Geology
Starting point contains definitions, facts, figures and overviews
- Dictionaries help you to define your keywords
- Encyclopedias help you to get an overview of your topic and provide more information
than a dictionary
- Handbooks and manuals provide figures and facts
Use the catalogue
to search for more dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks
You can search the Library Catalogue to find books, DVDs, journals and other materials
If you know the exact title in the New catalogue
- At the search screen select a Title search
- Type in the exact title. You can use double quotes around phrases, for example, “room with a view”
- Link to online material or take note of the collection, call number and status to find items in the Library
If you are searching for a topic in the New catalogue
- Type in keywords from your topic to find catalogue records that contain all of your keywords
For example,
+geology +environment
- Use + before a word to indicate that the word must be included
- Another way of doing this is to combine keywords with AND (the AND must be in upper case)
- If a keyword search gives you too many results, you could add another keyword with +
For example, +geology +environment +conservation
Truncation is generally not needed as entering any version of a word will retrieve many variations.
More information
- For more information select the catalogue Help button
Databases and journal articles for geology
Use databases to search for journal articles, book chapters, conference papers or
research reports
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Databases |
Notes |
Help |
| Compendex | Bibliographic records of thousands of journals, conferences and technical reports covering engineering and applied science | Help and tips are available online from the Compendex search screen. Help and search available on each screen |
| ScienceDirect | ScienceDirect is a database for scientific research that contains the full text of more than 1,000 Elsevier Science journals | Help available on each screen |
| Web of Science | Delivers access to high quality, diversified scholarly information in the sciences as well as search and analysis tools that enhance this content | Help available on search results page. Tutorials available on search pages |
Complete list of Geology databases. Also check the multidisciplinary databases as they cover a wide range of academic topics. You can select other subjects from the database subject list
Full text not available?
When the full text is not available, search for the journal title in the Library
catalogue to discover if print or online copies are available
Database search tips
- Define your topic and identify the main concepts involved
For example seepage and soils
- Make a list of keywords for each concept
For example
seepage, drainage
soils, earth
- Think about how you can combine these keywords in your search using OR, AND or
NOT
Keywords on the same concept combine with an OR
Combine different concepts with an AND
For example
seepage or drain*,
and
soils or earth
- Appropriate truncation symbols can be used in databases to find variations of
a word, for example drain* finds drain, drainage, drained, drains and so on
For help with searching databases see Connecting and Combining Search Terms or Truncation/Wildcards/Phrase searching: Basic or Online training or Ask the Library
It is important to critically evaluate all information you find particularly
information found on the web.
This is a starting list of internet sites. You may want to do your own searches
using
search engines
- Geoscience Australia Within the portfolio of Resources, Energy and Tourism, Geoscience Australia plays a critical role by producing geoscientific information and knowledge
- PIRSA Minerals The South Australia Primary Industries and Resources, Minerals pages, containing geological information on South Australia
- Geoscience Portal an initiative of the Australian Chief Government Geologists Committee. It is aimed at providing a portal to link the information of the state, territory and federal government geoscience agencies
For further information about any of these resources please contact the
Ask the Library service or ask at the library desk
Coordinated by: ITEE Academic Library Services Team