Getting Started in Environmental Studies

Patrick Power Library

Books
Journal Article Databases
Reference Sources
Selected Internet Resources
Style Guides and More
How can Librarians Help?

Books:

Search the Novanet Catalogue to find books and journal titles held by Saint Mary's University and other academic libraries in Nova Scotia.

Learn how to use Novanet here.

Journal Article Indexes and Databases:

Databases

The following databases are a good starting point to find journal articles for environmental studies research. These links take you to the library's Journal Articles and Databases page.

ALJC Learned Societies Journal Collection (SwetsWise)	Full-text content of over 700 journals from 50 academic and professional societies, primarily in the sciences.
CISTI Source	Indexes journals in science, technology and medicine.
EBSCO Academic Search Premier	Large multi-disciplinary database of full-text articles from scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers.
GreenFile	Indexes and abstracts scholarly, government and general interest publications on the environment. Links to open access content.
Geobase	Key index to scholarship and reports in geography, geology, ecology and international development. Links to fulltext in other databases.
P.A.I.S. (Public Affairs Information Service)	Indexes international literature relating to political science, social and economic issues. Links to fulltext.
ScienceDirect	Full-text access to articles from over 2000 journals in the physical sciences and engineering, life and health sciences, and social sciences and humanities.
Sociological Abstracts	Key index to scholarship on sociology and related disciplines. Some fulltext and links to fulltext.
Springer-LINK	Fulltext access to 1800 scholarly journals in a range of subjects, including the physical and life sciences.
Web of Science	Contains three linked indexes covering sciences, social sciences, and arts & humanities scholarly articles.
Wiley InterScience	Provides full-text articles from over 300 journals in the disciplines of science, social science and business.

Reference Sources

Cooper's Comprehensive Environmental Desk Reference	GE 123 C64 1996 REF
Dictionary of Environmental Science and Technology	GE 10 P67 2000 REF
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity	QH 541.15 B56 E53 2001 REF
Encyclopedia of Environmental Analysis and Remediation	GE 10 E49 1998 REF
Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change	GE 149 E443 2002 REF
Encyclopedia of World Environmental History	GF 10 E63 2004 REF
The Environmental Encyclopedia	GE 10 E58 2003 REF
McGraw-Hill Concise Encylopedia of Earth Sciences	QE 5 M363 2005 REF
Standard Handbook of Environmental Science, Health and Technology	GE 123 S73 2000 REF
Wiley Encyclopedia of Environmental Pollution and Cleanup	TD 173 E53 1999 REF

Selected Internet Resources:

Note: See the Biology and Chemistry Subject Guides for links to additional useful internet resources on related research areas.

Reference and more

Canadian

United States

Style Guides and More:

RefWorks - Manage your citations and create bibliographies
Style Guides for Citations
Writing a Literature Review
Writing an Annotated Bibliography
Recommended Internet Sources - Library guide
Scholarly Journals vs Popular Magazines - Library guide (PDF) or take an online tutorial

How Can Librarians Help?:

Librarians at the Patrick Power Library can…

a) help you find good information (searching the World Wide Web for sources)
b) help you with your research (planning search strategies)
c) help you use library resources (searching databases for journal articles, or using Novanet)

Take advantage of the instruction available at the library!
Stop by the Patrick Power Library Information desk, call us (420-5544), e-mail us, book a reference appointment for more in-depth one-on-one assistance, or come to an instruction session!

Last Modified: May 25, 2009