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Journals | Special Publications and books | Full Book Collection | In Progress | Pay-per-view access | Open Access
Fellows and Student members of the Geological Society of London enjoy a range of access benefits and additional options by virtue of their membership of the Society such as:
Journals
All Fellows and Student members are entitled to full online access to one Society journal option as part of their package of member benefits.
There are four journal options to choose from for 2024:
- Journal of the Geological Society (JGS) and Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology (QJEGH)
- Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis (GEEA)
- Petroleum Geoscience (PG)
- Geoenergy
Additionally, all Fellows and Student members receive free online access to the Transactions of the Geological Society of London (published 1811-1845).
Fellows and Student members can also choose to subscribe to additional Geological Society of London journal options for an annual fee. Please see the membership fees page for current rates.
Amendments to subscriptions can be made via the Update my details web page.
To find out how to access journals online, visit the FAQs page.
Login to sign up for new content email alerts for individual journals and book series.
Please note: The Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society and the Scottish Journal of Geology are not Geological Society of London journals. GSL members can access content of the relevant journal by using Pay-per-view Access, purchasing a non-member subscription or by joining YGS for the Proceedings or GSG or EGS for the Scottish Journal (and Transactions of the Edinburgh or Glasgow geological societies).
Special Publications, Memoirs and Engineering Geology Special Publications (Book Archive)
In addition to their journal entitlement, Fellows and Student members receive free access to the Society’s online "Book Archive".
The Book Archive provides access to Special Publications, Memoirs and Engineering Geology Special Publication book series on the Lyell Collection published prior to the current and three previous calendar years (excluding ebooks). All references are actively linked through to the source of cited material.
For 2024 the Book Archive includes book content published in 2020 and earlier.
In addition to the GSL Book Archive the Petroleum Geology Conference series (published on behalf of PGC Ltd.) is also available to Fellows on the Lyell Collection (volumes 4 to 8).
Full Book Collection
Fellows and Student members can subscribe to the Full Book Collection for an additional annual fee, which extends electronic access to more recent Special Publications, Memoirs, Energy Geoscience Conference Series and Engineering Geology Special Publication book series (including "In Progress" book articles). Please see the membership fees page for current rates.
FBC 2024: Special Publication, Memoir, Energy Geoscience Conference Series and Engineering Geology Special Publication content published from 2021 to current.
List of Geological Society book titles
(excel file, including links for each title). Titles labelled "Full Book Collection required" require a current Full Book Collection subscription.
Please note: No journal or ebook content is included with the Book Archive or a Full Book Collection subscription.
Login to MyGSL or contact the Membership Department to subscribe to the Full Book Collection.
In Progress
To access Special Publication or Memoir "In Progress" articles members must have a subscription to the Full Book Collection. A current subscription allows access to the full text of each article.
Non-subscribing members may view the list of "In Progress" articles available, sign up for email alerts when new articles are posted, and purchase individual articles on a pay-per-view basis.
Pay-per-view access
Members requiring access to content to which they do not subscribe can access articles by selecting the pay-per-view option, which is available for all Lyell Collection content. Find out more here: Lyell Collection pay-per-view access.
Open Access
The Geological Society publishes Open Access articles which are free to all and are designated by an Open Access logo.
The Open Access Article Processing Charge can be found on the Author Information page of the relevant journal or book series. A discount is available to Fellows of the Geological Society for GSL-owned journals (where the corresponding author or at least half the authors are Fellows or student members).
Geofacets
Elsevier decided to sunset Geofacets at the end of 2023. As you know, the Millennium Edition member benefit was powered by Geofacets. Since Elsevier will no longer be able to develop or support this platform Geofacets Millennium Edition is no longer available from December 31, 2023. We regret any inconvenience this loss may cause to you.
Friends of the Society do not receive access to Lyell Collection content or to Geofacets content as part of membership.