Lyell Collection
Launched in 2007 to celebrate 200 years of the Geological Society of London, the Lyell Collection is an online collection comprising of the Society’s journal titles, Special Publications and key book series. Cutting edge science sits alongside important historical material, all captured and presented to the highest electronic standards and benefiting from the extensive functionality of HighWire Press’ platform.
The Lyell Collection in a nutshell
Features:
- Journal of the Geological Society
- Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
- Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis
- Petroleum Geoscience
- Scottish Journal of Geology**
- Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society**
- Journal of Micropalaeontology**
- Transactions of the Geological Society
- Special Publications*
- Engineering Geology Special Publications*
- Memoirs*
- Petroleum Geology Conferences series
- 18 000 peer-reviewed articles
- 260 000 pages of Earth science content
- Full-text archives back to 1811
- Selected open-access articles
- Free public access to alerts, search functions and abstracts
- Full electronic functionality and searchable content throughout
- Full-text in HTML and PDF format
- Active reference linking via CrossRef, GeoRef and ISI
- Free full-text linking to many other key Earth science journals, including GeoScienceWorld
- eTOC (electronic Table of Contents) and research alerts available to subscribers and non-subscribers
Non-Fellows/institutions - Please visit What does it include for more information.
Lyell Collection - Frequently Asked Questions
Geological Society of London member access
Access to any of the four Society journals (JGS, QJEGH, GEEA, PG) is dependent on an annual subscription for each one.*The Book Archive includes access to books published in the current and previous three calendar years. An additional Full Book Collection subscription is required for access to newer book content.
**Fellows can only access the content of the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, the Scottish Journal of Geology or Journal of Micropalaeontology by using pay-per-view, purchasing a non-member subscription or by joining YGS for the Proceedings, GSG or EGS for the Scottish Journal or TMS for the Journal of Micropalaeontology.
Please see Access for Fellows for further information.
Why is the Lyell Collection so named?
The Lyell Collection is named after Charles Lyell, the eminent nineteenth-century geologist whose work included the influential book, Principles of Geology, and the establishment of the Principle of Uniformitarianism. To mark the launch of the Lyell Collection all articles authored by Charles Lyell have been designated open access.
