Secure perpetual digital access to the foundational research of the Earth sciences. The Geological Society's Online Archives provide a one-time purchase solution for permanent ownership of our complete historical content. Give your readers guaranteed, searchable access to over 150 years of geoscience research, including our highly respected Special Publications and the Journal of the Geological Society, all hosted in the Lyell Collection.
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Special Publications Online Archives
This extensive 500-volume archive includes over 9,000 articles and is hosted on the Geological Society’s Lyell Collection.
The 500 volumes are also available to purchase in six separate archives (options below).
Access to all Special Publications can also be purchased as an ongoing annual subscription or as part of the Lyell Collection Complete.
Single site Special Publication Archive rates
| SP Archive name | SP Volumes | Number of articles | Number of pages |
| SP Archive 1 | 1 to 100 | 2,520 | 41,700 |
| SP Archive 2 | 101 to 200 | 2,020 | 37,000 |
| SP Archive 3 | 201 to 300 | 1,900 | 36,600 |
| SP Archive 4 | 301 to 400 | 1,750 | 36,600 |
| SP Archive 401-450 | 401 to 450 | 836 | 17,600 |
| SP Archive 451-500 | 451 to 500 | 877 | 18,900 |
| SP Archive 300 | 1 to 300 | 6,440 | 115,300 |
| SP Archive 400 | 1 to 400 | 8,190 | 151,900 |
| SP Archive 500 | 1 to 500 | 9,903 | 188,400 |
"The Geological Society publishes first-rate materials covering a variety of topics in the geological sciences. One of their most well-respected publications is the Special Publications series. This series, currently at over 500 volumes, began publishing in 1964. The material presented is first rate, with full color images and photographs, as well as fold out maps and charts as needed for articles.
The online access is first-rate. Content is easily accessible and discoverable, and the same high-quality print has been well digitized and presented in full color as well. Accessibility is top-rate. HTML format is also available for those that prefer HTML, with clearly defined sections. References are hyperlinked, and the content can be easily integrated into your library’s link resolver.
Our institute has obtained the entire archive of the content, and the process of acquiring it has been extremely easy. Our researchers have been accustomed to high quality research, and the Special Publications series continues the mission of providing first cut research materials to our institute."
Tony Diaz, CalTech
Journal of the Geological Society Archives
The Journal of the Geological Society Archive includes over 17,000 articles and comprises over 150 years of geoscience research, including historically important content from many eminent scientists.
Access to all volumes of Journal of the Geological Society can also be purchased as a ongoing annual subscription or as part of the Lyell Collection Complete.
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Give your students and faculty the ability to learn how the geosciences evolved with access to the very earliest geological research from the greats such as Darwin, Murchison and Buckland, to modern cutting-edge research from an international field of authors
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JGS 1845 to 2007 content is available as one archive purchase or in four individual archives
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Over 17,000 articles included
| JGS Archive name | Years of content |
| JGS Archive 1845 to 2007 | 1845 to 2007 |
| JGS Archive part 1: 100 Years of Geology | 1845 to 1945 |
| JGS Archive part 2 | 1946 to 1986 |
| JGS Archive part 3 | 1987 to 2007 |
| JGS Archive part 4 | 2008 to 2012 |
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