Introduction
The Geology and Geophysics Library has more than 100,000 items on all aspects of geoscience. The library is an official depository for all U.S. Geological Survey publications and also collects documents/series published by state and foreign geological surveys.
Click on the menu to the left to access electronic journals and databases of interest to earth scientists. Often, these resources are licensed for use by UW-Madison faculty, students, and staff, or for on-campus use.
Also, using the menu to the left, click on New Acquisitions to see lists of materials which have recently arrived in the Geology Library.
Electronic Journals
Click here to access the Geology Library's list of electronic earth science journals. There is also a shortcut to this list on the Geology Library's home page, on the right.
Click "Open Access Journals" on the menu to the left to access the Geology Library's list of sources for Open Access journals.
Open Access Journals
Directory of Open Access Journals: Covers free, full-text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Can browse by subject including Geology, Geophysics and Magnetism, and Oceanography.
American Geological Institute list: Covers many open access earth science journals and series.
European Geosciences Union List of Publications
J-STAGE (Japan Science and Technology Information Aggregator, Electronic): Includes Japanese journals, proceedings, reports, and society publications.
PubMed Central: The National Institutes of Health digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journals.
SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online): Covers open access journals from numerous countries, particularly Latin America and the Caribbean.
Databases
GeoRef: is the principal database for geological titles (English language). It includes serials, conference papers and abstracts, guidebooks, maps, reports, theses and some monographs.
Other databases commonly used by geologists:
Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS)
Engineering Village (EI Compendex)
Proquest Digital Dissertations
Web of Knowledge (Science Citation Index)
Database Library - To find articles within journals, use this to access all databases available through UW Libraries.
Note: Links to these resources are also available directly from the Geology Library's home page.
New Acquisitions in the Library
Theses
The Geology Library collects and circulates the graduate theses produced in the UW Geoscience Department. Also, take a look at our sortable list of Graduate Theses from 2000-2011.