Databases in the filed of geosciences

(in Croatian)

Abstract

Polling of scientific research workers in Croatia, conducted within the research project Information System for Natural and Technical Sciences 5-11-139, financed by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Informatics of the Republic of Croatia, showed that scientists are not adequately informed about the existence of data bases and the possibilities of their perusal. The object of the paper is to acquaint potential users with specialized data bases from the field of geosciences. It gives a general description of the data bases, and their division concerning to their structure, and to the machine readable medium in which they are available. Intermediary information centers in Croatia are listed. Finally, a survey is given of the major data bases relating to geosciences, stating their names and kinds, subjects they include, manufacturers and hosts, utilization conditions, contents, language used geographical area covered, time periods covered by stored data as well as the printed equivalents available.