English 102: Nevada & American West Environment

• Articles and Indexes (Beginning your Research)
• Selected Web Resources
• Full-text Reference Resources
• Style Guides & Research Help
• Selected Full-Text Electronic Books
• Selected Main Reference Resources
• Electronic Journals
• Library Catalog (Books and other library materials)

Interdisciplinary Databases for Articles by Subject in Scholarly Journals, Popular Magazines or Newspapers

• Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
  • Indexes 7,800+ scholarly journals, with full text for 4,000 titles. Covers social sciences, humanities, education, computer science and engineering, general science, medicine, ethnic studies, and more. Click Scholarly (peer-reviewed) Journals if you want to eliminate popular magazines and newspapers from your search. 1965- present for selected titles.
• Masterfile Premier (EBSCOhost)
  • Full text for 2,000 general publications, plus abstracts for 600+ titles. Covers business, education, health, science, multicultural issues, travel, and more. Also includes book reviews, biographies, images, World Almanac, and American Heritage Dictionary. 1975- present for selected titles.
• Alt-Press Watch
  • Indexes newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press. Covers a broad range of critical issues confronting contemporary society. 1994- present.
• Ethnic NewsWatch
  • Articles, editorials, reviews, etc. from newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press. Search in English or Spanish. 1990- present.
• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
  • Index and full text to news, business, legal, medical, and reference materials and links to congressional and statistical information. Also provides transcripts for National Public Radio and major tv news broadcasts -- an excellent database for finding primary sources for politicians, government officials, and private sector experts.
• See the Library's Environment Subject Guide for more technical resources.

Selected Web Resources

• Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada's Network
  • Directory for the 26 Tribes and Community Organizations that serve Indian People living in Nevada and the Great Basin Region.
• Nevada Rangelands
  • Nevada's Contribution to Rangelands of the Western United States.
• Northern Nevada Bioregional Information
  • A Web directory for current environmental issues, government agencies, and maps of the Great Basin Region and Lake Tahoe.
• Nevada Statistical Abstract
  • State statistics, include maps, for agriculture, energy, land, water, wildlife, and mineral production, etc.
• Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects - Nuclear Waste Project Office
  • Governor's Website for nuclear energy-waste issues in Nevada
• Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM)
  U.S. Dept. of Energy program charged with developing and managing a federal system for disposing of spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear reactors and high-level radioactive waste from national defense activities.

• Yucca Mountain Standards (U.S. EPA)
  Environmental Protection Agency news and reports about the Yucca Mountain Project

Full-Text Reference Resources

• Associations Unlimited
  • Directory of more than 154,000 detailed listings for international, national, state, and regional organizations. IRS information for more than 300,00 nonprofit organizations.
• Columbia Gazetteer of the World
  • A database of geographical names, descriptions, and characteristics of over 165,000 places in the world. Search by place-name, type of place, or keyword.
• More resources from the Library's Web Reference Shelf.

Style Guides & Research Help

• Style Guides
  • See the section on MLA (Modern Language Association) style for help on "citing" your references in a bibliography or list of references.
• Modern Language Association (MLA) Citation Guide
  • Clear, concise guide with examples for printed resources. Ohio State University.
• What is a Scholarly or Peer-reviewed Journal?
  • If you're still uncertain about a particular journal, look it up in Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory. The icon indicates a refereed journal
• What is a Primary Source?
  • There are three types of sources used in research: primary, secondary, and finding tools. This short guide will help you tell the difference

Selected Full-Text E-Books & Government Reports

• The Columbia Guide to Standard American English
• Elements of Controversy: The Atomic Energy Commission and Radiation Safety in Nuclear Weapons Testing, 1947-1974
• The Elements of Grammar
• Ground Water at Yucca Mountain: How High Can It Rise?
• Historical Ecology: Essays on Environment and Social Change
• Nuclear Waste: Preliminary Observations on the Quality Assurance Program at the Yucca Mountain Repository
• Nuclear Waste: Uncertainties about the Yucca Mountain Repository Project
• Schaum's Quick Guide to Writing Great Essays
• Unbiased Editing in a Diverse Society

Selected Main Reference Resources (Getchell Library)

• American Heritage Guide: Natural Wonders of America
  REF QH 76 N29
• Atlas of American Indian Affairs
  REF G 1201 .E1 P7 1990
• Atlas of Endangered Species
  REF QH 75 .A85 1999
• Atlas of U.S. and Canadian Environmental History
  REF GF 503 .A84 2003
• Biographies of Nevada Botanists
  REF QK 26 R4
• Dictionary of Ecology and the Environment
  REF QH 540.4 .D53 1998
• Encyclopedia of Native American Economic History
  REF E 98 .E2 E52 1999
• Environmental Activists
  REF GE 55 .E57 2001
• Environmental Disasters: A Chronicle of Individual, Industrial and Governmental Carelessness
  REF GE 140 .D383 1998
• Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
  REF E 77 .G15 1998
• Historical Atlas of the American West
  REF G 1381 .S1 B4 1989
• Historical Dictionary of North American Environmentalism
  REF GE 10 .W45 1997
• Macmillan Encyclopedia of the Environment
  REF GE 10 .M33 1997
• Native America in the Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia
  REF E 76.2 .N36 1994
• Native American Issues (Contemporary World Issues)
  REF E 98 .T77 T56 1996
• Nature Atlas of America
  REF QH 102 .C57
• Nuclear Power (Contemporary World Issues)
  REF TK 9146 .H45 2000
• Trees of the Great Basin
  REF QK 484 .G65 L36 1984 c. 2
• The Water Encyclopedia
  REF GB 661 T6 c. 5
• Wiley Encyclopedia of Environmental Pollution and Cleanup
  REF TD 173 .E53 1999
• Yucca Mountain Collection (BGIC, Getchell Library)
  A title list of government reports in the Business & Government Information Center (BGIC) on the top floor of Getchell Library.