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log in or sign upGeoBase provides comprehensive bibliographic data in the areas of human and physical geography, geology, geomechanics, ecology, international development, and oceanography
New sources are considered for inclusion once per year.
Evaluation policy
Samples of serial sources are evaluated for quality and content using the following criteria:
Samples that are within the scope of GeoBase are scored using a point system, and overall quality is defined using a category code.
The following additional information is collected or scored for most serial sources: subject coverage, abstract quality (for English language abstracts), title language(s), article language(s), coverage in Current Contents.
These data, together with the category codes, provide the criteria that are used to determine whether a source will be selected for GeoBase.
Sources from all countries are given equal priority.
Journals with articles in languages other than English, French, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian must publish abstracts in English. If the article language is in a non-Roman script English language titles must be provided by the publisher.
Subject coverage
Core: Human and physical geography (theoretical geography, historical geography, population, people & regions, rural & urban studies, international development, national, regional & community planning, agriculture, industry & services, transport & communications, marine policy & law, environmental resources & planning; landforms, the quaternary, sedimentology, soils, hydrology, meteorology & climatology, remote sensing, GIS & mapping, mineralogy & petrology, geochemistry & geochronology, stratigraphy & palaeontology, structural geology & tectonics, geophysics, geomechanics, environmental geology, economic geology, physical & chemical oceanography, marine technology & engineering
High: Terrestial geology, ecology (fisheries & mariculture, marine ecology, tidal & estuarine ecology, freshwater ecology, terrestial ecology, microbial ecology, economic ecology, weeds, pests & diseases, pollution, nature conservation), oceanography, international development
Low: Extraterrestial geology, microbial ecology, fisheries, fluid mechanics
Source types covered
Covered in the past
Item types covered
A cover-to-cover policy is operative for all sources, including the following item types:
Policy is to be complete as of the first year of coverage of a source in GeoBase. There is a claiming process in place for missing issues.
Policy is to cover a source as of the year that it was decided to include the source. Adding content back to the first volume is currently not taking place.
No embargo rules apply
Up to daily (update frequency on different platforms varies)
Classification codes - an indication of the subject of the item structured into a controlled hierarchical scheme. Changes to scheme are made on a very infrequent basis. Primary function is to place items within the heading/subheading system in print sections.
GeoBase records are indexed with the help of three thesauri: GEOTREE, REGTREE and ORGTREE.
Authority files are used to ensure consistency and accuracy of journal titles. No authority files are used for author names and affiliations.
Citation linking is not provided
Full text linking is dependant on the platform that is used for GeoBase.
GeoBase XML output, which is at the present time provided to two of its current platforms - Engineering Village and I-Group, is Open URL compliant.
DOI's are available for over 70% of current GeoBase records.