Compilation of new acquisitions and electronic resources on the subject of geosciences
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New acquisitions
List of titles on the subject (last and current month)
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Journals
List of titles on the subject
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Digital textbooks
List of titles on the subject
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Databases
A selection of the main databases
- GEOBASE – Abstracts and bibliographical data for Earth sciences, ecology, geomechanics, development studies, human geography and oceanography – Further information
- GeoRef – Short summaries of virtually all publications in Earth sciences, worldwide – Further information
- Web of Science – Very comprehensive interdisciplinary article database, includes the Science Citation Index Expanded – Further information
- SciVerse Scopus – Interdisciplinary, the most comprehensive bibliographic database with respect to number of journals covered, particular focus on non-anglophone literature, enables citation analyses and includes unique author-ID's – Further information
Additional databases
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Reference works
Selection of the main reference works
- A Dictionary of Earth Sciences – Offers wide-ranging and authoritative coverage of the Earth sciences and related topics
- Encyclopedia of Geology – Reference work by Richard Selley covers all aspects of geological processes
- Encyclopedia of Landforms and other Geologic Features – Describes geomorphological and geological aspects, the structure and properties of the surface of the Earth
- Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences – Comprehensive collection of articles on meteorology, geochemistry, marine biology and marine ecology, marine geology
- Treatise on Geophysics – Description of important geophysical, geological and geodetic aspects of the Earth
Additional reference works
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Specialist information
- GeoGuide – Göttingen/Freiberg – Subject gateway for earth sciences, including thematic maps and geography
- Swiss Seismological Service – Earthquake Info Links, Institute for of Geophysics, ETH Zurich
- Stromboli Online – Volcanoes of the World – Current data on volcanic activity in Italy and worldwide – in English, Italian and German
- MeteoSchweiz – meteOnline – MeteoSwiss, the national weather service of Switzerland, provides meteorological and climatological services
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection – Online maps of current and general interest, University of Texas at Austin
