Environmental Sciences

Databases and Indexes

Agricola*
Produced by the National Agricultural Library since 1970, this database is the foremost indexing service of United States agriculture and life sciences information, to include technical reports, software, books, and the journal literature.
Geobase--An Index to Geology, Geography and Ecology*
The online version of Geographical Abstracts with coverage dating back to 1980, this is an index to various forms of the literature (technical reports, conferences, books and journals) for physical and human geography, earth sciences, ecology and related fields.
LexisNexis Environmental*
This database consists of numerous files, to include Environment Abstracts, Environmental News, Codes and Regulations, Case Law and Agency Decisions, and Waste Materials.
Science Full Text Select*
The indexing of 320 journals combines content from three H.W. Wilson databases: Applied Science & Technology, Biological & Agricultural and General Science indexes.
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) via Envirofacts

Search the TRI database from this link.  For more information and an overview of this reporting system, click here.

 

Directories

Environment and Society Index-An Internet Resource Guide
Environmental Sites on the Internet Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
EarthTrend: The Environmental Information Portal
National Environmental Directory
Find organizations throughout the United States using this resource.

Essential First Stops

National Library for the Environment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Vermont Enviro-Source Page

Global Warming

Discovery of Global Warming

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

RealClimate: Climate Science from Climate Scientists

Special Interest Sites

American Rivers
Endangered Species

Energy Information Administration (Official Statistics)
National Wildlife Federation
Nearctica("Gateway to the Natural World of North America")
Vermont Earth Institute

 

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In Our Sites

Global Warming

Web sites listed in the Core Literature from Resources for College Libraries have been added in that section below.