Research Guides: Oceanography: Electronic Resources

Oceanography Journals

Databases & Effective Searching

Key Resources

Proquest Aquatic Science Collection
This site searches Proquest's aquatic databases, including Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Oceanic Abstracts, Aqualine, and Water Resource Abstracts. This site includes scientific, technical, and policy-related literature covering freshwater, marine, brackish environments, and water management.

Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Web of Science includes Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index—links to some full text.
Tutorials:
Web of Science LibGuide

Abbreviation: webofsci
Vendor: Clarivate Analytics
Subjects: *General Science, *General / Multi-Subject, Engineering
Type: Citation Management, Indexes / Catalogs

Article Sources (Databases)

Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Includes research on groundwater hydrology, surface water hydrology, and physical oceanography. Abstracts are included for records from 1972-1973, and from 1976 to the present.
Subject coverage:
Air pollution
Astrophysics
Atmospheric disturbances
Atmospheric structure
Climatology
Geomagnetism
Glaciology
Groundwater/surface water hydrology
Hydrologic cycle
Meteorological observations
Physical oceanography
Radiation and temperature
Weather forecasting

Abbreviation: mga
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 1976–Current
Subjects: Environmental Sciences, Oceanography
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
American Meteorological Society Journals This link opens in a new window
This site contains the full text of journal and bulletin articles published by the American Meteorological Society. The American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences, as well as the advancement of their professional applications. Covers 1944 - current.
Abbreviation: amsj
Vendor: American Meteorological Society
Coverage: 1944–Current
Subjects: Atmospheric Science, *General Science, Ocean Science
Type: E-Journal Collections
GeoRef This link opens in a new window
Covers the geology of North America from 1669 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. Includes hydrogeology and hydrology and references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Coverage Includes:
- Areal geology
- Economic geology
- Engineering geology
- Environmental geology
- Extraterrestrial geology
- Geochemistry
- Geochronology
- Geophysics
- Hydrogeology and hydrology
Abbreviation: georef
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 1669–Current
Subjects: Geology, Oceanography, Urban and Regional Planning
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
General Science Full Text This link opens in a new window
140 titles, including areas of astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, earth science, environmental issues, mathematics, medicine, physics, and zoology from 1984-Abstracting coverage begins with periodicals published in March 1993. Full Text coverage started in 1997.
Abbreviation: gen-sci
Vendor: EBSCO
Coverage: 1984–Current
Subjects: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Earth Science, *General Science, Geology, Human Development & Family Science, Microbiology, Nutrition & Integrative Physiology, Oceanography, Physics
Type: Indexes / Catalogs

SciFinder

Oceanic Abstracts This link opens in a new window
This is part of the Proquest Aquatic Science Collection. It covers oceanic science and nautical engineering, including biological oceanography, ecology, physical and chemical oceanography, marine geology, geophysics, geochemistry, marine pollution, nonliving marine resources, navigation and communications, maritime law, desalination, ships, shipping, and marine biology from 1964 to the present.
Subject coverage:
Biological Oceanography
Ecology
Physical and chemical oceanography
Marine geology
Geophysics
Geochemistry
Marine pollution
Nonliving marine resources
Navigation and communications
Maritime law
Desalination
Ships
Shipping
Marine biology

Abbreviation: oceanic
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 1964–Current
Subjects: Oceanography
Type: E-Journal Collections, Indexes / Catalogs
Water Resources Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Part of the Proquest Aquatic Science Collection, Water Resources Abstracts provides summaries of the world's technical and scientific literature on water-related topics, covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use, and management of water resources.
Subject coverage:
Groundwater
Lakes
Estuaries
Erosion and sedimentation
Water supply and conservation
Desalination
Water yield improvement
Water quantity management and control
Watershed protection
Water quality management
Water resources planning
Water law
Engineering works and hydraulics

Abbreviation: waterres
Vendor: ProQuest
Coverage: 1967–Current
Subjects: Earth Science, Environmental Sciences, *General Science, Oceanography
Type: Citation Management, Datasets / Statistics, Directories, E-Book Collections, E-Journal Collections, Government Publications, Indexes / Catalogs
Compendex (Engineering Village) This link opens in a new window
The site covers significant engineering and technical literature from journals (over 3,600), technical reports, engineering society publications, books, and conference proceedings and papers (over 15.8 million records, with more than 650,000 added annually). Access ends December 31, 2024.
Tutorials:
EngineeringVillage YouTube channel

Abbreviation: compendix
Vendor: Elsevier
Coverage: 1988–Current
Subjects: Chemistry, Engineering, Material Science
Type: Indexes / Catalogs, Proceedings, Reports

Chemistry
Engineering
Material Science

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