Environmental studies (sciences)
1. Sources for background information
If you are not sure what your topic is all about, look it up in a dictionary or encyclopedia. Start with:
Dictionaries and encyclopedias
- Dictionary of ecology
- Dictionary of environment and conservation
- Dictionary of human geography
- Encyclopedia of earth
- International encyclopedia of human geography
- Encyclopedia of environmental ethics and philosophy
- Encyclopedia of environmental science and engineering
- Encyclopedia of geography
- ENVIROnetBASE - environmental e-books
- Handbook of globalization and the environment
- Oxford companion to global change
- Van Nostrand's scientific encyclopedia
2. Searching the library catalogue
Use the basic word(s) anywhere or advanced keyword search in the library catalogue. You can search using words like - environment, environmental, ecology, ecolog?, biodiversity, etc.
Search tips for the library catalogue
| Truncation symbol: | ? | e.g. ecolog? will retrieve catalogue records containing the words ecology, ecological, ecologically, etc. |
| Phrase searching: | "___" | e.g. "landscape ecology" will retrieve catalogue records containing the phrase landscape ecology |
| Boolean operators: | (), AND, OR, NOT default: AND |
e.g. landscape AND (ecology OR protection) will retrieve catalogue records containing the word landscape AND either ecology OR protection |
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3. Core databases for Environmental studies (sciences)
Multidisciplinary
- Scopus
A Full-text science and social sciences database that is capable of backward and forward ciation linking and includes citation counts. - Web of Science 1900 to the present.
Three citation indexes: Science, Arts and Humanities, and Social Science. The Science Citation Index covers a range scientific & technical disciplines, such as biology, agiculture, chemistry, environmental science, biotechnology, physics and veterinary science.
Subject specific
- Environmental Science and Pollution Management Database
Comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences, including such disciplines as bacteriology, toxicology and toxic emission, environmental biotechnology, and energy resources. This database also includes Pollution Abstracts, Toxline, and Water Resources Abstracts. - CAB abstracts
Covers the significant research and development literature in the fields of agriculture, forestry, aspects of human health, human nutrition, animal health, and the management and conservation of natural resources. - GreenFILE
Covers aspects of human impact to the environment. Coverage includes:Global climate change, green building, pollution,recycling, renewable energy, and sustainable agriculture. - Autochtonia
A french language database of scientific information relating to aboriginals in Quebec. Includes documents by First Nations and government agencies.
4. Selected Internet sites for Environmental studies (sciences)
Web Resources
- Environmental News Network
- Environment Canada
- Natural Resources Canada
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
Organizations
- FOEI-Friends of the Earth International
- Greenpeace Canada
- United Nations Environment Programme
- World Resources Institute
5. Other resources
Need help?
- Ask a librarian (chat, email, telephone, in person)
- Contact emily [dot] mackenzie [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Emily MacKenzie), liaison librarian for McGill School of Environment (Macdonald Campus Library)
- Contact natalie [dot] waters [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Natalie Waters) , liaison librarian for McGill School of Environment (Macdonald Campus Library)
- Classes, workshops and tours
- Connecting to resources
- Complete list of subject guides
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