GEOLOGIC DATA

Information

Source

Obtainable

Comments

Geological Reference

Bibliographies of geologic

Provides a useful starting place for many

Sources:

A Subject

information for each State

site assessments.

A general section

and Regional

in the U.S. and references

outlines various bibliographic and

Bibliography of

general maps and

abstracting services, indexes and catalogs,

Publications and

groundwater information

and other sources of geologic references.

Maps in the

for many sites.

Geological Sciences,

Ward and others

(1981)

A Guide to

Describes more than 1,000

An older useful guide.

Part II lists more

Information Sources

organizations in 142

than 600 worldwide publications and

in Mining, Minerals,

countries.

Its listings

periodicals including indexing and

and Geosciences,

include name, address,

abstracting services, bibliographies,

Kaplan (1965)

telephone number, cable

dictionaries, handbooks, journals, source

address, purpose and

directories, and yearbooks in most fields of

function, year organized,

geosciences.

organizational structure,

membership categories, and

publication format.

Federal and State agencies

are listed for the U.S. as

well as private scientific

organizations, institutes,

and associations.

Bibliography and

Includes worldwide

This publication is issued monthly and

Index of Geology

references and contains

cumulated annually by the American

listings by author and

Geological Institute (AGI), and replaces

subject.

separate indexes published by the U.S.

Geological Survey through 1970 (North

American references only) and the Geological

Society of America until 1969 (references

exclusive of North America only).

Both

publications merged in 1970 and were

published by the Geological Society of

America through 1978, when AGI continued its

publication.

KWIC (Keyword in 

Engineering geologic and

The KWIC index is available in two volumes

Contents) Index of

geotechnical references.

at many earth science libraries (Hoek, 1969;

Rock Mechanics

Jenkins and Brown, 1979).

Literature

GEODEX Retrieval

Engineering geological and

The GEODEX is a hierarchically organized

System with Matching

geotechnical references.

system providing easy access to the

Geotechnical

geotechnical literature and can be used at

Abstracts

many university libraries.

The GEODEX

GEODEX

system can be purchased on a subscription

International,

basis.

Inc.

P.O. Box 279

Sonoma, CA 95476

A4 7

November 1992