GEOBASE is a database,

multidisciplinary An academic discipline or academic field is a subdivision of knowledge that is taught and researched at the college or university level. Disciplines are defined (in part) and recognized by the academic journals in which research is published, ...

in scope, which indexes bibliographic information and abstracts for the

Geographical Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding o ...

Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to Planetary habitability, harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all ...

, and Ecological sciences, published by Engineering Information, a subsidiary of

Elsevier Elsevier ( ) is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Its products include journals such as ''The Lancet'', ''Cell (journal), Cell'', the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, ...

. The broad subject coverage includes earth sciences, ecology, geomechanics,

human geography Human geography or anthropogeography is the branch of geography which studies spatial relationships between human communities, cultures, economies, and their interactions with the environment, examples of which include urban sprawl and urban ...

, physical geography, social geography and

oceanography Oceanography (), also known as oceanology, sea science, ocean science, and marine science, is the scientific study of the ocean, including its physics, chemistry, biology, and geology. It is an Earth science, which covers a wide range of to ...

. Development studies are also included in this database.

Coverage

Coverage includes 2000 peer reviewed journal, and

trade journal A trade magazine, also called a trade journal or trade paper (colloquially or disparagingly a trade rag), is a magazine or newspaper whose target audience is people who work in a particular trade or industry. The collective term for this a ...

titles. Other journal titles and books are included in the archival coverage of this database. With more than 2 million records, it has temporal coverage from 1980 to the present. Each year, at least 100,000 additional citations and abstracts are added, and it is updated every two weeks. Access is covered through both online (internet), and CD-ROM. Other types of publications indexed in this database are magazine articles, product reviews, directories and all related materials. International literature coverage pertains to Non-English language papers, and lesser available books, conference proceedings and reports. Subject coverage also includes

cartography Cartography (; from , 'papyrus, sheet of paper, map'; and , 'write') is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an imagined reality) can ...

hydrology Hydrology () is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources, and drainage basin sustainability. A practitioner of hydrology is called a hydro ...

climatology Climatology (from Greek , ''klima'', "slope"; and , '' -logia'') or climate science is the scientific study of Earth's climate, typically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of at least 30 years. Climate concerns the atmospher ...

meteorology Meteorology is the scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere and short-term atmospheric phenomena (i.e. weather), with a focus on weather forecasting. It has applications in the military, aviation, energy production, transport, agricultur ...

, energy,

paleontology Paleontology, also spelled as palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of the life of the past, mainly but not exclusively through the study of fossils. Paleontologists use fossils as a means to classify organisms, measure ge ...

, environment,

petrology Petrology () is the branch of geology that studies rocks, their mineralogy, composition, texture, structure and the conditions under which they form. Petrology has three subdivisions: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary petrology. Igneous ...

, geochemistry, photogrammetry,

geomorphology Geomorphology () is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features generated by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or near Earth's surface. Geomorphologists seek to understand wh ...

, sedimentology,

geophysics Geophysics () is a subject of natural science concerned with the physical processes and Physical property, properties of Earth and its surrounding space environment, and the use of quantitative methods for their analysis. Geophysicists conduct i ...

, and

volcanology Volcanology (also spelled vulcanology) is the study of volcanoes, lava, magma and related geology, geological, geophysical and geochemistry, geochemical phenomena (volcanism). The term ''volcanology'' is derived from the Latin language, Latin ...

Print counterparts

The GEOBASE database is covered in print, in the following abstracts journals: *Geographical Abstracts: Human Geography *Geographical Abstracts: Physical Geography *Geological Abstracts *Ecological Abstracts *International Development Abstracts *Oceanographic Literature Review *Geomechanics Abstracts

Geographical Abstracts: Human Geography

::ISSN 0953-9611, LCCN:89646812 This database is published monthly, and contains abstracts from 2000 journals. It provides bibliographic coverage of each abstracted journal. ''Geographical Abstracts: Physical Geography'', and ''Fluid Abstracts: Civil Engineering'' are considered to be of related interest. This database was formed by the union of the following abstracts journals: *Geographical abstracts. C, Economic geography (1986) OCoLC: 13548872 *Geographical abstracts. D, Social and historical geography (OCoLC)13645587 *Geographical abstracts. F, Regional and community planning (OCoLC)13646354.

Geographical Abstracts: Physical Geography

::ISSN 0954-0504 This database is published monthly, and contains abstracts from 2000 journals. It provides bibliographic coverage of each abstracted journal.

References

External links

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History of Geographical Abstracts
University of Chicago (library). October 2010. (Very brief) {{Reed Elsevier Bibliographic databases and indexes Earth sciences Geographical databases Ecological databases