MetBase

Access

This database is on CD-ROM and is installed on a computer  next to the Library Help Desk, for use in the Library only. There is no remote access. Ask at the Library Help Desk for assistance.

What does it cover?

MetBase is a database of meteorite information and also contains a bibliography of meteorites and planetary sciences. It provides access to all kind of information, analysis data, repositories, images and literature on meteorites and the planetary sciences.

The MetBase bibliography of meteoritics and planetary sciences has more than 90,000 keyword- and object-indexed references to articles, abstracts, books, catalogues, and special publications on meteorites, lunar rocks, meteors, impact cratering, tektites, martian geology, asteroids, exobiology and origin of the solar system, published between 1492 and today.