Mickel Library

Internet Resources by Subject

Environmental Sciences

Where to Start

Ecology WWW Page

Environmental Organization WebDirectory

Environmental sites on the Internet

 
Periodical Indexes/Abstracts/Articles

GreenFILE
This free database provides indexing to 600+ scholarly and general interest periodicals as well as government documents and reports dealing with environmental issues. Comprises approximately 295,000 records, but the vast majority of these include only citations and abstracts, not complete documents.

InfoTrac
Covers academic journals, magazines, newspapers. Includes citations, some abstracts, some complete articles. Available to the Converse community both on and off campus. Contact a reference librarian for information on off-campus access.
Provided by DISCUS--South Carolina's Virtual Library

Liebert Online
provides articles (in PDF) from 50+ peer-reviewed journals published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.; focuses on the life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, and public health. Available only on campus.

ProQuest Science Journals
Indexes about 400 journals in science, technology, and math; includes the full-text of most of the articles it indexes.

 
Dictionaries and Encylopedias

Encyclopedia Britannica Online - Available only on the Converse campus.

Grolier Online Encyclopedia - Available only on the Converse campus.
Provided by DISCUS--South Carolina's Virtual Library

Oxford Reference Online Premium
Over 100 subject-specific encyclopedias from Oxford University Press

 
Organizations and Government Agencies

Committee for the National Institute for the Environment

EarthTrends | Environmental Information

US Department of the Interior

US Environmental Protection Agency

 
Government Publications

Science.gov - A gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative selected science information
provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results.

 

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