Environmental Studies Resources Essential Resources | Additional Resources | Multidisciplinary Library Databases | Public Websites |
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Encyclopedia of Environmental Studies, 2nd ed.,
2001
Environmental Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., 2 volumes,
2003
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 5 volumes, 2001
World Atlas of Biodiversity: Earth’s Living Resources
in the 21st Century, 2002
Our Earth’s Changing Land: An Encyclopedia of Land-Use
and Land-Cover Change, 2 volumes, 2006
Encyclopedia of Environmental Pollution and Cleanup,
2 volumes, 1999
Encyclopedia of Global Change: Environmental Change
and Human Society, 2 volumes, 2002
Globalization: Encyclopedia of Trade, Labor, and
Politics, 2 volumes, 2006
The Atlas of U.S. and Canadian Environmental History,
2003
Encyclopedia of Human Ecology, 2 volumes, 2003
Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Issues: An
Encyclopedia, 2003
American Environmental Leaders: From Colonial Times to
the Present, 2 volumes, 2000
Environmental Literature: An Encyclopedia of Works,
Authors and Themes, 1999
Twentieth-Century American nature Writers: Prose,
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Essential Resources: |
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GreenFILE (EBSCOhost):
includes citations for articles on information covering all aspects
of human impact on the environment. Citations for scholarly,
government, and popular articles in areas of agriculture, education,
law, health, and technology are all part of this resource. Topics
include climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable
agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Citations and
abstracts are included for over 380,000 records. Updated: regularly. This
resource is free from EBSCOhost.
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 Biological Abstracts
(Web of Knowledge):
Abstracting and indexing of more than 4,000 international journals
in the life sciences, including agriculture, biochemistry,
biotechnology, botany, ecology, the environment, microbiology,
neurology, pharmacology, public health and toxicology.
Coverage: 1994 to present. Updated:
bi-monthly.
This resource is
limited to 7 simultaneous users. If access is unavailable,
please try again later.
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Encyclopedia of Bioethics (Gale):
This e-book includes 480 entries on topics such as ethics of
health professionals, animal research, population control and
the environment, cloning, privacy and censorship on the Web,
stem cell research, same-sex marriage, and much more. Coverage:
complete text and images from the 5 volume print edition. Last
Updated: 2004.
Note: The 5 volume print version is available in Murphy
Library's reference collection; call no. QH332 .E52 2004
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BioOne.1:
Includes full text articles from over 80 high impact
journals in biological, ecological and environmental studies.
Coverage: 2000 to present. Updated: weekly.
Search Tip:
Under "Selected Collection(s)", limit to
BioOne1:
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AGRICOLA
(FirstSearch):
From the National Agricultural Library, U.S. Dept. of
Agriculture (USDA). Index to 850 journals and other materials relating to all aspects of agriculture,
forestry, and animal science. Coverage: 1970 to present. Updated:
monthly.
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GEOBASE
(FirstSearch):
Citations and abstracts from international
journal articles covering all aspects of: geography, geology, and ecology. Coverage: 1980 to
present. Updated: monthly.
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LandView (U.S. Census Bureau):
A desktop mapping system that searches and maps selected information
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Census Bureau, and
the U.S. Geological Survey. Found on the Statistics/Geography workstation in the
reference area.
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Science Accelerator
(U.S. Dept. of Energy):
Find
scientific research & development results, project descriptions, and
more. This search engine covers individual government
databases including:
Information Bridge,
E-Print Network,
Science Conference
Proceedings, R&D
Accomplishments,
Energy Citations
Database, R&D Project
Summaries, EPA
Science Inventory (SI), NIH
Computer Retrieval of
Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP), NSF
Award Abstracts, SBA
Technology Resources Network
(TECH-Net), USDA
Current Research Information System (CRIS),
DOepatents,
and EnergyFiles.
Coverage: variable.
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Science
Online:
A weekly online publication that covers scientific training, career
development, and the science job market. Includes the online version
of Science
Magazine. One of the most well read journals in the field.
Published the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Coverage: 1997 to present. Also provides access to free content such
ScienceCareers.org,
STKE, and the four most recent weeks of
ScienceNOW news
stories. Updated: weekly.
We have a trial of Science
Classic (1880-1996) until the end of the semester.
Please share your comments or suggestions about this content by
filling out our database
evaluation form or contact
Jen Holman,
Acquisitions Librarian directly.
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Toxicology
Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific):
Topics such as the effects of alcohol and
smoking, drug abuse, hydrocarbon studies, nitrosamines, radiation
and radioactive materials. Coverage: 1981 to present. Updated: monthly.
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TOXLINE
(Cambridge Scientific):
From the National Library of Medicine, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human
Services. Covers all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and
pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and
teratogens.
(This version of TOXLINE does not contain information from Chemical
Abstracts Service, BIOSIS, or International Pharmaceutical Abstracts.) Coverage: last 5 years + current year.
Updated monthly.
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Multidisciplinary Library Databases: |
These full-text
resources also include information related to this subject area:
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost). Includes full text of
scholarly and popular periodicals.
MasterFile Premier (EBSCOhost). Includes full text of
mostly popular periodicals, some scholarly, newspapers, and more.
LexisNexis Academic. Includes full text of popular, scholarly,
trade, and professional periodicals, and much more.
CQ Researcher. For in-depth reports on current and past topics
in all subject areas.
JSTOR. For reliable access to full text of articles from more
than 490 periodicals more than 2-5 years old.
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Public Websites: |
The following web resources were selected by librarians:
Environmental Sciences
Web sites A directory listing of related
sites.
Agriculture
Network Information Center
American
Rivers
BiologyBrowser (a portal for the life
sciences community)
Climate Change (U.S. EPA)
Envirofacts Data Warehouse (U.S. EPA)
Environmental
Sciences
FAO Forestry
Forest
Biology & Dendrology Educational Sites
Science.gov
Scirus
(science-specific web search engine)
TOXMAP
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