LibGuides: SCI 2113: Earth Science: Global Perspective: Articles / Databases

Sciences Librarian

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Articles / Databases

These databases are recommended specifically for the research you are doing in this course.

Getting Started

These databases contain information that can help introduce you to complex scientific topics in a way that is easier to understand. Once you have background knowledge of the topic, you can move on to reading the original scientific studies.

Credo Reference
Unlimited users. Updated monthly.
Videos work best in Internet Explorer; videos might not play in Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.

The Complete Core Collection is the ultimate general reference resource for researchers at any level. Curated by subject-matter experts to address over 100 topics, the Complete Core Collection provides a launch pad for every lifelong learner. Complete Core Collection offers a growing list of over 1,100 titles to help answer immediate research needs and engage their curiosity.

Content – from major reference works, to multi-volume subject encyclopedias, to field guides, to scholarly handbooks, to animations and countless other award-winning sources – spans across all disciplines with something for libraries of all types.
Also included are nearly 2,000 short reference videos, more than 550,000 high-resolution art images, photographs and maps across all subject areas.

Deep Dive

After doing some background research and reading to understand your topic better, search these databases for more detailed articles.

JSTOR Journals
Database is good for researching topics relating to history, policy, and culture. There are also some scientific journals.

Journal Storage (JSTOR) has 1,500+ full-text academic journals. Online archiving database for academic journals.
SocINDEX with Full Text
Good for information about environmental justice and environmental sociology. Use filters to limit your search results to peer-reviewed articles.

SocINDEX with Full Text is a robust sociology research database. It provides full-text, peer-reviewed sociology journals covering many studies including gender studies, criminal justice, social psychology, racial studies, religion and social work.

SocINDEX with Full Text covers a broad range of studies, including gender studies, criminal justice, social psychology, religion, racial studies and social work.

In addition to full-text journals, SocINDEX with Full Text contains informative abstracts for core coverage journals dating as far back as 1895. Complete with extensive indexing for books, monographs, conference papers and other non-periodical content sources, the database also includes searchable cited references.
Business Source Complete
Good for information about business and economics as it relates to the environment. Use filters to limit your search results to peer-reviewed articles.

A collection of bibliographic and full text content in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.
Searchable cited references provided for more than 2,000 journals and magazines, and more than 1,200 peer-reviewed journals. Indexing and abstracts for scholarly business journals back to 1886 are included.

Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, and SWOT analyses.
Business Source Complete offers access to video content from the Associated Press, the world’s leading news agency. Videos relevant to the search terms will appear in a carousel in the result list. With footage from 1930 to the present and updated monthly, this collection of more than 77,000 videos covers a wide variety of topics.

Coverage note: A "PDF Full Text" or "HTML Full Text" link indicates available full text access. TWU Libraries may not subscribe to all titles on this platform: full access is not guaranteed. If you wish to obtain a copy of something the library does not have access to, please submit an Interlibrary Loan request. Visit this page for more information on how to submit an ILL request.
Academic Search Complete
Good for information about a wide range of topics relating to the environment. Use filters to limit your search results to peer-reviewed articles.

A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database, with more than 5,300 full text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. Offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.

Features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for 1,000 journals.

Coverage note: A "PDF Full Text" or "HTML Full Text" link indicates available full text access. TWU Libraries may not subscribe to all titles on this platform: full access is not guaranteed. If you wish to obtain a copy of something the library does not have access to, please submit an Interlibrary Loan request. Visit this page for more information on how to submit an ILL request.
GreenFILE
Contains well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 538,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 5,800 records.
Sustainability Reference Center
Includes research about corporate social responsibility, environmental stewardship, federal, state, and local regulations, green issues and initiatives.

500+ Full-text and 9,000+ indexed journals & publications covering benchmarks & best practices, corporate social responsibility, environmental stewardship, federal, state, and local regulations, green issues and initiatives, ISO 14000.

Coverage note: A "PDF Full Text" link indicates available full text access. TWU Libraries may not subscribe to all titles on this platform: full access is not guaranteed. If you wish to obtain a copy of something the library does not have access to, please submit an Interlibrary Loan request. Visit this page for more information on how to submit an ILL request.
ScienceDirect
Contains articles and book chapters about primarily science topics, but also has some business and social content.

Includes content from the ScienceDirect Freedom collection, as well as al la carte titles. Provides access to the full text of journals published by Elsevier and its subsidiaries and other publishers whose online journals are hosted by ScienceDirect.
Ebooks: Selected titles from Elsevier and its subsidiaries are included. These ebooks are DRM-free with unlimited users and PDF chapter downloads/printing.