The Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program is a two-part publication series produced for each cruise comprised of:

• Initial Reports: A detailed summary of the scientific and engineering results from each leg.
• Scientific Results: A series of peer-reviewed papers that describe the results of shore-based studies related to a leg.
• Cumulative Index: A consolidated index that contains entries from all published ODP Proceedings indexes. This index comprises four separate indexes: subject, taxonomic, geographic/site, and author.
• The Citations include published or in press citations.
• Another comprehensive citation resource is the Ocean Drilling Citation Database.
• Preliminary Reports a summary of the shipboard scientific results and technical operations published shortly after each cruise.
• Scientific Prospectuses: a precruise plan that was published shortly before each cruise.
• Technical Notes: laboratory procedures and technical manuals.

Other ocean drilling publications:

• IODP publications
• DSDP publications