Literature Search Databases

A number of online Literature Search Databases including GeoRef and Petroleum Abstracts are available for use by Fellows and Corporate Affiliates within the Library. Library staff can also carry out searches on their behalf. For details of this service see our Literature Searches page in the Services section of our Library website.

The following websites include free (or partly free) online databases that can be used for literature searches. The content of each of these is different, and the first two are exclusively geological. The others contain a variety of science subjects.

GeoScienceWorld

Only the e-journals hosted on this site are searchable here.

Lyell Collection

Geological Society publications only.

Scirus

Google Scholar

British Library Direct

SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

While mainly covering astronomy/astrophysics, this is useful for geochemistry & tectonics.

ScienceResearch.com

Scitopia.org

WorldWideScience