GeoRef is produced by the American Geological Institute, and the Web-based interface is developed by the Community of Science. The database covers journal articles, books, conference proceedings, and a wide variety of publications from international, national and regional geological surveys and societies. GeoRef has excellent coverage of regional geology. Topics include all aspects of terrestrial and extraterrestrial geology, geochemistry, geophysics, mineralogy, petrology, economic geology, hydrology, oceanography, geomorphology, geoarchaeology, and engineering geology.
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You can find papers by author, keywords from the title and abstract, geographic location, and subject descriptors. To locate proper forms of geographic, stratigraphic, formation, and other types of subject terms, use the GeoRef Thesaurus, Phys-Sci Ref. A Librarian can also do a search for you. Please fill out an Online Search Request Form . Over 2000 journals, as well as conference proceedings, books and technical reports from all over the world are indexed from 1980 to the present.