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GeoScienceWorld with GeoRef GeoRef contains over 3.5 million references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses. GeoScienceWorld has over 45 full text journals, some back to the 1920s. Citations from 1785 to present; full text availability varies.
ScienceDirect Full text of Elsevier's journals, covering sciences, health, and social sciences since 1995 as well as indexing of other publisher's journals.
Web of Science Provides access to high-quality research from the world's leading arts, humanities, science and social science journals. Includes a Cited Reference search. Online coverage is 1993-present. Earlier print versions are in the library.

Frequently Cited Journals

This is a brief list of important journals in Geology.

Journal Title	Print Call Number	Electronic Full Text
Geology	QE 1.G528 (1973 to 2005)	(1988 to present)
Sedimentology	QE 581.S44 (1962 to present)	(1997 to present)
Journal of Geology	QE 1.J8 (1934 to 2003)	(1994 to 1 year ago)
Quaternary Science Reviews	n/a	(1995 to present)
Sedimentary Geology	QE 571.S393 (1967 to 1997)	(1995 to present)
Journal of Sedimentary Research	QE 420.J687 (1996 to present)	(1931 to present)
Journal of Sedimentary Petrology	QE 471.J6 (1931 to 1993)	(1931 to present)
Journal of Sedimentary Research. Section B, Stratigraphy and Global Studies	QE 640.J68 (1994 to 1995)	(1931 to present)
Journal of Sedimentary Research. Section A, Sedimentary Petrology and Process	QE 420.J687 (1994 to 1995)	(1931 to present)
Journal of Metamorphic Geology	QE 475.A2.J68 (1986 to 1996)	(1998 to 1 year ago)
Ore Geology Reviews	n/a	(1995 to present)
Geophysical Research Letters	QE 500.G37 (1974 to present)	n/a
Journal of geophysical research: Solid Earth	QC 811.J6232 (1995 to present)	n/a
Limnology and Oceanography	GC 1.L5 (2003 to present)	(1956 to 4 years ago)

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Academic Search Complete Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database with more than 5,300 full text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. Offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
AAPG Datapages Note: The PTTC Tech Place and AAPG Ahead of Print collection articles will show up on the page for searching within the archive, but they are not included with the subscription to the archive search. They are a totally separate collections that AAPG hosts from the archive and both non-subscribers and subscribers can gain access to these collections only through the Datapages pay per view system.
ASTM Compass Access to active and historical American Society for Testing Materials standards as well as ASTM journals, symposia papers (STP) of importance to all disciplines in engineering including the field of safety and health.
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Agricultural and Environmental Science Collection Abstracts and citations from over 6000 journals, conference proceedings, reports, books and government publications in agriculture; air quality; bacteriology; ecology; ecotourism; energy resources; environmental impact statements; hazardous waste; human population dynamics; industrial hygiene; microbiology; pollution; risk assessment; and toxicology. Coverage: 1967 to date.
Compendex (via Engineering Village) Over 7 million citations and abstracts to journal articles, conference proceedings, and technical reports on all aspects of engineering including civil, computer, mechanical, material, aerospace, electronic, communication, transportation and more. Coverage: 1969 to present.
Many items identified as document type “conference proceeding” “or conference proceedings “or “conference articles” in Compendex are not published, making it difficult for BeachReach (Interlibrary Loan) to obtain a copy. However, authors often publish their findings in journal articles, so searching for the author(s) and their titles/topics may help you locate journal articles on the same topic(s) by the same author(s). If you need help, you may also contact Hema.Ramachandran@csulb.edu.
SciFinder Web With access to Chemical Abstracts and the CAS Registry file, SciFinder is the most comprehensive chemical resource including references, substances and reactions. 
Dissertations and Theses Indexes and abstracts doctoral dissertations and masters theses from over 1,000 North American and European universities. Many are full-text, others can be requested through ILL. CSULB theses published since 1997 are available full text, though recent CSULB theses (within the last six months) may not be available online yet. Coverage: 1637 to date.
EarthArXiv
GreenFILE Provides articles on the of human impact to the environment, including global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, etc.

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