Earth Sciences 

Main databases for finding geoscience literature

• GeoRef - info
• GeoScience World - info
• Web of Science - info - video

Other databases

• INSPEC - info - video
• SAO/NASA ADS (NASA Astrophysics Data System) - info
• SciFinder - info

Publications from major geoscience publishers

• American Association of Petroleum Geologists Datapages - info
• Society of Petroleum Engineers eLibrary (SPE) - info
• US Geological Publications Warehouse (was Open File Reports)

Handbooks, data, and other reference

• Treatise on Geochemistry - info
• Handbook of Chemistry and Physics - info
• Knovel – Engineering and Scientific Handbooks, including Encyclopedia of Geology - info - video
• Treatise on Geophysics - info

Other useful general databases

• Dissertations and Theses: A and I - info
• WorldCat - info

Michael Noga
Earth and Planetary Sciences Librarian
mnoga@mit.edu

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