Compiling American Geological Literature, 1669 to 1850: a systematic approach to natural history bibliography

From 1971 to 1980 we compiled and revised a geological bibliography of pre-1851 American-published sources (Hazen and Hazen, 1980). The objective of this review is to document our systematic approach to producing American Geological Literature in order to aid and encourage others engaged in bibliographic efforts. In addition, we highlight some of the advantages of word processing in the production of a bibliography.