Subject Guides- Environmental Studies

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Top Databases

Use the databases below to search for articles via keyword or topic. Links to the electronic version of the article are often available through the Find Text feature . If the article is only available in print, Find Text will give you the library's call number (location) for the journal. If the library doesn't own it, Find Text will link to and automatically fill-in an Interlibrary Loan form.

Environment Abstracts (1975+)
Contains articles from major magazines and academic journals.

Lexis Nexis Environment (1975+)
Contains environmentally related laws, Superfund records, state and federal site records, National Priority List of Hazardous Waste Sites (searchable by state).

Academic Search Premiere (1975+)
Contains articles from many disciplines, which is important for researching environmental issues, which are very interdisciplinary.

More Databases

Biological/Ecological

Biological Abstracts (1969+)

Zoological Abstracts (1978+)

Animal Behavior Abstracts (2000+)

Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide (1935+)

Geobase (includes Ecological Abstracts) (1980+)

Abstracts and Indexes Guide (for articles published prior to database start dates)

See more databases on related subject guides.

Sociological/Political

CIAO
The most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs.

PAIS
Covers public affairs, public and social policies, and international relations.

Social Sciences Abstracts
Multidisciplinary index to primary scholarly journals in the social sciences.

Population Index
Population Index is the primary reference tool to the world's population literature.

Toxicology/Health

HazDat
Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database, is the scientific and administrative database developed to provide access to information on the release of hazardous substances from Superfund sites or from emergency events and on the effects of hazardous substances on the health of human populations.

Household Products Database
This database links over 7,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by manufacturers and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients.

Toxic Release Inventory Data
EPA database that contains information on toxic chemical releases and waste management activities reported annually by certain industries as well as federal facilities. TRI Data from the Right to Know Network, 1986-2006.

TOXNET
Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.

EnviroFacts Data Warehouse
Single point of access to select U.S. EPA environmental data.

PubMed/Medline
The most comprehensive article database for health and medical information.

Energy

Science Accelerator
Searches all of the Department of Energy's database at once.

Climatologic/Weather

Local climatological data. Knoxville, Tennessee. Monthly summary.
Also Hodges Library / Stacks: QC984.T2 K6

Climatological data. Tennessee.
Also Hodges Library / Stacks: QC983.A5 T2

Anthropology/Environmental Racism/Environmental Justice

Alternative Press Index

AnthroSource

Anthropology Plus

Ethnic News Watch

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Handbooks

Reading about your topic in a specialized encyclopedia, dictionary, or handbook may be one of the most effective and time saving research tips. These resources can help you define unfamiliar terms, understand the parameters of current debate in a particular area and provide you with a preliminary bibliography on the subject. Here are a few sources to get you started. For more, search the library catalog by keyword.

CQ Researcher
Explores current issues in depth. Topics range from social and political issues to environment, health, education, and science and technology. Reports are full-text with charts, graphs, and sidebar articles, a pro-con feature, a chronology, bibliographies and a list of contacts.

Encyclopedia of environment and society
Hodges Reference / Reference: HM856 .E53 2007

The environmental regulatory dictionary
Hodges Reference / Reference: KF3775.A68 K57 2005

Encyclopedia of world environmental history
Hodges Reference / Reference: GF10 .E63 2004

Life on earth : an encyclopedia of biodiversity, ecology, and evolution
Hodges Reference / Reference: QH541.15.B56L54 2002

Encyclopedia of biodiversity
QH541.15.B56 E53 2001

Encyclopedia of climate and weather
Hodges Reference / Reference: QC854 .E523 1996

The environmental regulatory dictionary
Hodges Reference / Reference: KF3775.A68 K57 2005

Oxford Reference Online
An electronic, full-text collection of:
-A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation
-A Dictionary of Animal Behaviour
-A Dictionary of Biology
-The Oxford Companion to the Body
-A Dictionary of Ecology
-The Encyclopedia of Underwater Life
-A Dictionary of Genetics
-The New Encyclopedia of Birds
-A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
-A Dictionary of Scientists
-A Dictionary of Zoology
-A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
-The Oxford Companion to the Earth
-A Dictionary of Geography
-A Dictionary of Weather

Statistics

UN Environmental Statistics Section
Develops methodologies, data collection, technical cooperation, and coordination in the fields of environmental statistics and indicators.

OECD factbook : economic, environmental and social statistics
Provides a global overview of today's major economic, social and environmental indicators.

Statistical Resources on the Web: Environment
A guide by the University of Michigan Library.

World Development Indicators
Provides statistical information by country for over 500 economic, social, demographic, and environmental variables including agriculture, carbon dioxide emissions, energy, tourism, land use, water pollution, education, illiteracy, nutrition and many more.

Lexis Nexis Statistical
Statistical data of all kinds from federal, state, private, and international sources.

Weather America: A Thirty-Year Summary of Statistical Weather Data and Rankings
Hodges Reference / Reference: QC983.W385

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Life Sciences Librarian

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