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Print Access Geographical Abstracts 1966-1971.
GEO Abstracts 1972-1985.
Geographical Abstracts 1986-1988.
Geographical Abstracts: Human Geography 1989-1995.
Geographical Abstracts: Physical Geography 1989-1994.
Subject Area biogeography, geography, geology, geomorphology, ecology
Resource Type index and abstracts
Description GEOBASE is a unique multidisciplinary database supplying bibliographic information and abstracts for human and physical geography, ecology, geology, oceanography, geomechanics, and development studies. The database provides current coverage of over 1,800 journals and archival coverage of 2,000 additional titles from 1980 onwards. GEOBASE contains more than 1.3 million records, spanning over twenty years to present, with 76,000 records added annually. Each GEOBASE record contains a full bibliographic citation and indexing terms and codes. 99.5% of the GEOBASE records contain abstracts.
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Notes Please note that now you can search both GeoRef and GeoBase at the same time.
Formats Indexed journal articles, books, proceedings, reports, irregular publications, maps, dissertations
Update Frequency quarterly
Coverage 1970-
Producer Elsevier Science
Vendor Elsevier
Consortium COPPUL
License Terms of Use Permitted Uses
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