Geological Society
Year Joined PERii
2008. The ongoing availability of this content is due to the generous sponsorship of Schlumberger.
Resource Name
The Lyell Collection Complete
Resource Type
Electronic service providing access to current and archival content of the Geological Society of London
Access URL
http://www.lyellcollection.org/
Title Listing
2011 title list (14kb)
2011 title list (91kb)
2012 title list (11kb) 2012 title list (90kb)
Content Overview
The Lyell Collection is an electronic resource containing new and archival journal, Special Publication and book content, published by the Geological Society of London. It contains key peer-reviewed Earth science literature of the highest quality.
Subject Strengths
- Geology
- Earth Sciences
Service Strengths
- For 2010 features Journal of the Geological Society, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, Scottish Journal of Geology, Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Transactions of the Geological Society, the Geological Society's prestigious Special Publications, and the Engineering Geology Special Publications, Memoir and Petroleum Geology Conferences book series
- 18 000 peer-reviewed articles
- 260 000 pages of Earth science content
- Full-text archives back to 1811
- Selected open-access articles
- Free public access to abstracts and specially created extracts
- Full electronic functionality
- Fully searchable content throughout
- Active reference linking via CrossRef, GeoRef and ISI
- Free full-text linking to many other key Earth science journals, including GeoScienceWorld
- eTOC (electronic Table of Contents) and research alerts available to subscribers and non-subscribers
Impact Factors
- Journal of the Geological Society: 2.797
- Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology: 0.919
- Other series highly cited but not in SCI.
Registration Information
Each developing country institution eligible for access (eligibility criteria, 
38kb) is required to register to use the Lyell Collection. If you have not used this resource before, you may need to check if your institution is registered and identify the contact person who has your access details. To do this, please go to the PERii registration system and select your country and institution.
After registration, you will receive an email from the publisher with a link to activate your subscription. Please follow the instructions in the email to register access administrator details and your IP addresses. Once activation is complete all users at your IP address will have access to the Lyell Collection content.
Access Information
Access by IP address recognition.
Publisher Support/Help Contact
Please contact the site host via the Feedback page on the Lyell Collection site or email sales@geolsoc.org.uk.
URL to General Publisher Site
http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/index.html
Further Information from your Country Coordinator
The details for your country coordinator can be found on your country page. Please use the 'Country Finder on the right-hand side of this page.
Information for Librarians
Administration Information
You can manage your subscription (including update contact details and IP addresses) on the Lyell Collection website by logging in with the administrator username and password registered at activation
Publisher Newsletter Details
For recent news from the Lyell Collection, visit the subscriptions page.
Usage Data Collection
For information about which usage reports are availalbe please see here
PERii FAQs
To find the answer to the most commonly asked questions about registration and access, see the Information resources FAQ page.
PERii Help Documents
Please see the online help documents for further information about INASP policy on username and password access, registration, registration record keeping, downloading from publishers websites, access issues and statistics.
Publisher FAQs
To find the answer to the most commonly asked questions about the Lyell Collections, visit the Geological Society website.