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GeoRefS

Revised 11/9/2004

Database Name: GeoRefS
Short Database Name:  GEOS
Available on: FirstSearch Test Server and Production Server

Why select this database?

  • GeoRefS contains citations to more than 2.1 million records about geology and earth sciences. The database contains references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses.
  • It is international in scope and is the most comprehensive database in the geosciences.
  • It corresponds to the entries in the Bibliography and Index of Geology from 1785 to the present.
  • It is produced by the American Geological Institute.
Subjects included
Geology and earth science

Coverage/update frequency

North American records cover 1785 to the present.
World records cover 1933 to the present.
New records are added semi-monthly.

Record display information

List of FirstSearch fields for GeoRefS  and the MARC fields to which they correspond:

Field Name MARC field(s)
Year 008
ISBN 020/a
ISSN 022/a
E-ISSN 022/9
SICI 024/a
CODEN 030/a
Coordinates 034/d-g
Accession Number 035/a
Report Number 088/a
First Author 100/a,e,9
Title 245/a,i
Edition 250/a
Publisher 260/a,b,8,9
Date of Publication 260/c
Collation 300/a,b,9
Number of References 504/b
Map Scale 507/a
Abstract 520/a
Language 546/a,9
Summary Only Note 591/a
Illustration Information 591/b
Annotation 591/c
Meeting 611/a,c,d,9
Country 611/7,8
Index Term 650/a
Category 698/b,c
Subsequent Authors 700/a,e,8
Publisher of Host Item 773/c,d,4,5
Citation 773/g
Source 773/t,1
Source ISSN 773/x
Source CODEN 773/y
Author 778/a-f
Edition 798/b
Title of Host Item 798/t
E-ISSN of Host Item 798/x
CODEN of Host Item 798/y
ISBN of Host Item 798/z
Parent Book Author 799/a,e,6
Parent Book Publisher Information 799/d,1,2,3
Parent Book Title 799/t,7
Parent Book ISBN 799/z
Parent Book Edition 799/9
Instructions To Get Full Text 856/i
Full Text Format (e.g. ASCII, PDF) 856/q
URL to External Website or Link to Full-Text Article (Direct Article Access) 856/u
OCLC DAA (Direct Article Access) 856/x
Database from which Full-Text Article Is Accessed 856/8
Language 917/b,x
Pagination 917/7,8
Library Holdings 948
Detailed holdings information is available in FirstSearch Z39.50 Configuration Guide - Element Set Names.
Volume 949/a
Issue 949/b
Pagination 949/c
Other Issue Info. 949/d
Date of Publication 949/e
First Page Number 949/f
Marketing Defined Date 949/g
Document Type 949/i
Marketing Defined Julian Date 949/j
OCLC Display Type 949/x
Type of Degree 952/c
Coordinates 952/d
Map Type 952/e
Title 952/f-h
Host Item Title 952/i-n,r-w
Author Affiliation 952/x-z,1-9
Date Issued 954/a
Bibliographic Level Code 954/b
Organization 954/c-f
University/Institution 954/g-j
Secondary Affiliation 954/k-m,7
Medium of Source (when non-print) 954/n,o
Country of Publication 954/p,q
Reference Source 954/r-u
Update Code 954/v
Research Program 954/w,x
Holding Library 954/y,z,1,2
Target Audience 954/3
Other Pagination 954/4
Host Series Title 954/5,6
Summary Restrictor Field 954/8
Volume Description 954/9
Corporate Author 957/a-e
AGI Number 957/f
Issue Description 961/n
DOI 983/7

Indexes

What follows is a list of FirstSearch indexes and the combination of USE and STRUCTURE attributes that can be used to access them.

  1. For any FirstSearch label where multiple USE attributes are listed all the attributes will provide the exact same search result sets.
  2. Any USE attribute that is not marked as a restrictor is available via the SCAN service.
  3. Restrictors are specially implemented indexes and are not available for scanning. Terms for these must be ANDed with other terms to limit the size of the result set. See the table provided for each restrictor to determine valid terms and their associated meaning.

FirstSearch Indexes and USE and STRUCTURE attributes used to access them:

