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Find Articles, Citations, Reviews, and more in these Indexes and Databases:

• GeoRef
  • The best database for geology and Earth science
  • North American geology: 1785 to present
  • World geology: 1933-present
  • Includes citations to articles, maps, theses and dissertations, government publications, books, and reports
  • Much more complete coverage of the topic than Web of Science
• Web of Science
  • (1945+)
  • Science Citation Index online -- great database for citation searching
• Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
  • The epicenter for research on earthquakes
  • You should also search GeoRef when researching in this area

UCSB E-Journals:

• E-Journals Collection (main search)

Additional Print Indexes and Abstracts (SEL Abstract/Index Area)

• Deep Sea Research Part B: Oceanographic Literature Review
  
  • (1967-1992) -- SEL Ref GC 1 .D45
• Mineralogical Abstracts
  
  • (1923-2003) -- SEL Ref QE 1 .M55

• Academic Search Complete
  • (1984+) Provides basic articles (popular and some scholarly) on all subjects including geological research.
• Biosis Previews
  • (1985+) Biology database useful for paleontology.
• Compendex
  • (1970+) Engineering database, covers remote sensing applications.
• InfoMine
  • Indexes web sites in a variety of subjects.
• Inspec
  • (1969+) Covers geophysics; also covers computers & software in geological research.
• MathSciNet
  • (1940+) Mathematical treatment of remote sensing.
• NTIS
  • (1990+; CD,1983-97): U.S. government technical reports on all subjects, including geology.
• SciFinder Scholar
  • (1907+) Chemical Abstracts online; useful for Geochemistry.
• Spatial Data over the Web
  • http://www.alexandria.ucsb.edu/other-sites/
• Water Resources Abstracts
  • (1967+) Covers technical and scientific literature on water-related topics.

• Dept. of Earth Science
  
• Institute for Crustal Studies
• Marine Science Institute