Reinert-Alumni Library: Environmental Science Research Guide

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Environmental Science Research Guide

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Library Catalog (CLIC): The "Creighton Libraries Information Catalog" of books and other materials. Includes more than 35,000 e-books from the ebrary Academic Collection.
http://clic.creighton.edu/
WorldCat: Search for books and other materials in thousands of libraries worldwide.

Find Articles

Academic Search Premier: Articles from thousands of magazines and journals in many different subjects, including environmental science (1970s-present).
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Agricola: The National Agricultural Library Catalog (Agricola) includes books and articles on plants, animals, and environmental sciences.
http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/
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BioOne *: Articles from more than 100 journals in the biological and environmental sciences published by non-profit societies and institutions (1990s-present).
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Google Scholar (beta): Articles and other scholarly materials on the open web. From off campus, enter Google Scholar through the library's website to see Creighton linkouts.
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GreenFILE *: Articles from hundreds of scientific and other journals covering all aspects of human impact on the environment (years vary by source).
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IngentaConnect: Articles from thousands of magazines and journals (years vary by source). From off campus, enter IngentaConnect through the library website to see Creighton linkouts.
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JSTOR *: Archive of hundreds of scholarly journals in many subject areas, including the biological and environmental sciences (all years except most recent).
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ScienceDirect *: Articles from several thousand journals, including many in environmental science (years vary by source).
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Web of Science *: Articles from thousands of journals, including the biological sciences. Use Web of Science to find articles that cite a certain author's work (1977-present).
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Encyclopedias & Reference

AccessScience: Online version of the 20-volume McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, including scientific biographies. Also includes definitions, citations, and current news. Hard copy available in the Library (Reference Q 121.M3 2002).
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography: Articles on the professional lives of scientists from classical antiquity to modern times.
Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology: Three volumes containing more than 50 lengthy entries from "acid rain" to "zoological parks," including bibliographies for each topic.
Reference Collection QH 540.4 E52 1995
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences: Searchable collection of entries in the biological sciences produced by Wiley Interscience.
Environmental Encyclopedia: "Provides in-depth, worldwide coverage of environmental issues ... [and] current status, analysis, and suggested solutions."
Encyclopedia of Environment and Society: "Where Does The environment leave off and society begin? ...When expanding production and consumption drives greenhouse gas emissions that warm the planet, which in turn ... "
Gale Virtual Reference Library: Environmental Science: Encyclopedias covering ethics, water, climate, and the environment.
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences: Two-volume work with 360 broad entries on the solid Earth, the solar system, and the oceanographic, atmospheric, and related biological sciences.
Reference Collection QE 5 E5137 1996
Oxford Reference Online: Earth and Environmental Sciences: Dictionaries of earth sciences, ecology, geography and weather from Oxford University Press, with brief but authoritative entries, searchable individually or as a group.
Water Encyclopedia: Contains 600 tables and 100 illustrations dealing with climates, hydrology, and water use, water quality, and water management.
Reference Collection TD 351 V36 1990

Web Sites

EarthTrends: Portal to global environmental data produced by the World Resources Institute organized in ten topic areas, for teaching, research, and governance.
http://earthtrends.wri.org
EE Link Endangered Species: Species lists, fact sheets, laws and policy, organizations, and educational resources.
http://eelink.net/EndSpp/
Microbes.info: "The Microbiology Information Portal," with well-organized links, feature articles, and a discussion forum.
http://www.microbes.info/
Global Change Master Directory: "More than 25,000 descriptions of Earth science data sets and services covering all aspects of Earth and environmental sciences."
http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Associations & Organizations

EcoEarth.info Environmental Portal & Search Engine: http://www.ecoearth.info/
Ecological Society of America (ESA): http://www.esa.org/
Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov

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