Geosciences

Databases in geosciences (X-port)
(databases, encyclopedias, dictionaries)

 

AAPG datapages
Contains articles in fulltext from AAPG-publications as AAPG bulletin, AAPG memoir, AAPG studies in geology and AAPG course notes. 

Ellis and Messina Catalogue. Foraminifera
The Catalogues reproduce the complete type descriptions for genus- and species-level taxa, including full-size reproduction of original figures and charts. 

Encyclopedia of geology
This reference work covers all aspects of geology including earth history, earth materials, surface processes, regional geology, economic geology, engineering geology, petroleum geology, geochemical and mineral exploration, and the history of geology. Abilities to extensive browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to journal articles and book chapters from Science Direct (Elsevier). 

Georef
Comprehensive database in the geosciences. Includes references from North-America from 1785 and from rest of the world from 1933 .

Google Scholar
Search engine for scientific information. You can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. 

Inspec
The database contains over 7 million records from 1965 and onwards. The most important reference database for physics and computer science, also includes GIS and meteorology. Published by IET (The Institute of Engineering and Technology). 

ISI Web of Knowledge (Web of Science)
Multidisciplinary. Covers science, natural science, social science, arts and humanities science.

Lyell Collection
The Lyell Collection from Geological Society of London represents one of the largest integrated collections of online Earth science literature available. The collection includes all their central publications. Fulltext archives back to 1811. 

NPF (Norsk petroleumsforening) special publications (Fulltext)
4(1995)-12(2005) 

OnePetro
The database covers about 80 000 documents from many different organizations like API, SPE, SPEE and many others in the topic oil and gas exploration and production industry. 

Scopus (Elsevier)
SCOPUS is a large abstract and citation database with focus on literature in Scientific, Technical, Medical and Social Sciences. It covers journals (16,500 titles inc > 1,200 Open Access journals), conferences and patents.

Springer e-books ( Earth and Environmental Science)
15000 e-books published by Springer 2005-2009 and 3000 titles to be published 2010-2012