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Environmental Studies: Resources for Research

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New Environmental Studies Books

Books that arrived at Wilson Library between September 2008-May 2009.



Resource Pages for Classes
ESTU 202 ESTU 303 ESTU 304
ESTU 305 ESTU 306 ESTU 369
ESTU 380 ESTU 436 ESTU 464 (on-campus)
ESTU 464 (off-campus) ESTU 466 ESTU 480
ESTU 486 ESTU 488 ESTU 487
ESTU 497J ESTU 497R ESTU 587
EGEO 301 EGEO 363 EGEO 501
Carbon Neutral Dam Removal Long Term Ecological Monitoring


Databases
  • Environmental Universe

    [Resource no longer available]
  • Biological and Medical Sciences
    • Dates covered: 1982-current
    This interdisciplinary database offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. Supporting over two dozen areas of expertise, this CSA database provides access to literature from over 6000 sources including serials, conference proceedings, technical reports, monographs and selected books and patents. Subfiles include ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts; Biological Sciences; Biology Digest; Conference Papers Index; MEDLINE; Oceanic Abstracts; and Plant Science
  • EBSCO (All Databases)
    EBSCO (All Databases) is a combination of Academic Search Complete (a scholarly, multi-disciplinary database, with more than 10,000 journals, with more than 5,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed journals) and Business Source Complete (a full-text index to journals in business, management, marketing, etc.)
  • GEOBASE
    An index providing bibliographic information and abstracts for articles in geography, the Earth sciences, ecology, and oceanography. It covers almost 2,000 peer-reviewed journals and trade magazines.
  • GeoRef
    • Dates covered: 1785-current
    Produced by the American Geological Institute, GeoRef indexes and abstracts journals, special reports, etc. in geology, geophysics, and the earth sciences. Site License.
  • GreenFILE
    • Dates covered: 1920-
    GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest publications that draw on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, with full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for hundreds of titles more. GreenFILE includes comprehensive coverage for Bioscience (1964-), Conservation Biology (1987-), Journal of Ecology (1913-) and Journal of Environmental Planning & Management (1948-).
  • HeinOnline
    HeinOnline is a legal research collection that features full-text searching of the complete historical run of scholarly legal and criminal justice periodicals. Other sources covered in full-text include published and unpublished treaties; The Federal Register (1936-present), U.S. Supreme Court Reports, and U.S. Attorney General Opinions. The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations CFR)is available full-text from inception in 1938 through the 1983 edition. Site License.
  • Homeland Security Digital Library
    A collection of more than 50,000 full-text publications related to homeland security; it is available because WWU is a federal depository library. Most of these publications are government documents and topics include terrorism, border issues, climate change, immigration, pandemics, school violence, food security, etc. The HSDL is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Preparedness Directorate, FEMA and the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security.
  • JSTOR
    JSTOR provides searchable full-text access to backfiles of core scholarly journals in many fields including African American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Language & Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology, and Statistics. There is a gap, usually from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the content available in JSTOR. Site License.
  • PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
    Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HB1.A1 P822
    • Dates covered: 1972-current
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    PAIS contains over 400,000 citations and abstracts of journal articles, books, book chapters, conference proceedings, government documents, and statistical directories. Site License.
  • Web of Science
    • Dates covered: 1995-current
    The Web of Sciences includes three citation indexes: Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Over 8,000 scholarly, peer-reviewed journals published from 1995 to the present are included in the indexing. Building on the list of cited sources (or footnotes) for each entry, this database can search for works that have cited a specific author or a specific article. Web of Science is also searchable by keyword, author, journal, address and other fields. Consortium (12 Libraries) Share 15 Simultaneous Users.
Reference Books
The library has many reference books about the environment. They are all in the Catalog. What follows is a small sample.
  • A dictionary of environmental economics, science and policy / Grafton, R. Quentin, 1962-
    Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HC79.E5 G685 2001
    Check Catalog
  • Encyclopedia of human geography / Pitzl, Gerald R. (Gerald Rudolph), 1933-
    Location: Haggard 2 -Reference GF4 .P58 2004
    Check Catalog
  • The reporter's environmental handbook
    Location: Haggard 2 -Reference PN4888.E65 R46 2003
    Check Catalog
  • Whatcom County environmental resource directory
    Location: Haggard 2 -Reference TD169.5 .W48
    Check Catalog
Government Information
Western Libraries is a depository for publications of the U.S., Washington state, and Canadian governments.
  • GPO Monthly Catalog (Government Printing Office)
    • Dates covered: 1976-current
    Indexes congressional committee reports, hearings, debates, and documents from executive departments, and more. Retrospective coverage by the print edition of the Monthly Catalog of Government Publications from 1900 to date is available in the Government Information area under the call no. GP 3.8/8: (Wilson 2 East). Consortium Shares 3 Simultaneous Users.
  • Selected U.S. Government Environmental Webpages
    A selection of websites about the environment produced by agencies of the U.S. Government. It lists the main subjects covered by each website and indicates whether it is an agency home page, whether it contains libraries of data, etc.


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