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Inside GeoRef & GEOBASE

Access global geosciences content from two trusted resources in one place. Engineering Village’s powerful search tools leverage geosciences controlled terms in the GEOBASE and GeoRef databases, providing intelligence and insight that help researchers drive progress forward.

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GeoRef & GEOBASE

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GEOBASE

GEOBASE’s over 1.8 million earth sciences abstracts pro-vide information needed for comprehensive evaluation of a region, including geographical structure and relation to natural resources as well as linking resource management, transport, and regional and urban planning.

Human Geography

Environmental Sciences

Physical Geography

Geology

Oceanography

Geomechanics

GEOBASE Subject Coverage

GeoRefThe American Geologial Institute’s GeoRef database provides a comprehensive history of geology and its subfields. With more than 2.9 million abstract records, it includes the infor-mation researchers need to evaluate geology and its role in the context of history, economics, engineering and more.

Environmental Geology

Economic Geology

Surficial Geology

Geophysics

Petrology

Stratigraphy

Paleontology

Other

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GeoRef Subject Coverage

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GeoRef Quick Facts

• Over3.3millionabstractrecords

• CoverageofNorthAmerica:1669-present

• Coverageoftherestoftheworld:1933-present

• Over3,500journals,books,maps,conferencepapers,reports,andtheses

• IncludesallpublicationsoftheUSGeologicalSurveyplusmasters’thesesanddoctoral dissertationfromtheUSandCanadianuniversities

• 100,000newrecordsaddedannually

GEOBASE Quick Facts

• Over2.4millionabstractrecords

• Coveragedates from 1973-present

• Over 2,200 peer-reviewed journals, trade publications, book series, and conference proceeding

• Publications from over 60 countries

• 150,000 new records added annually

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