Abstract:Establishing an on-line retrievable journal paper database of seismology, these journals are published in China. Using VAX11/750 mini-computer, its operation system is VAX/VMS and VAX Datatrieve, VAX Common Data Dictionary software products. There are three file-structured databases, domain names are Papers, Subject Abstract, in this journal paper database of seismology. A record of Papers, Subject, Abstract is 1500, 225, 1281 bytes long, respectively. on-line retrieval programs are interactive mode, designed by myself. They are convenient to users. Retrospective time of this database is planning on going to ten years or more.