GewiS - Geoscientific Collections online

GewiS – Geoscientific Collections online, the digital information system allowing the online registration, search and loan of objects of the geoscientific collections in the GEOZENTRUM HANNOVER und BGR Berlin, went online. Currently about 25 % of over 2 million eligible objects (fossils, rocks, minerals) are recorded. To begin with, they belong to the fields of core samples, raw materials, stratigraphy and palaeontological originals, but others are continuously added. All kinds of search can be carried out on this digital inventory.

Beside the basic choice of object type and sub-collection, designations of fossils, rocks or minerals, geographic terms up to the specific finding place and many other options, like e.g. the rock colour – also in combinations – can be queried. For example actually, the search for „Granit AND rot“ produces 233 hits. Beside a description of the object with numerous parameters, there is a photograph of the object, which can be enlarged. The descripting information is available in German only, but English inputs can be entered. GewiS - Übersicht und Rechercheablauf (PDF, 1 MB).

Start page and search template of GewiS Source: BGR

The following step allows a loan request. In order to guarantee its usability, we endeavour a continuous optimization of the application.

For the staff members of the collection, the database offers many other possibilities for the digital management of objects.

Link to the application: https://gewis.bgr.de/

However, until the complete recording into GewiS, we keep providing our download service for search possibilities, especially for scientific originals.