This resource puts together sources for researching topics related to: Environmental Studies.
GENERAL SOURCES:
Globalization & Urbanization [eBook]
GIS geographic information systems for the social sciences: investigating space and place [eBook]
Physical & online books, media, and more can be located in the following ways:
When searching the collections for books and more try the following subject headings.
Climate changes | Energy Policy | Environmental Ethics | Environmentalism | Environmental Geography | Environmental Health | Environmental Management | Environmental Pollution | Environmental Protection | Environmental Technology | Environmental Policy | Environmental Science | Environmental Studies | Food industry trade | Global Environmental Change | Global Warming | Human Ecology | Human Geography | Nature -- Effect of human beings on | Power Resources | Recycling | Renewable Energy | Solar Energy | Sustainable Agriculture | Sustainable Development | Sustainability | Water Quality | Wind Power
Select books, eBooks, and more below
People and nature: an introduction to human ecological relations [eBook]
New Natures [eBook]
Agrofuels [Streaming Media via Kanopy]
A Burning Question: Propaganda & the Denial of Climate Change [Streaming Media via Kanopy]Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Geography, Global Studies, History, Sociology
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Biological Abstracts A complete collection of bibliographic references covering life science and biomedical research literature published from more than 4,000 journals internationally. Report Problems |
Some full-text; plus links to full-text via Get-It | 1969 to current | Most |
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BioOne Search more than 200 leading titles in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. Report Problems |
Some full-text | 2000 to current | All |
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CQ Researcher Explores a single hot issue in the news in-depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. Report Problems |
Full-text | 1991 to current | None |
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FedStats Official statistical information from the federal government, including economic and population trends, foreign trade, energy use, and farm production. Report Problems |
Full-text | current to current | All |
| GreenFILE/Academic Search | Some full-text; plus links to full-text via Get-It | current | Most |
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ScienceDirect Provides full text access to over 1,000 journals covering all fields of science. Report Problems |
Full-text | 1995 to current | Most |
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Web of Science Contains citation Idexes for Science, Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities, and Book Citations from 2004 to present. Select "Web of Science Core Collection" to conduct cited reference search. Report Problems |
Links to full-text via Get-It | 1975 to current | All |
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Agricola The authoritative database on all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines; includes abstracts for books & journals. Report Problems |
Some full-text | 1500 to current | Most |
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WestlawNext Campus Research This is a comprehensive database for news, business, and law-related information has been designed for students. It brings together news databases arranged geographically and topically; newswires as well as business, trade, and professional journals and publications; and law-related resources, including both primary law and analysis. Report Problems |
Full-text | 1789 to current | Some |
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JSTOR Contains (EXCEPT for the latest five years) core scholarly journals in sociology, history, economics, political science, mathematics, African-American & Asian studies, literature, humanities, music, and biological, health & general sciences. Report Problems |
Full-text | 1838 to most recent five years | Most |
American Factfinder (population, growth, location, etc.)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) local population profiles
City of San Diego (Note: Cities can have differing regulations)
National Institutes of Environmental Health Services (NIEHS)
Centers for Disease Control
National Center for Environmental Health (offers a list of environmental topics)
Occupational Safety Health Administriation (OSHA)
Memoradium of Understanding between OSHA and the EPA
Healthy People: Environmental Health
United Nations (UN) [Parent]
Environment Studies ENVS 210 Research Methods
Finding and using scholarly articles
Is it scholarly?
1. Written by a professor with an academic or expert institution
2. Research question
3. Literature review
4. Methodology
5. Discussion
6. Conclusion
7 Study limitation
8 Long list of references
Use the tools feature to limit by year
GET IT to link to libary articles
Environmental Studies Databases list
OneSearch from Library Home page
GreenFile Academic Search
Reading and extracting relevant info from research articles
Use the reading critically guide to decide if it fits, and extract relevent information
Additonal Seach Tips:
1. Advanced Google
2. Scholar.google.com Settings > Library > add CSUSM
