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GeoRef Databases

The GeoRef Preview Database is updated weekly!

141,249 references to recent publications were loaded in our most recent update to the GeoRef Preview database.

Geoscience Theses and Dissertations in GeoRef

It is that time of the year when we request information on Master’s and Bachelor’s theses and Doctoral dissertations for the 2023-2024 time period. We are interested in receiving information in the geoscience disciplines including soils, hydrogeology, marine geology, and environmental geology so that references to these documents can be included in GeoRef, the primary bibliographic service for the geosciences used by thousands of researchers worldwide. Visit AGI-GeoRef for more information.

In addition to being referenced in GeoRef, information on recent theses and dissertations is linked to AGI’s popular publication the Directory of Geoscience Departments.

When submitting information directly, please include as much information as possible: title, author, date of publication, degree, total number of pages, number of references in bibliography, details on fold-out maps, illustrations, etc.

If your theses or dissertations are available via the internet, please send us information on how we might access them: through ProQuest, your online library catalog, a department web site, in an electronic repository, etc.

If they are available through an electronic repository that is not open to outside visitors, please consider sending us as much information as is possible directly.

If they are available through your catalog, please send us advice on how to locate the theses and dissertations for the relevant departments.

Send an email to ml@americangeosciences.org to submit them or if you have any questions.

New database products

Check out our newest complimentary Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium Research Publications Database on our Specialty Databases page. For more information visit https://carbon.americangeosciences.org.

GeoRef now contains more than 4 million references to the world’s geoscience literature.

On July 11, 2018 GeoRef staff passed the 4 million reference mark. Since its development in the late 1960’s, the database has grown steadily – reaching its first million record in 1982. With the acceleration of scientific publishing, the last million records were added over a span of only 9 years. Listen to a brief discussion about how GeoRef works.

GeoRef Meetings

Visit our booth at the American Geophysical Union’s 2024 Annual Fall Meeting

AGI/GeoRef will be exhibiting at the AGU Annual Fall Meeting in Washington, DC, December 9-13, 2024. To learn all about GeoRef, other AGI departments and its products visit us at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center: Booth 1151.

Visit our booth at Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada 2025 International Convention

AGI/CanGeoRef will be exhibiting at PDAC 2025 International Convention, Trade Show and Investors Exchange, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, in Toronto, Canada, March 2-5, 2025. To learn all about CanGeoRef, other AGI departments and its products visit us at Trade Show North: Booth 6500N.

GeoRef Journals

Visit the Open-Access Journals/Series page for the complete list of Open-Access Series covered in GeoRef, including the most recent additions this month.