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BIOL 327 - Ecology and People: Finding Sources

LITERATURE GUIDE

BOOKS

  • Library Catalog -- search the library catalog for books, journal titles, media and other materials
  • Credo Reference -- search over 240 reference works, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies and books of quotations
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library -- search over 100 encyclopedias, almanacs and specialized reference sources
  • SAGE Knowledge -- search over 80 online encyclopedias and handbooks

SCHOLARLY JOURNALS AND SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

  • Biological Abstracts -- scholarly and research journal articles in all biological subjects, including ecology
  • GoogleScholar -- scholarly materials such as peer-reviewed articles, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and reports across many disciplines
  • GreenFILE -- scholarly, government, and general interest titles covering information on all aspects of human impact on the environment
  • PubMed -- scholarly and research journal articles in biochemistry, medicine and related fields
  • ScienceDirect -- search full-text journals published by Elsevier
  • Wiley Online Library -- search full-text journals published by Wiley
  • Information Sources: Biology

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

  • US Environmental Protection Agency
    • Science Inventory -- a searchable database of EPA science activities and scientific/technical work products
    • Where You Live -- search for local environmental data from several databases
    • Envirofacts Data Warehouse -- provides access to several EPA databases with information about environmental activities that may affect air, water, and land anywhere in the US
  • Ecology (from Science.gov) -- authoritative government science information provided by government agencies