GSCI 210 & 220: Mineralogy & Petrology

Fall 2018

Geoscience literature: Search tools and strategies

GeoRef
The primary resource for geoscience literature. Over 2 million scholarly references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers and abstracts, reports and theses.
GeoScienceWorld
Access to articles, reports and abstracts from the Geological Literature. Some full text is provided. GeoScienceWorld can be used as an alternative to GeoRef, and offers some useful geographical search features
Web of Science
Web of Science connects publications and researchers through citations and controlled indexing in curated databases spanning every discipline. Use cited reference search to track prior research and monitor current developments in over 100 year's worth of content that is fully indexed.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research.

EarthChem.org
Geochemical data from a variety of sources worldwide. Advanced search interface allows users to define many parameters to find appropriate information.
GSA Data Repository
Contains datasets from articles published by the Geological Society of America. (1974-)

Geological Society of America Citation Style Guide (PDF)
Recommended: This PDF document summarizes much of the information on the GSA website, and provides tips and guidance on what to do in particular situations.
GSA Reference Guidelines and Examples
PDF from GSA (~2014) with lots of sample citations.