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Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
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<h2 id="production-and-access">Production and Access</h2> <p>The database is produced by the <a href="/facts/American_Meteorological_Society/Pb5psX4t">American Meteorological Society</a>, and is published by <a href="/facts/DIALOG/GReWeC70">DIALOG</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> and <a href="/facts/Cambridge_Scientific_Abstracts/dNlC1Ck8">Cambridge Scientific Abstracts</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="coverage">Coverage</h2> <p>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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> In a 2002 analysis of the database, it was revealed that MGA indexed 72 unique titles, eight of which were peer reviewed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (at DIALOG) <a href="http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0029.html" target="_blank">http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0029.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts at CSA Archived 2009-10-04 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.csa.com/factsheets/mga-set-c.php" target="_blank">http://www.csa.com/factsheets/mga-set-c.php</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts at CSA Archived 2009-10-04 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.csa.com/factsheets/mga-set-c.php" target="_blank">http://www.csa.com/factsheets/mga-set-c.php</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>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. <a href="http://www.istl.org/02-fall/databases.html" target="_blank">http://www.istl.org/02-fall/databases.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>