Subject Resources

Good Starting Points

Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for many topics. Great place to start research.  more info

CSA Family of Databases
Complete list of databases supplied by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.  more info

Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
Selected CSA databases covering a wide range of research in the environmental sciences.  more info

Web of Science
Access to the Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Sciences Citation Index.  more info

More Databases

Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (CSA)
Primary database of information on aquatic and marine topics.  more info

Arctic & Antarctic Regions
Available on ARLIS library computers 8am -5pm Mon - Fri  more info

Compendex
Compendex on Engineering Village 2 - Multidisciplinary Engineering  more info

Current Contents: Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sci
Available on ARLIS library computers 8am - 5pm Mon - Fri  more info

Ecology Abstracts (CSA)
Focuses on how organisms interact with their environments and each other.  more info

EIS Digests of Environmental Impact Statements (CSA)
Abstracts of environmental impact statements released by the federal government.  more info

Environment Complete
Available on ARLIS library computers 8am - 5pm Mon -Fri  more info

Environmental Engineering Abstracts (CSA)
Covers the world literature pertaining to technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production.  more info

Fish and Fisheries Worldwide
Available on ARLIS library computers 8am -5pm Mon - Fri  more info

General Science Abstracts
General science literature from the U.S. and Europe.  more info

GreenFILE
Information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond.  more info

NTIS
The DARTS System is a product of the collaborative efforts of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) and the Government Printing Office.  more info

Oxford Reference Collection - Earth & Environmental Sciences
Search reference books by subject area.  more info

Pollution Abstracts (CSA)
Information on scientific research and government policies related to pollution.  more info

Public Library of Science -- Biology
New online journal from the Public Library of Science.  more info

Risk Abstracts (CSA)
Assessment and management of risk from industrial, technological, environmental, and other sources.  more info

Science Citation Index Expanded
Multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences.  more info

Toxicology Abstracts (CSA)
Survey of toxicology literature.  more info

TOXLINE
Access to information in all areas of toxicology.  more info

Water Resources Abstracts (CSA)
Covers the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use, and management of water resources.  more info

Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide
Available on ARLIS library computers 8am -5pm Mon - Fri  more info

Wilson Select Plus
Provides full text for many topics. Great place to start research.  more info

Recommended Web Sites

BiologyBrowser from BIOSIS
Free web site offering resources for the life sciences information community.  more info

CBE (Council of Biology Editors) Documentation
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center.  more info

Endangered Species Program
Information on threatened and endangered species from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.  more info

Environment
From the WWW Virtual Library.  more info

Environmental History on the Internet
Overview of Environmental History links on the web  more info

Environmental Studies at UAA
Official website of the UAA program.  more info

Institute of Social and Economic Research / UAA (ISER)
The Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at UAA maintains the state's largest economic database and forecasts population and employment growth.  more info

Resource Links for Alaskan Biologists
From the Alaska Natural Heritage Program at UAA's Environmental & Natural Resources Institute  more info

Science.gov
Gateway to the best science information from government sources.  more info

UNEP.Net
A global portal to authoritative environmental information based on themes and regions.  more info

World Environment Library
A cooperative library to provide environmental information to all.  more info

World Resources Institute
Database of ideas to protect the environment.  more info

Selected Print and CD-ROM

Environmental encyclopedia
William P. Cunningham ... [et al.], editors.  more info

Green encyclopedia
By Irene Franck and David Brownstone.  more info

McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of environmental science & engineer
Editors in chief, Sybil P. Parker, Robert A. Corbitt.  more info

McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology.
Comprehensive 20 volume set with information on every field of modern science and technology.  more info

Naturally speaking: a dictionary of quotations on biology
Quotations related to nature and the natural world.  more info