The American Geosciences Institute ( AGI ) is a nonprofit federation of about 50 geoscientific and professional organizations that represents geologists , geophysicists , and other earth scientists . The organization was founded in 1948. The name of the organization was changed from the American Geological Institute on October 1, 2011. The organization's offices are in Alexandria, Virginia .
5-485: Since 1966, AGI has produced GeoRef , a literature database for those studying the earth sciences. AGI operates the Center for Geosciences and Society. AGI's monthly magazine Geotimes became EARTH Magazine on September 1, 2008, with an increased focus on public communication of geoscience research. In April 2019, EARTH Magazine suspended publication and was folded into Nautilus Quarterly . The stated mission of AGI
10-401: Is to “represent and serve the geoscience community by providing collaborative leadership and information to connect Earth, science, and people.” This article about a scientific organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a professional association is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an organization in
15-706: Is widely considered one of the preeminent literature databases for those studying the earth sciences. It is produced by the American Geosciences Institute , which was known as the American Geological Institute until October 2011. "To maintain the database, GeoRef editor/indexers regularly scan more than 3,500 journals in 40 languages as well as new books, maps, and reports. They record the bibliographic data for each document and assign index terms to describe it. Each month between 6,000 and 9,000 new references are added to
20-465: The United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . GeoRef The GeoRef database is a bibliographic database that indexes scientific literature in the geosciences , including geology . Coverage ranges from 1666 to the present for North American literature, and 1933 to the present for the rest of the world. It currently contains more than 4.3 million references. It
25-575: The database." Major areas of coverage by GeoRef include: Print publications that correspond to GeoRef are Bibliography and Index of North American Geology; Bibliography of Theses in Geology; and the Geophysical Abstracts, Bibliography and Index of Geology Exclusive of North America. This geology article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article relating to library science or information science
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