Earth Sciences (Geography & Geology)

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Full text Subscribed e- Resources (From University Campus Only)

· Search / Browse Oxford Reference and then narrow your choice by Unlock and Free

· Search / Browse Oxford Academic by Earth Sciences

• Search Annual Reviews journals
• Browse Taylor & Francis by Subject Earth Sciences

· Browse by Subject Earth Sciences at Wiley Journals (Subscribed content upto 2019)

• Science, AAAS (Subscribed content from 2016 to 2019)

· Search/ Browse Cambridge Online by Subject Earth Sciences. Tick on ‘Only show I have access to’.

Open Access Journal and Articles

• Mineralogy Database
• Use BASE search (Comprehensive Bibliographical search to Open Access Articles and data)
• Use Google Scholar
• Search Core (Single Gateway search to full text OA articles and thesis)
• Search DOAJ by Subject
• Search GeoRef database (Across 53 full-text scholarly journals available)
• Earth Magazine

Research Data

• Indian Meteorological Department
• Data.Gov.in
• The Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)

CIESIN specialises in online data and information management, spatial data integration and training and interdisciplinary research related to human interactions in the environment.

• Socio-Economic Data and Applications Centre (SEDAC)

This is one of the Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) of the US National Aeronautics and Space Admininstration. SEDAC focuses on human interactions in the environment.

Open Text Books

• Open Text Book (Gateway to access text books of several prestigious Universities of USA) ,
• DOAB (A community-driven discovery service for more than 79000 open access peer reviewed books)
• Open Geography Education (A collection of open access textbooks)