Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
Appearance
Producer | American Meteorological Society |
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Languages | English |
Access | |
Providers | Dialog, ProQuest |
Cost | Subscription |
Coverage | |
Disciplines | Meteorology, Geophysics, Astrophysics |
Record depth | Index & Abstract |
Format coverage | journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports, books, monographs |
Temporal coverage | 1974 – present |
Geospatial coverage | Global |
No. of records | 508,379 |
Update frequency | Monthly |
Links | |
Website | about |
Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts is a scholarly bibliographic database that covers meteorology, climatology, atmospheric chemistry and physics, astrophysics, hydrology, glaciology, physical oceanography and environmental sciences.
Production and Access
[edit]The database is produced by the American Meteorological Society, and is published by DIALOG[1] and Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.[2]
Coverage
[edit]The database has over 508,379 records as of November 2009, and covers literature published 1974–present. Every month approximately 850 new records are added.[2] In a 2002 analysis of the database, it was revealed that MGA indexed 72 unique titles, eight of which were peer reviewed.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (at DIALOG)
- ^ a b Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts at CSA Archived 2009-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kristick, Laurel L. (2002). "Analysis of Serials Indexed in Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA)". Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (36). doi:10.29173/istl1925. S2CID 250567080.