Environment and Pollution Databases
(see also
Biological Sciences,
Marine Science,
Sciences,
Technology, and
General)
[Indexes]
[Online Books]
[Also of Interest]
- Indexes to Journals and Books:
- Environment
Complete (Ebsco)
 
- Offers deep coverage in applicable areas of geography, agriculture, public policy,
social impacts, urban planning, natural resources, environmental law, ecosystem ecology,
environmental technology, marine & freshwater science, pollution & waste management,
energy & renewable energy sources, and more. It indexes more than 2,200 domestic and
international periodicals going back to 1888 (including over 1,350 active core titles) and contains
the full text for more than 920 journals. It also provides the full text from more than 190 monographs
such as the Encyclopedia of World Environmental History and
Advances in Water Treatment & Environmental Management.
- Biotechnology
Research Abstracts (ProQuest)
- Provides citations to international research on all aspects of biochemical,
medical, and microbial technology as applied to bioengineering, medicine,
agriculture, and environmental science. Encompasses a wide range of disciplines,
including genetic engineering, gene therapy, medical technology, imaging,
pharmaceuticals, biomechanics, fermentation, waste treatment, bioremediation,
food biotechnology, computer applications, and more. Covers 1983 to the present and
has absorbed the contents of Agricultural & Environmental Biotechnology
Abstracts (1993-2007), BioEngineering Abstracts (1993-2007), and
Medical & Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Abstracts (1993-2007).
- Ecology
Abstracts (ProQuest)
- Covers a wide range of disciplines, reflecting recent
advances regarding global environmental
change and destruction. Focuses on
how organisms of all kinds - microbes, plants, and animals - interact
with their environments and with other organisms. Includes
evolutionary biology, economics, systems analysis, habitats,
food chains, land reclamation, resource management and
modeling, and the impact of climate, water resources, soil, and man
or growing environmental problems such as depletion, erosion,
and pollution. Covers 1982 to the present.
- GreenFILE (Ebsco)
- Scholarly, government, and general-interest publications covering all aspects
of human impact on the environment - on the individual, corporate, local, and national
government levels - such as global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable
agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Multidisciplinary coverage includes
agriculture, education, law, health, technology, and more.
- LexisNexis
Environmental Studies (LexisNexis)
- Provides the full text of: Environmental Law Reporter -
Federal and State Environmental Site Records - EPA, Interior, and OSHA Administrative Decisions -
EPA Records of Decisions for Superfund Sites - environmental news stories, law review articles, and newsletters.
- LIUCat
on the Web:
- The online public access catalog of Long Island University's
six campuses. This can be searched from any computer. No password is needed.
- Toxicology
Abstracts (ProQuest)
- Covers toxicology studies of the risks associated with industrial and
agricultural chemicals, household products, pharmaceuticals, and
myriad other substances and by-products of our age from
social poisons and substance abuse to natural toxins, from legislation
and recommended standards to environmental issues.
Includes hydrocarbon studies, nitrosamines, metals,
food additives and contaminants, radiation and radioactive
materials, testing methodology, and analytical procedures for toxic
substances. Covers 1981 to the present.
- TOXLINE
(ProQuest)
- Produced by the National Library of Medicine, it covers all
areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals,
pesticides, environmental pollutants, mutagens, teratogens,
chemically-induced diseases, food additives, hazardous materials,
and more. Indexes journal articles, monographs, technical reports, theses, letters,
meeting abstracts, papers, and reports.
Consists of records from the last 5 years plus the current year.
- Online Encyclopedias and Books:
- Beacham's
Guide to the Endangered Species of North America (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Presents extensive data on the habitats and ecosystems of more than 1,200
species identified as endangered or threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service. Arranged taxonomically,
each entry includes information on the species, an image, recovery efforts, and a bibliography.
- ebrary (ebrary)
- Currently
offers over 25,000 full-text books, sheet music titles, maps, reports, and other authoritative documents from more
than 180 leading academic, trade, and professional publishers. The collections are particularly strong in
business, economics, education, computers, technology, science, medicine, history,
language, literature, humanities, politics, and social sciences. Publishers include The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Random House, Penguin Classics, Taylor
& Francis, Yale University Press, John Wiley & Sons, Greenwood, and more
(more information).
- Environmental
Encyclopedia (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides in-depth, worldwide coverage of environmental issues,
providing current status, analysis, and suggested solutions whenever possible, and
attempting to answer these questions from a variety of different perspectives.
Includes a chronology of environmental events, a summary of environmental
legislation, and a succinct alphabetical list of environmental organizations.
- LexisNexis
Environmental Studies (LexisNexis)
- Provides the full text of: Environmental Law Reporter -
Federal and State Environmental Site Records - EPA, Interior, and OSHA Administrative Decisions -
EPA Records of Decisions for Superfund Sites - environmental news stories, law review articles, and newsletters.
- Macmillan
Encyclopedia of Energy
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Pollution
A to Z (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides the latest information on a variety of pollution issues,
including sources, disposal, remediation, careers, the ethical, social, & legal
environment, and much more. Articles range from topical essays on acid rain, cancer,
noise pollution, and zero growth population to biographies on key figures.
- Also of Interest:
- Conference
Papers Index (ProQuest)
- Provides citations to papers and poster sessions
presented at major scientific meetings around the world.
Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in the life sciences,
environmental sciences, and the aquatic sciences, including
biology, agriculture, chemistry, forestry and more. Older material
also covers physics, engineering and materials science.
Covers 1982 to the present.
Database descriptions are adapted from each database's website.
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