Best Bet Databases in
Environmental Science
- GreenFILE (EBSCO)
Articles on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and recycling. Draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
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Covers all aspects of human impact on the environment. Scholarly, government and general-interest titles, including content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done on each level to minimize negative impact. Multidisciplinary.
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- Water Resources Abstracts
Technical and scientific literature on water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources.
1967-current.
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This database, which concentrates on water supply and water treatment, complements the Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts database, ASFA, where there is greater coverage of the marine environment and biological material. Free access to Water Resources Netsites, linking to research and development programs, data sets, lists of experts and researchers, conference and meetings information, and other resources on the Internet.
Subjects include:
- Groundwater
- Lakes
- Estuaries
- Erosion and sedimentation
- Water supply and conservation
- Desalination
- Water yield improvement
- Water quantity management and control
- Watershed protection
- Water quality management
- Water resources planning
- Water law
- Engineering works and hydraulics
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- Scopus
Scholarly journal articles with a heavy emphasis on science topics. A great database for high quality scholarly articles on any topic. International scope. Excellent for citation searching.
1966-present.
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Because UConn holds a license to
Beilstein CrossFire, users can see summaries of compounds and reaction information in SCOPUS for any article that is also indexed in Beilstein Crossfire.
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- Web of Science
Scholarly journal articles in the sciences, social sciences, arts & humanities. A great database for high quality scholarly articles on any topic. Excellent for citation searching.
1994- present.
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Guide
Science Citation Index
Subjects include:
- Agriculture
- Astronomy
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Biotechnology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Materials Science
- Mathematics
- Medicine
- Neuroscience
- Oncology
- Patents, when a patent is part of the record
- Pediatrics
- Pharmacology
- Physics
- Plant Sciences
- Psychiatry
- Veterinary Science & Zoology
Social Sciences Citation Index
Subjects include:
- Anthropology
- History
- Information Science & Library Science
- Law
- Linguistics
- Philosophy
- Political Science & Industrial Relations
- Psychiatry & Psychology
- Public Health
- Social Work & Sociology
- Substance Abuse
- Urban Studies
- Women's Studies
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Subjects include:
- Art & Architecture
- Archaeology
- Asian Studies
- Classics
- Dance
- Folklore
- History
- Language & Linguistics
- Literature & Literary Reviews
- Music
- Philosophy
- Poetry
- Radio, Television, & Film
- Religion
- Theater
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- GeoRef
International geoscience literature, covering engineering and environmental geology, hydrology, and paleontology.
North American geology: 1785-current; international geology: 1933-current..
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Contains references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses.
Includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from US and Canadian universities are also covered.
Major areas of coverage include:
- Areal geology
- Economic geology
- Engineering geology
- Environmental geology
- Extraterrestrial geology
- Geochemistry
- Geochronology
- Geophysics
- Hydrogeology and hydrology
- Marine geology and oceanography
- Mathematical geology
- Mineralogy and Crystallography
- Paleontology
- Petrology
- Seismology
- Stratigraphy
- Structural geology
- Surficial geology
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