Environmental Science

Recommended Databases

Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
Description : This multidisciplinary database, provides comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences. Abstracts and citations are drawn from over 4000 scientific journals and thousands of other sources including conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications
Coverage: 1981 -
Environment Complete
Description : Environment Complete offers deep coverage in 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 more than 1,590,000 records from 1,500 domestic and international titles going back to the 1950s (including 960 active core titles) as well as 100 monographs. The database also contains full text for 400 journals and 80 monographs.
Biological and Agricultural Index Plus
Description : Provides indexing to over 250 journals in the core literature of biology and agriculture. Subject matter includes agricultural, animal sciences, biochemistry, biology, biotechnology, botany, ecology, environmental science, fishery sciences, forestry, genetics, horticulture, marine biology, microbiology, nutrition, paleontology, physiology, plant pathology, veterinary medicine, wildlife management, and zoology.
Coverage: 1983 -

GREENFile
Description: GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records

JSTOR
Description: JSTOR database is unique because the complete backfiles of core scholarly journals have been digitized, starting with the very first issues, many of which reach back to the 1800s. The database now contains over 2 million pages and new titles and fields are being added constantly (approximately 100,000 pages are added to the database each month).
Coverage: varies from title to title, but approximately from the 1800s to 1994.

Applied Science and Technology Full Text
Description : Provides indexing and abstracting for 411 core English language scientific and technical publications. Topics include engineering, acoustics, chemistry, computers, metallurgy, physics, plastics, telecommunications, transportation, and waste management.
Coverage: 1983 -

General Science Full Text
Description: Provides indexing and abstracting to 168 popular and professional English language science periodicals. Designed specifically for students and non- specialists, the periodicals covered range from very general to highly specialized titles. Subjects covered include biology, chemistry, astronomy, conservation, earth science, medicine, nutrition, oceanography, and zoology.
Coverage: 1984 -

Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS)
Description : Provides indexing for over 5 million records in life sciences journals. BIOSIS monitors around 6,000 international journals to ensure that virtually every life science topic is covered, including agriculture, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, ecology, the environment, microbiology, neurology, pharmacology, public health and toxicology.
Coverage: 1990 -

TOXLINE
Description: TOXLINE offers rapid access to information in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens. This database provides bibliographic citations and abstracts from journal articles, monographs, technical reports, theses, letters, meeting abstracts, papers and reports. Produced by the US National Library of Medicine, information in the database is drawn from a number of discrete files including Toxicity Bibliography and Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology. This version of TOXLINE does not contain information from Chemical Abstracts Service, BIOSIS, or International Pharmaceutical Abstracts; furthermore, it is a "rolling 5-year" database, consisting of records from the last 5 years plus the current year.
Coverage: Current 5 years

Knovel Library
Over 800 fulltext handbooks, technical manuals, and databases in the areas of engineering, chemistry, food science, and environmental science.

Conference Papers Index
Description : Conference Papers provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in the life sciences, environmental sciences and the aquatic sciences, while older material also covers physics, engineering and materials science. Information is derived from final programs, abstracts booklets and published proceedings, as well as from questionnaire responses.
Coverage: 1982 -

Annual Reviews
Description : Annual Reviews is a comprehensive collection of critical reviews written by scientists. Annual Reviews volumes are published each year for 29 focused disciplines within Biological & Medical, Physical, and Social Sciences.
Coverage: 1984 -

Science Citation Index
Description: Search for references and cited references in Science Citation Index.
Coverage: 1987 -
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Birds of North America
Description: The Birds of North America (BNA) is a comprehensive reference covering the life histories of North American birds. In additon to frequent contributions to the web site, BNA Online contains image and video galleries showing behaviors, habitat, nests, eggs and nestlings, and recordings of bird's songs and calls.

Searches Environment Complete, Biological and Agricultural Index Plus, Greenfile, General Science Fulltext, Biological Abstracts, and Web of Science Index, Academic Search Premiere, and the Cofrin Library Catalog.

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