Librarian's tip: Finding Literature in Geoscience

7 February 2025

The Georef database provides access to geoscientific literature. It contains a vast collection of references to geoscientific journal articles, books, maps, conference proceedings, reports and theses.

In GeoRef, you can find data for North America dating from 1666 to the present, whilst data for the rest of the world starts from 1933 onwards. The database has been created by The American Geosciences Institute.

GeoRef in the library's database search

Availability

GeoRef is available to all students and staff at the University of Gothenburg. You need to log in with your GU account to access the database outside of campus

Subject areas

  • Science, IT and Mathematics
  • Earth Sciences
  • Oceanography

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GEOBASE

A multidisciplinary database of indexed research literature on the earth sciences, including geology, human and physical geography, environmental sciences, oceanography, geomechanics, alternative energy sources, pollution, waste management and nature conservation.

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