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Geology
 
DeDe DawsonLiaison Librarian: DeDe Dawson
Location: Natural Sciences
Room: GEOL 180.7
Phone: 966-1913
Email: Diane.Dawson@usask.ca


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GeoRef & GeoRef in Process North America: 1693 - present; rest of the world: 1933 - present Bookmark and Share
An abstract and indexing database, established by the American Geological Institute (AGI, offering comprehensive access to the geoscience literature of the world, including journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses. [details]
GSW: GeoScienceWorld Coverage varies; some titles include coverage from volume 1, issue 1 Bookmark and Share
A full text collection of the journals of leading geoscience organizations. Includes full text "from peer-reviewed articles and other materials with linked reference lists from 30 high-impact journals in a broad range of geoscience areas." [details]
GeoBase® 1973 - present Bookmark and Share
A bibliographic abstract and indexing database covering human and physical geography, ecology, geology, oceanography, geomechanics, and development studies. It indexes 2,000 journals from 1973 onwards. [details]
Web of Science® with Conference Proceedings WOS SCI: 1899 - present; SSCI: 1970-present; A&HCI: 1975-present ; CPSI-S: 1990-present; CPSI-SSH: 1990-present Bookmark and Share
Collection of three citation databases, providing abstracts and indexing and cited reference searching to approximately 10,000 high impact scholarly research journals worldwide, including Open Access journals and over 110,000 conference proceedings, and covering topics in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Access Note: By default all five sub-databases are searched. To select one or more databases, change the default by clicking on [Change Limits and Settings] . [details]
Scopus A&I: 1823 - present; complete metadata including references: 1996 - present Bookmark and Share
A very large abstract and index database of research literature and quality web sources covering the science, technolgy, and medicine (STM), and social sciences. [details]

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Canadian Research Index (CRI) Formerly known as Microlog 1982 - present Bookmark and Share
Index to Canadian "depository publications of research value issued by federal, provincial, and territorial governments (except Nunavut). Also includes hard-to-find non-depository publications; scientific and technical reports; policy, social economic and political reports; Statistics Canada monographs and serials." [details]
Academic Search Complete (ASC) 1887 - present Bookmark and Share
A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database indexing 11,900 journals, with more than 7,900 full-text periodicals, including more than 6,800 peer-reviewed journals. In addition it indexes 12,600 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. [details]
ArticleFirst OCLC FirstSearch 1990 - present Bookmark and Share
Bibliographic database indexing articles from over 16,000 journals covering business, science, humanities, social science, medicine, technology and popular culture. [details]
Engineering Village EI Engineering Village Compendex® and Inspec®: 1884 - present. Bookmark and Share
Collection of databases covering scientific, applied science, technical and engineering disciplines, earth sciences, ecology, oceanography and more. Includes articles, conference proceedings and full text of engineering handbooks. [details]
PapersFirst OCLC PapersFirst 1993 - present Bookmark and Share
OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre. [details]
ProceedingsFirst 1993 - present Bookmark and Share
An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings, including published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre. Records contain a list of the papers presented at each conference. [details]
United States Government Publications 1976 - Jan. 1999 Bookmark and Share
Catalogue of most United States Government Publications from 1976 to January, 1995. From February 1995 to the present the coverage is of documents in the A (Agriculture) and EP (Environmental Protection) classifications only. Many of these documents are available in the Microforms Reading Room on the second floor of the Murray Library. [details]
OCLC FirstSearch Coverage varies by database Bookmark and Share
A portal service to OCLC bibliographic databases and reference sources. Permits cross-searching. [details]

Newspapers and Periodicals

Canadian Newsstand Major Dailies & Prairies Varies; 1985 - present Bookmark and Share
Major Canadian dailies and news sources and newspapers from across Canada and the Prairie region. [details]
CPI.Q (Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly) Indexing: 1980 - present; full text 1983 - present Bookmark and Share
A full text database of articles from Canadian and International journals, magazines and reference content from Gale, all with a Canadian focus. Includes Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail; Maclean's weekly magazine; Canadian News Facts; and reference materials, such as the Canadian Parliamentary Guide and Canadian Newsmakers. [details]