Documentation 
The objective of documentation is to compile bibliographic citations and numerical 
data citations of the special literature published throughout the world. This 
means processing bibliographically and in terms of content periodicals, dis- 
sertations, proceedings and congresses, etc. that are relevant to the scope of 
GEOFIZ. For the geosciences alone, this means documenting about 50,000.publica- 
tions annually. To cope with this flood of information, international coopera- 
tion is necessary. Thus, the BGR is a member of an international association for 
documentation in the geoscientific field. Besides the Bundesanstalt für Geo- 
wissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), the Centre National de la Recherche Scien- 
tific (CNRS) and Bureau de Recherche Geologique et Miniere (BRGM) in France, 
Empresa Nacional Adaro de Investigaciones Mineras S.A., Madrid (ENADIMSA) and 
Institute Geologico y Minero de Espana in Spanien, the American Geological Insti- 
tute in the USA, and other smaller European documentation centers are members 
of this organization. The geoscientific bibliographic data bank GEOLINE is the 
product of this cooperation. 
The geoscientific' fields covered by GEOLINE are shown in Fig. 2. 
FIELD COVERAGE OF GEOL INE 
GEOLINE: BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA BASE 
CONTENT: 350 000 WORLDWIDE CITATIONS 
COVERAGE: LITERATURE SINCE 1970 
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The documentation product - a citiation for a specific publication - consists 
of biliographic and content parts. Fig. 3 shows an example of such a citation. 
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