PRIMARY DATABASES: Environmental Studies

Academic Search Complete    FULL-TEXT CONTENT 
Coverage: 1865 - present

Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary database featuring peer-reviewed journals as well as other journals, magazines, newspapers, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. Designed specifically for academic institutions, this is the database of choice for a wide variety of research interests. The database features full-text for over 5,300 periodicals and provides access to even more online content through OLinks. Updated daily. Note: this database offers indexing for the Wall Street Journal. To access articles in the WSJ, search the separate Wall Street Journal database.


CQ Researcher    FULL-TEXT CONTENT 
Coverage: October 25, 1991-present

CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. There are 44 reports produced each year. The CQ Researcher's hallmark is scrupulous objectivity and balance. Every 12,000-word report is written by an experienced journalist and features comments from experts, lawmakers and citizens on all sides of every issue. Numerous charts, graphs and sidebar articles -- plus a pro-con feature, a chronology, lengthy bibliographies and a list of contacts -- round out each report. CQ Researcher is used at thousands of college, high school and public libraries as well as by hundreds of the nation's biggest media organizations. It won the prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award for Journalism Excellence in 1999 for a 10-part series on health care.


Environment Complete    FULL-TEXT CONTENT 

Environment Complete covers applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. Environment Complete contains citations for articles from 1,200 domestic and international journals, as well as 100 monographs. The database provides full text for many of the most used journals in the discipline, and for the conference papers of the North American Association of Environmental Education.


GreenFILE NEW!    FULL-TEXT CONTENT 

GreenFILE offers well-researched but accessible information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles include content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done on each level to minimize negative impact. Topics covered include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. GreenFILE is multidisciplinary by nature and draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.


Oxford Reference Online, Earth and Environmental Sciences    FULL-TEXT CONTENT 

Oxford Reference Online's collection of online reference books for Earth and environmental sciences.


SUPPORTING DATABASES: Environmental Studies

Access Science    FULL-TEXT CONTENT 

AccessScience is an online encyclopedia of science and technology. AccessScience contains encyclopedia articles, dictionary terms, biographies, research updates, and science news. It is produced by The McGraw-Hill Companies.


AGRICOLA    FULL-TEXT CONTENT 
Coverage: 1970-present.

This database contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. Coverage for AGRICOLA dates back to 1970 and includes more than 2.5 million citations. The citations are comprised of journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture.


Business Source Complete    FULL-TEXT CONTENT 
Coverage: 1886 - present

This is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content. Business Source Complete contains far more active, peer-reviewed, business related journals than any other database currently available. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back to 1886 are included. In addition to the searchable cited references provided for more than 1,200 journals. Please Note - When searching this database, if you find articles that you want from the Wall Street Journal, you will need to go to another database to access the fulltext article. Fulltext for the Wall Street Journal (back to the mid-1980s) can be found in our separate Wall Street Journal database of that name.


Education Research Complete    FULL-TEXT CONTENT 

Education Research Complete is a bibliographic and full text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,500 journals, as well as full text for more than 750 journals. This database also includes full text for more than 100 books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference papers.


LexisNexis Academic    FULL-TEXT CONTENT 
Coverage: varies, but strong for 1980s-present

Provides access to over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications. Features an extensive collection of 350+ national (U.S.), regional, and international newspapers, many same day of publication, including coverage for the New York Times. Also offers non-English language news sources, broadcast transcripts, campus news, and a full range of information for business and legal research. Updated daily.


Proquest Congressional    FULL-TEXT CONTENT 

The world's most comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information from Congressional Information Service, Inc. Find information on congressional publications; bills, laws, and legislation; members and committees; and hot topics in American public policy. Updated daily.


Proquest Statistical Insight    FULL-TEXT CONTENT 

The world's most comprehensive access to statistical information from Congressional Information Service, Inc., including Statistical Abstract of the United States. Also included is an index to more than 100,000 statistical publications. Updated daily.


TEXTS: Environmental Studies

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