Geological Society

Year Joined PERii
2008

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
Geological Society title list 2009 (52kb)

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

• Features Journal of the Geological Society, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, the Geological Societys prestigious Special Publications, and the Engineering Geology Special Publications and Memoir book series.
• 14 000 peer-reviewed articles
• 230 000 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: 2.284
• Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology: 0.778
• 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.

Access Information
Access by IP address recognition.

Publisher Support/Help Contact
Please use the Feedback button on Lyell Collection site or contact 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 Collecton website.

Publisher Newsletter Details
For recent news from the Lyell Collection, visit the subscriptions page.

Usage Data Collection
View your institutional usage reports on Lyell Collection website.

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.