CHM110/HON203 Chemistry & the Environment

Dr. Lawler-Sagarin

 

Electronic Resources
Print Resources
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I Have a Citation. Now what??
Evaluating and Citing Your Sources
Accessing Library Resources from Off Campus

National Resources

  • GreenFILE - scholarly, government and general-interest titles that include content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done on each level to minimize negative impact.
  • CQ Researcher ~ An excellent source for current hot topics. Each individual issue contains historical background, a timeline, current status, and potential future developments. The bibliographies are especially helpful in finding useful sources.
  • Academic Search Complete ~ This is a good place to find scholarly and popular journal articles.
  • JSTOR - Excellent for biological and environmental sciences.
  • WilsonSelectPlus ~ An all-subject journal article database that covers the sciences.

  • Newspaper Source ~ Selected full text of articles from more than 100 U.S. and international newspapers.
  • New York Times ~ Search the full text from 1999 - present; also includes index back to 1990.
  • Lexis Nexis Academic ~ A great place to find newspaper articles from across the country and transcripts from news, radio, and TV programs.
  • 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

 

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Local Sources

The sources below are just a sample of what is available in the "online environment."

State, County & City/Town Resources


Newspapers


Community/Grass Roots Groups

 

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bullet I Have a Citation. Now what??

Sometimes, you will have a citation from a book, articles, film or some other resource and you will want to track the reource down. How?

If you are looking for a book or video, use a catalog like I-Share or SWAN or WorldCat.

If you are looking for a journal article, use: "Got a Citation? Find the article!" link from the library homepage.

 

When you are working in our databases, if you don't see a link for full-text, follow the directions below:

How to find full text from an article citation in our databases

If...you don't see an option like "HTML Full Text" or "PDF Full Text" next to the article citation-
Then...look for , or , or "Find this resource with SFX." Clicking on this option will open a new window.



If you see an "Online Full Text" option available, clicking on "Go" will take you to the full text.



If you don't see the "Online Full Text" option, then you can see if  we own the journal in print by clicking on the "We may own this option" ororder the article by clicking on the "Request this item through Interlibrary Loan" link.

Thanks to Jacob Hill, Reference & Instruction Librarian, Elmhurst College

 

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Evaluating Your Sources

If you want to win a debate, you can't just quote Joe Schmo. How do you know if you can trust your resources? Who wrote them? Are they experts?

 

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Elmhurst College Library

This page was created on 04/01/2008
by Jennifer Paliatka, Assistant Librarian, Elmhurst College