95,000 records. 1979- present. Also available on CD-ROM: TN1 .I488 CD Reserve, DeLaMare Library. (UNR NetID required)
• ProceedingsFirst
  • Index to the proceedings of conferences from the collection held at the British Library. Contains tables of contents for most proceedings. 1993 - present.
• WorldCat
  • A catalog of library materials in all formats from libraries all over the United States and the world. Contains more than 61 million items.
• Energy Citations Database
  • Indexes energy and energy-related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies, with citations for report literature, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and patents. 1948- present
• RMMLF Digital Library
  • Proceedings of all the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation annual and special institutes and workshops from 1955 to 1997 excluding some copyrighted materials. (UNR NetID required)
• MinAbs Online
  • Abstracts of the literature of mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, petrology, environmental mineralogy and related topics. Online version of Mineralogical Abstracts. 1982 - present.

Additional Resources for Finding Articles & Other Information

• Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management
  • Interdisciplinary coverage of journal articles and documents in the environmental sciences. 1981- present.
• Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
  • Indexes 7,800+ scholarly journals, with full text for 4,000 titles. Covers social sciences, humanities, education, computer science and engineering, general science, medicine, ethnic studies, and more. 1965- present for selected titles. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• ECO - Electronic Collections Online (Electronic Journals)
  • Indexes 5,400+ scholarly journals in a wide range of subjects. Abstracts and full-text are available for approximately 400 journals to which UNR subscribes. To limit results to these journals, check the "full-text" box. 1995- present.
• Article1st
  • Index to 12,600 + journals pertaining to science, medicine, technology, social science, business, humanities, and popular culture. Now includes journal Tables of Contents (formerly in Contents1st). 1990 - present.
• Dissertations & Theses: Full Text (formerly Dissertation Abstracts)
  • ProQuest Dissertations and Theses — Full text is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. It includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses citations from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with 1 million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works.

Reference Sources Online

• Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences
  • Covers all major aspects of atmospheric science and related subjects such as oceanography and hydrology. Includes recently established fields such as atmospheric chemistry and global climate change as well as the traditional topics of atmospheric dynamics, cloud physics, and weather forecasting.
• Encyclopedia of Geology
  • Covers earth history, earth materials, surface processes, regional geology, economic geology, engineering geology, petroleum geology, geochemical and mineral exploration, the history of geology, and more.
• Encyclopedia of Global Change
  • Authoritative articles investigate all types of phenomena that change life on Earth, such as tsunamis, elephant conservation, ocean pollution, mining regulation, and permafrost melt. Oxford Digital Reference Shelf.
• Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences
  • Compilation of research articles on the availability of fresh water resources and the effects of population increase, pollution, and variations in distribution resulting from regional and global climate change.
• Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences
  • Covers the physical processes that drive the oceans and the chemical, biological, and geological regimes, methods of studying the oceans, from ship-based systems to satellite remote sensing, and ancillary topics such as the law of the oceans, use of the oceans for food and energy, and the impact of pollution and climate change.
• Glossary of Geology
  • Searchable dictionary of terms used in the geological sciences, compiled by the American Geological Institute.

Course-related Information

• Geology 211: Research Methods: Minerals
• Geology 212: Research Methods
• Geology 697: Research Methods
• Mining 101: Introduction to Mining Engineering