BIO 105: Environmental Biology

Dr. Ayala

	Print Resources
	Electronic Resources
	Internet Resources
	Evaluating and Citing Your Sources
	Accessing Library Resources from Off Campus

---

Print Sources

If you don't know a whole lot about your topic, you can use books to get you started. Reference books especially can define terms, give background information or refer you to other helpful resources on your topic. Below are only a few books that might help.

• Use I-Share, the electronic card catalog, to find other books.
• Use general words, not specific phrases, to find the most books.
• Take a look at books in the Opposing Viewpoints and Current Controversies series for information on your topic.
  • Do a Guided Keyword search.
  • Type in the name of the book series.
  • Search for these words as a phrase and search by Series title.

Reference Books

Reference books are great sources to get an introduction to a topic, help define terms or determine where else to look for sources.

• Conservation and Environmentalism: An Encyclopedia. Reference R 363.7003 C755
• Green Encyclopedia. 363.7003 F822g
• Blackwell's Concise Encyclopedia of Environmental Management [electronic resource] ~ access through NetLibrary
• The Facts on File Dictionary of Environmental Science Reference R 628.03 S847F 2001
• The Facts on File Dictionary of Ecology and the Environment Reference R 577.03 F142

Electronic Resources

• Academic Search Complete ~ This is a good place to find scholarly and popular journal articles.
• Article First - general database for science abstracts.
• JSTOR - Excellent for biological and environmental sciences.
• WilsonSelectPlus ~ An all-subject journal article database that covers the sciences.
  
  

• Environmental Protection Agency - the only acceptable web site for your assignment.

Evaluating and Citing Your Sources

How do you know if you can trust your resources? Who wrote them? Are they experts?

• Evaluating Print Resources ~ From the library experts at Cornell University.
• Popular vs. Scholarly ~ What the heck is the difference?

Give credit where credit is due. Cite your resources properly.

• Citing resources in the APA style.