The ''Bibliography and Index of Geology'' is divided into ''Bibliography and index of North American geology'' and ''Bibliography and index of geology exclusive of North America''. These, and other print publications, are now available electronically in the

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database.

History

In 1896, the

United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...

released N.H. Darton's 1045-page ''Catalogue and index of contributions to North American geology, 1732-1891'' and also commenced an incremental publication of Fred Boughton Weeks' serial work ''Bibliography and index of North American geology, paleontology, petrology, and mineralogy for 1892 and 1893''. This was followed the same year by individual volumes for 1894 (141 pages) and 1895 (130 pages), then the volume for 1896 was released in 1897 with 152 pages. This continued until in 1909, it became the ''Bibliography of North American geology for 1906 and 1907, with a subject index'' by Weeks and J.M. Nickles. In 1933, the

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began publication of ''Bibliography and Index of Geology'', and in 1969 it became a joint publication with the

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