Databases
Selected Geoscience Databases
- GeoRef (Engineering Village) This link opens in a new window
Indexes academic journal articles, books, maps, conference papers reports, and theses in the geosciences and related fields.
- National geologic map database This link opens in a new window
Provides access to maps and other spatially referenced data for geology, geophysics, marine geology, earth resources, hazards, geochemistry, geochronology, and paleontology. Includes links to other sources of topographic and related maps, other earth science databases, and additional Web resources related to geology. Can search by title, author, map number, theme, location, scale, date, format, and publisher. Can also use map interface to find geologic maps and historic topographic maps. United States Geological Survey
Multidisciplinary Databases
- Scopus This link opens in a new window
Provides citations and abstracts of scholarly works in 240 disciplines from over 7000 publishers. Includes links to references, citations, and related works and has extensive author profiles.
- Web of science. Core collection This link opens in a new window
Provides citations and abstracts of peer-reviewed works in 254 disciplines. Includes links to references, citations, and related works and has extensive author profiles.
- OneSearch This link opens in a new windowA discovery tool that provides a single place to search most of the content available from the Baylor University Libraries, including: traditional library materials (books, journal titles, media, etc.); the Baylor Digital Collections; BEARdocs, (electronic theses and dissertations, honors theses, technical reports, faculty publications, etc.); research guides; and -- most importantly, much of the full text content to which the Baylor Libraries subscribe from a wide variety of sources.
List of all Geoscience Databases
Journals
Selected Geoscience Journals
Selected Geoscience Journal Collections
- GeoScienceWorld This link opens in a new window
- AAPG Datapages/Archives This link opens in a new window
Geoscience Journals subscribed by Baylor University Libraries
Other Resources and Research Guides
US Government Agencies
Preprint Archives and Data Repositories
- DataOne Data Observation Network for Earth is a searchable repository of environmental and climate data.
Class Research Guides
Reading Scientific Paper Resources
- CREATESAn online tool that goes through the 6-steps of C.R.E.A.T.E.S. that help you read, analyze, and understand the narrative of scientific papers.
