Information Resources for Environmental Science

Best Resources for Finding Articles

• Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management
  • Interdisciplinary coverage of journal articles and documents in the environmental sciences. 1981- present.
• GreenFILE
  • Scholarly, government, and general-interest information on all aspects of human impact on the environment, as well as what can be done to minimize negative impact. Topics include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
• Geobase
  • Worldwide bibliographic database on geography, geology, and ecology. 900,000 records. 1980 - present.
• CQ Researcher
  • Full text overviews providing the pros and cons on current controversial issues with complete summaries, bibliographies and time-lines.
• CAB Direct
  • Indexes 4 million+ articles, books, reports, and proceedings in animal & plant sciences, human health, ecology & environmental sciences, agricultural economics & rural studies, and leisure/tourism. Links to full-text provide article access if UNR subscribes to the source journal. 1900- present.
• Biosis Previews
  • Online version of Biological Abstracts® and Biological Abstracts/RRM® (Reports, Reviews, and Meetings). References and abstracts of the literature from all areas of biology, including biochemical, cellular, molecular, ecological and environmental. 1969 - present.
• Water Resources Abstracts
  • Abstracts of journal articles, books, & other reports pertaining to water resources. 1967- present.
• TOXLINE
  • An index to articles on all aspects of toxicity. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, it covers the most recent five years of articles, books, papers, and reports.
• SciFinder Scholar (Full Access)
  • Chemical Abstracts and Registry File online from 1907. The premier database for searching chemicals and chemistry-related issues. (UNR NetID required)
• Science Citation Index
  • Part of Web of Science. Search by subject, author, or cited reference. On the search screen, clear the checkboxes for Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index if you do not want to search all 3 databases simultaneously (the default). An excellent current awareness and bibliography-building tool. 5,700 journals, from 1965- present
    Save citations to EndNote Web — recorded training sessions are available.
• PAIS Archive (Public Affairs Information Service Archive)
  • Index to journals, books, government documents, conference reports, publications of international agencies, and more, from 1915-1976. PAIS Archive provides historical perspective on many of the 20th century's public and social policies.

Additional Resources for Finding Articles & Other Information

• 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. 1965- present for selected titles. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• GeoRef
  • Most comprehensive bibliographic database in geology, from 1785 to present. Nearly 2 million records. (Now from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
• NTIS
  • Index to U.S. government-sponsored research and worldwide scientific, engineering, and business-related information from 1960.
• Zoological Record
  • Index to zoological literature from biological journals published worldwide. 1864 - present.
• Birds of North America Online
  • Detailed scientific information for each of the 716 species of birds nesting in the USA and Canada. Includes extensive references and an expanding collection of media resources for each species. Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
• Dissertations & Theses: Full Text (formerly Dissertation Abstracts)
  • ProQuest Dissertations and Theses — Full text is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. It includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses citations from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with 1 million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works.
• WorldCat
  • A catalog of library materials in all formats from libraries all over the United States and the world. Contains more than 61 million items.