AusGeoRef Database

AusGeoRef is a bibliographic geoscience database that covers the Australian literature since 1840. In 2003, the American Geosciences Institute and Geoscience Australia began a cooperative arrangement to improve the coverage of Australian publications in GeoRef.

This database is available by subscription to individuals (consultants), companies and organizations.

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The AusGeoRef database includes more than 230,691 bibliographic references on Australia - with more than 74,000 references incorporated from AESIS. The references are drawn from the journal literature, meeting proceedings and abstracts, books, reports and maps. The database is updated on a weekly basis.

References contain complete bibliographic information and URLs for documents published on the web. Thorough indexing, based on the controlled vocabulary found in the GeoRef Thesaurus, is included. Specific geographic locations are listed as place names, and, for principal locations, latitude and longitude are provided.

In 2008, AGI and Geoscience Australia collaborated to expand the coverage of AusGeoRef to include references drawn from the AESIS database, Australia’s Geoscience, Minerals and Petroleum Database. The AESIS database was a complete index to all available Australian information written by an Australian or about Australia or Papua New Guinea covering the period from 1851 through 2001.

AusGeoRef Coverage

The coverage of AusGeoRef includes journal articles, books, maps, reports and conference proceedings.

Subject Coverage

Documents in AusGeoRef are primarily related to geology. The following general categories are covered:

  • Mineralogy
  • Geochemistry (isotopes, hydrochemistry)
  • Geochronology (includes radiometric and relative age determination)
  • Petrology (includes igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks)
  • Oceanography
  • Paleontology (includes invertebrates, vertebrates, plants)
  • Geologic Maps
  • Geophysics (includes geophysical surveys, well-logging, seismology)
  • Hydrogeology (includes ground water and hydrologic cycle)
  • Environmental Science (includes soil and water pollution, reclamation)
  • Geomorphology
  • Soils
  • Economic Geology (includes metals, industrial minerals, petroleum, mining)
  • Engineering Geology

Geographic Coverage

Publications in AusGeoRef cover Australian geology back to 1840, the date at which GeoRef began covering Australia. Geoscience Australia began supplying references for AusGeoRef in 2003 and will continue to expand the database to include as many current Australian publications as possible.

Ordering Information

AusGeoRef is available through an Annual Subscription

Annual Subscription

The cost of an annual subscription to the AusGeoRef database is:

  • Individuals (Consultants) $95 US
  • Tier 1 Organizations 1-10 geoscientists $415 US
  • Tier 2 Organizations 11 + geoscientists $725 US

If you would like to subscribe, please fill out the Subscription Request Form, and our staff will follow up with you by email to finalize your subscription. If you have any questions, please contact Monika Long, ml@americangeosciences.org, at the American Geosciences Institute.

Please note: Subscriber access may be secured through either user name/password login or through IP address validation on our server.

Contact Information

For more information contact:

American Geosciences Institute
ATTN: AusGeoRef
4220 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22302-1502
(703) 379-2480
ausgeoref@americangeosciences.org