Specialist databases for key research areas

Geomechanics

• GeoRef (International; American Geological Institute; Mainly 1933 to present)
• GEOBASE [geology] (International; 1980 to present)

Structures

• ARCH (Australian Architecture and building; 1980 to present)
• Avery index to architectural periodicals (International Architecture and building; Columbia University; 1860, but mainly 1930 to present)

Transport

• Australian transport index: ATRI (1960 - present, produced by ARRB Transport Research Ltd) see thesaurus (pdf, 85kb)
• TransportDatabase (International, 1968 to present)
• Aviation accident database & synopses (United States, 1962 to present)

Water

• Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management (International; 1981 to present)
• STREAMLINE (Australian; produced by Infoscan Pty Ltd for the Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation and the Urban Water Research Association of Australia; 1982 to 2004)

Retrospective indexes and abstracts

• Water resources abstracts
  v. 1, no. 1 - 4 (1968) to v. 11, no. 4 - 5 (1978)