GeoRef is the most comprehensive bibliographic database in the geosciences and continues to grow by more than 100,000 references a year. The database contains over 4.5 million references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses.
GEOBASE is a database of indexed research covering relevant international geoscience and geography literature, with an emphasis on human and physical geography, ecology, geology, oceanography, geomechanics and international development studies/impacts.
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1. Select a topic that meets the requirements of your assignment.
2. Explore information: explore ideas and perspectives and identify potential sources of information.
3. Narrow your topic: identify key points you want to explore and formulate a question or argument around them.
4. Refine your search & evaluate resources: explore information related to your argument and make connections between your ideas and the ideas of others.
5. Use information appropriately: give credit to the original creators of information and strengthen your argument with citations and references.
Learn more about the search process and search strategies with this guide.
Tips for searching the databases and catalogue using AND, OR, NOT
When searching for content related to your essay or assignment, brainstorm some keywords. Then use AND (capital letters) to combine the keywords.
Example: to find articles on sesdimentary rocks in the Yukon, you may try something like:
sedimentary rocks AND Yukon
If there is more than one word for something you are researching, use synonyms / similar terms separated by OR (capital letters).
Example: if you researching the history of First Nations in the Yukon, you may try something like:
indigenous people OR first nations OR aboriginal OR native americans AND history AND Yukon
Use NOT (capital letters) to exclude concepts from your search.
Example: moths NOT butterflies AND hybernation AND Canada
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