Research Guides: #Geology: Scholarly Research

Accessing the Databases

Access online library materials through the library databases!

To access the databases from off-campus, you will be prompted to enter your 14-digit library barcode.

Don't have one yet? Request a barcode number online.

Browse by subject area
A-Z sortable database list

Discovery Search
Search (nearly) all the library collections from one place, including articles, books and e-books, videos, and more.
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You can search without signing in, but once you click to access something, you'll be prompted to use your library barcode number or your LSC username/password.

Suggested Databases

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Multi-disciplinary database; full text of articles from over 5,300 journals, magazines and newspapers, plus image collections.
Science (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
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Access information on the latest developments across a range of scientific disciplines. Updated daily.
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This full-text, weekly multidisciplinary scientific journal publishes original peer-reviewed research and noteworthy science news (1997 to the present).
Sustainability Reference Center (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Provides full text for industry-leading journals, magazines, books, trade publications on sustainability initiative management.
GeoRef This link opens in a new window
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No full text. Contains millions of references to geoscience maps, serial, and non-serial literature, including all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey; master's theses and doctoral dissertations from US and Canadian universities are also covered. Coverage for North American resources starts in 1669, whereas worldwide coverage starts in 1933.
To find or request article full-text, follow the steps on the guide, How to Get Unavailable Articles & Books with Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

Open-Access Geology Journals

These open-access journals also provide scholarly articles but do not require any special access to read or download.

GeoRef Open-Access Journals / Series
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GeoRef covers journals and series that are openly available on the web. Only journals and series that appear to provide stable open-access to current issues, have multiple issues available for use, and appear to plan to continue to be available in an open manner are included. Journals that require subscriptions to current issues are not included.
This list is updated frequently as availability of openly accessible publications grows.
Open Journal of Geology
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Open Journal of Geology (OJG) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in geology.
Palaeontologia Electronica
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Founded in 1997, Palaeontologia Electronica (PE) is the longest running open-access, peer-reviewed electronic journal and covers all aspects of palaeontology.