Index Description Use Attribute Structure Attribute Indexed Fields and Subfields
Keyword (kw) Any 5110 2 245/a
591/a-c
611/a,c,d
650/a
773/t
798/t
799/t
952/f-n
954/n,o,5
Keyword All (ka) Any 1016 2 <008>
020/a
022/a,9
030/a
088/a
100/a,e,9
245/a
520/a
591/a-c
611/a,c,d
650/a
700/a,e,8
773/t,x,y
778/a-f,t,x,y,z
799/a,e,t,z,6
952/f-n
954/n,o,5
957/a-e
Abstract (ab) Abstract 62 2 520/a
Accession Number (no) Control number-local 12 2 035/a
Author (au, au=) Author-name 1003 1, 2 100/a,e,9
700/a,e,8
778/a-f
799/a,e,6
957/a-e
Author Affiliation (aa) OCLC Defined 5100 2 952/x-z,1-9
954/k-m,7
Bibliographic Level (bl) OCLC Defined 5663 2 954/b
Chapter's Book (cb, cb=) OCLC Defined 5030 1,2 799/t
952/i,j,k
Classification Descriptor Phrase (cd=) OCLC Defined 5699 1 698/b,c
Conference Details (ce) OCLC Defined 5661 2 611/c,d
Conference Name Phrase (cf=) OCLC Defined 5611 1 611/a
Corporate Author (co, co=) Author-name-corporate 1005 1,2 957/a-e
Descriptors (de, de=) OCLC Defined 5650 1, 2 650/a
Degree Type (dg) OCLC Defined 5022 2 952/c
Document Accessibility (ay) OCLC Defined 5662 2 954/c-f
Edition (ed) OCLC Defined 5250 2 250/a
798/b
799/9
First Page (pg) OCLC Defined 5006 2 949/f
Institution Phrase (in=) OCLC Defined 5021 1 954/g,h,i,j
Issue (is) OCLC Defined 5004 2 949/b,d
Language Phrase (ln=) Code-language 54 1 546/a,9
917/b,x
Map Data (md) Code-map-scale 1024 2 034/d,e,f,g
507/a
952/e
Notes (nt) Note 63 2 591/a-c
954/n,o
Publisher (pb) Name-publisher 1018 2 260/b
773/d
799/d
Publication Date (pd) Date 30 2 949/e,g
954/a
Place of Publication (pl) Name-geographic-place-publication 59 2 260/a,8,9
773/c,4,5
799/1,2,3
954/p,q
Report Number (rn) Identifier-report 1027 2 088/a
Source (so, so=) Title-host-item 1033 1,2 773/t
798/t
799/t
952/i-n
954/5
Standard Number (sn) Identifier-standard 1007 2 020/a
022/a,9
030/a
088/a
773/x,y
798/x,y,z
799/z
Subject (su, su=) Subject heading 21 1,2 611/a,c,d
650/a
Title (ti, ti=) Title 4 1, 2 245/a
952/f-h
Volume (vo) OCLC Defined 5013 2 949/a
Year (yr) Date-publication 31 4, 5 <008>

Restrictors

The following restrictors can be used only in conjunction with an index search.   They must be added to an index search with the Boolean AND in order to receive results:

Restrictor Type Input Use Attribute Structure Attribute
Year* All years
Single year
Range of years		 --
19xx, 20xx
19xx - 20xx		 31 5
Document Type* All records
Book
Conference Document
Map
Report
Serial
Thesis/Dissertation		 --
book
conference
map
report
serial
thesi?		 1001 1
Language* No Limit
Chinese
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish		 --
chinese
english
french
german
italian
japanese
polish
portuguese
russian
spanish
 54 1
Summary Note* No Limit
Yes
No		 --
yes
no		 5660 1
Limit to Full Text -- Full text 6002 2
Limit to Holdings† OCLC Institution Symbol Enter symbol for OCLC institution 56 2

* Both and index and a restrictor.

† To find the OCLC symbol for an institution, please see the online version of OCLC Participating Institutions.

Sorting

Search results in the GeoRefS database can be sorted by Author (1003), Title (4), and Date (30).

General punctuation rules

(exceptions are made, but these are generally correct):

Punctuation Rule Punctuation Rule
" Delete and collapse $ Delete and collapse
' (apostrophe) Delete and collapse % Delete and collapse
. Delete and collapse * Delete and collapse
, (comma) Delete and collapse + Delete and collapse
; Delete and collapse > Delete and collapse
: Delete and collapse < Delete and collapse
() Delete and collapse @ Delete and collapse
<> Delete and collapse ? Delete and collapse
{} Delete and collapse -- Delete and collapse
[] Delete and collapse / Substitute a space
= Delete and collapse - Retain and index
! Delete and collapse & Retain and index
# Delete and collapse

Searching tips

Keyword All searches (1016): The Keyword All search finds information in these fields: Author (100/a,e,9, 700/a,e,8, 778/a-f, 799/a,e,6, 957/a-e); Abstract (520/a); Notes (591/a-c, 954/n,o); Source phrase (773/t, 798/t, 799/t, 952/i-n, 954/5); Standard Number (020/a, 022/a,9, 030/a, 088/a, 773/x,y, 798/x,y,z); Subject (611/a,c,d, 650/a); Title (245/a, 952/f-h); and Year (008).

Using limiters: You can limit searches by Year (31),  Document Type (1001), Language (54), Summary Note (5660), and Library Holdings (56).

Copyright

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