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    Environment Guide     

    Text in BROWN indicates that the item is located in Hoover Library.
    Dewey call numbers for books on Environmental Studies:

    Databases with Full-text Environment Studies Articles

    • Academic Search Premier (Ebsco) Provided by the Maryland Digital Library.
      • Multidisciplinary database indexing over 3000 journals and magazines and full text for over 1,200 titles (i.e. only some articles are available full text).
      • 1990 to present, but dates vary widely with the journal.
    • Academic Universe (LexisNexis)
      • Full text of U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, newsletters and journals; wire service reports; transcripts of television & radio news broadcasts; reviews, entertainment & sports news; Chronicle of Higher Education and student newspapers; foreign language news; and more.
      • Includes full text of the New York Times (June 1980 through current; abstract from 1969 to May 1980); Baltimore Sun (1994 through current); and Washington Post (1997 through current).
      • Note: This database provides text only, i.e. no images, charts, tables, etc.
    • Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS) (National Council for Science and the Environment)
      • Reports prepared for the U.S. Congress by the CRS, made available by the NCSE through the NLE.
    • DOE Information Bridge (U.S. Dept. of Energy)
      • Search Department of Energy research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics.
      • 1995 onwards.
    • EnergyFiles (U.S. Dept. of Energy's Office of Scientific & Technical Information (OSTI))
      • Information on energy science and technology, with emphasis on the physical sciences.
    • Expanded Academic Index ASAP (InfoTrac)
      • Multidisciplinary database indexing about 2000 journals and magazines with about 1000 titles in full text (i.e. only some articles are available full text).
      • 1980 to present, but dates vary widely with the journal.
    • FindArticles.com
      • Search for articles dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals.
      • Note: Text only, i.e. no images, charts, tables, etc. Nor does it provide volume, issue, or page numbers.
    • GrayLIT Network (U.S. Dept. of Energy's OSTI)
      • Portal for technical report information generated through federally funded research and development projects. Excellent site.
    • JSTOR
      • Full text of 254 journals in 19 academic disciplines.
      • Consists of first issue of journal up to the most current 2 to 5 years, i.e. 1995 to 1999.
    • National Academy Press
      • Search or browse over 1,500 books online in science, engineering, health, and technology, including the physical sciences.
    • Science Direct
      • Full-text articles from a variety of scholarly and peer-reviewed journals.

    Individual Environmental Studies Periodicals with Full-text Articles

    • Electronic Green Journal
      • June 1994 to present. Searchable.
    • Scientific American
      • Full-text articles from (v. 274 no. 4) April 1996 to present. Searchable. Can also search for citations from 1993 to present from the Scientific American Archives.
      • Hoover Library carries v. 188 (1953) to present.
    • HighWire Press (Stanford University)
      • Full-text science archive. Develops and maintains Web versions of journals in the life sciences, medicine, physical sciences, and social sciences. Cannot search for articles.
    • Online Serials (Internet Public Library)
      • Links to full-text chemistry journals, magazines, etc. Cannot search for articles.
    • Social Science Online Periodicals (UNESCO)
      • Links to over 190 scientific periodicals with full text in the social sciences. Cannot search for articles.

    Environment Studies Indexes with Citations

    • FirstSearch (OCLC) - includes the following databases:
      • ArticleFirst - index to items from table of contents of journals, 1990 to present;
      • ECO - index to scholarly journals, 1995 to present;
      • UnionList - list of periodicals held by OCLC member libraries;
      • WorldCat - catalog of all items cataloged by OCLC member libraries.
    • General Science Index (H.W. Wilson)
      • Indexes journals and magazines covering astronomy, atmospheric science, biology, botany, chemistry, conservation, earth science, environment, food, genetics, health, mathematics, medicine, microbiology, nutrition, oceanography, physics, physiology, and zoology.
      • Citations only.
      • 5/1984 to present.
      • Note: this database allows only 4 users at one time. You could get a message saying the database is busy. In that case, try again later.
      • Paper format: 6/1978 to 5/1991; (Call number: Index 500 G326).
    • ingenta
      • Search article summaries from over 20,000 publications.
      • Searching is free; viewing the article requires a fee.
    • E-PRINT Network (U.S. Dept. of Energy's OSTI)
      • Search scientific or technical documents circulated electronically to facilitate peer exchange and scientific advancement.
    • Wiley Interscience
      • Search all John Wiley & Sons' journals, 1996 to present.
      • Citations and abstracts only.
    • Science Online - Search Multiple Journals
      • Search a number of journals from 1965 to present in:
        biochemistry, cell and molecular biology; microbiology and virology; immunology; neurosciences and neurobiology; physiology; plant sciences; other life sciences; clinical medicine; medical research; cardiovascular medicine; psychiatry and psychology; physical sciences; and social sciences.
      • Citations with some abstracts and full text.

    General Resources

    Biodiversity

    Corporate Environmental Reports (CER)

    Global Warming/Climate Change

    Skeptics

    Maryland

    Environmental Organizations

    Pollutants
    (Call number of books on Toxicology: 615.9)