1. PRESENTED BY JEN EIDELMAN
UCT LIBRARIES
2014
E-mail: jen.eidelman@uct.ac.za
Telephone: 021 650 2773
Please contact me for individual and/or group
research consultations or for any library queries.
GEOLOGICAL SCIENCE 2014
Database Resources for Geological Science
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-
NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
2. Where do I find the Databases?
Access from the library page: http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
Search & Find Databases A-Z
OR
Research Help SUBJECT GUIDE GEOLOGY
Click on the tab: Databases – finding articles in journals
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/geology-databases
GeoRef/ SpringerLink/ SAGEOLIT
Keeping up to date : Current Awareness; Alerting services
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/sci-tech-uptodate
Interlibrary Loans
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/services/interlibrary-loans/
GEOLOGICAL SCIENCE 2014 - Database resources
8. Remember to think carefully about your search
terms and use the following search operators
(Boolean operators) to limit and refine your
search:
• AND to find records containing all terms
• OR to find records containing any of the terms
• NOT to exclude records containing certain words from your search
Database searching
10. Databases:
GEOREF – via EBSCOHOST
Search tips:
• Use the OR operator to broaden your
search and to find similar concepts
• The use of truncation:
Truncation is represented by an asterisk (*).
To use truncation, enter the root of a search
term and replace the ending with an *.
EBSCOhost finds all forms of that word.
For example, type comput* to find the words
computer or computing.
12. Click on the SFX button.
This tells you the availability of the article.
Databases:
GEOREF – via EBSCOHOST
13. SFX will tell you if the article is available in full text or not.
The full text is available from
SpringerLink
Click on the GO button.
There is also a link here to the library
catalogue (ALEPH) if you want to see if
the print version of ‘Natural Hazards’ is
available.
GEOREF – SFX
19. Select the ‘Direct export to
RefWorks’ button
Then click ‘Save’
This action will export the information (bibliographic details) to RefWorks
GEOREF – Export to RefWorks
23. You do not have to sign in to use these databases, but if you create
a personal account, you can register your own profile, save
searches and create alerts.
GEOREF – Create a personal account
25. The My EBSCOhost banner shows that you are signed in.
Click on ‘Create Alert’
GEOREF – Create an Alert
26.
27. Database: SpringerLink
You do not have to sign in to use these databases,
but if you register you can create your own profile.
28. Browse the database by discipline.
Click on ‘Earth Sciences &
Geography’
Database: SpringerLink
29. Next Browse the database by
Sub-discipline.
Click on ‘Geology’
Database: SpringerLink
30. Start your search:
Click on the icon for the
Advanced Search option or
type in your search terms in
the box provided
Database: SpringerLink
31. Database: SpringerLink
Type in your search terms in
the relevant boxes provided
Limit your
search results
by date
published You may wish to tick or
untick this box. If you
choose to see only full
text documents then
untick the box.
32. Database: SpringerLink
These are the articles
that UCT does not
subscribe to, i.e. preview
only
Click on ‘Download pdf’
to get the full text.
1,401 results found
40. Database: SpringerLink
Save file & Import to RefWorks
For more information on RefWorks go to:
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/refworks
41. To get help on this database, scroll to the bottom of
the page and click on ‘Feedback community’
Database: SpringerLink
42. Database: SAGEOLIT
SAGEOLIT contains bibliographic information on
geoscientific publications, selected from journal
articles, publications from symposia, published and
unpublished reports and maps.
This database covers about 400 current journal
subscriptions and a further 1500 journals received as
part of exchange agreements. It is compiled by the
Council for Geoscience and includes 170 000
references from the early 1880s and is updated
monthly.
60. Remember to refer
to other databases
for Geology:
• ScienceDirect
• Scopus
• Web of Science
• Wiley Online
Library
Database training
tutorials:
http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/geology-databases