Environmental Studies Subject Guide

Top Article Databases

  • Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA)
    Covers aquatic science, aquatic organisms, fisheries, oceanography, ocean technology policy and non-living resources, and aquatic pollution and environmental quality. Includes citations and abstracts.
    Covers: 1971 - present
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  • BIOSIS Previews
    Citations and abstracts to journal articles in the life sciences. Very interdisciplinary within biology, including biochemistry, ecology, genetics, microbiology, ocean sciences, plant biology, and zoology. You can search BIOSIS, Zoological Record and Web of Science at the same time. Choose the All Databases tab.
    Covers: 1926 - present
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  • CQ Researcher (Congressional Quarterly Researcher)
    Investigative reports on contemporary and “hot topic” issues in the news.
    Covers: 1991 - present.
  • Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
    Database of citations and abstracts of articles and reports on the following topics: agricultural biotechnology, air quality, bacteriology, environmental impact statements, safety science, waste management, toxicology, pollution, and environmental science.
    Covers: 1981 - present
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  • Web of Science / Web of Knowledge
    Multidisciplinary index to scholarly and authoritative articles. Provides access to all three parts of the Citation Index: Arts and Humanities, Social Science and Science. Search by subject, author, journal title. Cited Reference Search finds articles that cite an author or article that you specify.
    Covers: 1900 - present.
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Other Article Databases

  • Academic Search Complete from EBSCO
    Database of articles in peer-reviewed journals, magazines, and news sources with full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study.
    Coverage: 1990 - current
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    Academic Search Complete
  • BioOne
    Searchable database of 45 online journals in biological, environmental, and ecological science.
    Covers: 2000-present.
  • Business Source Complete
    Searchable database of articles from scholarly business journals and other sources. Subjects include management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business.
    Covers: 1965 - current, though a few select journals are available from the 1940's and 1950's.
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  • CSA Illumina
    Citations and abstracts for peer-reviewed journal articles, books, chapters and essays, dissertations, and more. Must specify subject area to begin search. Formerly known as Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.
    Search only Natural Sciences databases from CSA.
  • GeoRef
    Describes materials in geology and geophysics, in particular: energy sources, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, groundwater pollution, erosion, nuclear reactor sites, the structure of the earth, and geostatistics. Includes abstracts.
    Covers: 1785 - present
    Alternate access.
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  • LexisNexis Academic (Lexis Nexis Academic)
    News coverage in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources. Company information. Federal and states court cases back to 1789.
    Coverage varies
  • LexisNexis Congressional (Lexis Nexis Congressional)
    Contains bill tracking services, congressional publications, congressional committee reports and testimony, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, Congressional Record, National Journal.
    Covers: 1789 - present
  • Oceanic Abstracts
    Citations and abstracts of technical literature pertaining to the marine and brackish water environment.
    Covers: 1981 - present
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  • Scopus
    Large article database covering scientific, technical, medical and social sciences literature.