Research Guides: Environmental Science: Getting Started

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Getting Started with Environmental Science Research

Welcome to Albert S. Cook Library's guide to environmental science research resources. In this guide, you will find:

Guidance on finding news articles, background readings, scholarly journal articles, books, government publications, and web sources
Links to data repositories maintained by research organizations as well as federal and state agencies
Tools and strategies to help you cite and keep track of your sources

Not sure where to start? Try one of these "Best Bets" or refer to the other pages on this guide.

Discipline-Specific Resources

These resources have at least a partial focus on environmental science and related topics.

Environmental Issues Online
Brings together multimedia materials (text, archival, primary sources, video and audio) around key environmental challenges, including climate change, water/air pollution, biodiversity, conservation, agriculture, deforestation and more. The comprehensive database is curated around specific environmental issues and events from the 20th and 21st centuries, enabling students to build a critical understanding of the relationship between people and the environment. Reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of the field of Environmental Studies, content is drawn from discipline perspectives including: Anthropology, Diplomacy, Ecology, Economics, Geography, History, Law, Medicine, Politics & Policy, Sociology, and Photography
Environment Complete
It is a leading full-text database for environmental studies and provides hundreds of top environment journals covering ecosystem ecology, energy, environmental policy, sustainability and other related subjects.
GreenFILE
This resource indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, and offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, this database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well.
JoVE Science Education Unlimited
A video library dedicated to teaching the practice and theory of scientific experiments through engaging and easy-to-understand visual demonstrations. Covers the following areas: Biology, Physics, Engineering, Chemistry, Clinical Skills, Environmental Sciences, Psychology.
Technical Report Archive and Image Library
Federally funded technical reports issued before 1975. Space exploration, alternative energy sources, nuclear reactors, mining, and water purification are among the topics in more than 20,000 documents summarizing engineering and regulatory investigations. Page images with searchable metadata.

Interdisciplinary Resources

Search for what you need in resource systems that draw from many different fields of study. You might find something related to your topic published in another area, or draw upon research from a variety of sources.

Cook OneSearch
Find books, articles, media, government information, and other library resources all in one place. Search what Towson owns as well as resources at other USMAI Libraries.
Academic Search Ultimate
Indexing and abstracts for over 7,000 journals. Full text of articles for over 4,000 scholarly publications, including more than 3,100 peer-reviewed publications. Multidisciplinary subject coverage, including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medicine, and ethnic studies.
ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect includes over 2,500 full text journals and 7,500 eBooks covering all aspects of science - including life sciences, physical sciences and social sciences. Terms and Conditions.
Scopus
Scopus is a large, multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. It also has tools to track, analyze, and visualize research.

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