Information Sources for Environmental Biology
www.bergen.edu/library
Browsing Library Materials:
Library of
Congress Classification
QH Biology
(natural history, ecology, economic biology)
GE Environmental Sciences
TD Environmental Technology (Environmental
Protection, Pollution, etc.)
Books on a specific topic:
Use the Online Catalog *
KEYWORD
air pollution
recycling
renewable energy /
alternative energy
pesticides
*
Be aware of the DATES of publication.
Recommended
Books:
Plant Communities of New Jersey Collins & Anderson,
Copies
on Reserve and Circ. QK175.R63 1994
Deciduous Forests of Eastern North America Braun, Blakiston
Copies
on reserve and E-Book QK938.F6B7
Online Resources:
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (Useful for background
information on environmental topics.)
Access Science (McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of
Science and Technology)
JSTOR Ecology and Botany (Scholarly journals in Ecology and Botany)
EOLSS Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (Contains several
encyclopedias covering
environmental
topics)
Encyclopedia of Earth (New authoritative Database) http://www.eoearth.org
Web Sites:
http://www.epa.gov/ – United
States Environmental Protection Agency
www.niehs.nih.gov/home.htm - National
http://www.sierraclub.org/ - Influential “grass roots” environmental
organization
Online Periodical Indexes – Magazine and journal articles
Go to the
library homepage and look under the heading, FIND ARTICLES /
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES. Use one of the ‘frequently used’ databases.
NOTE: You
will need your BCC ID for
off-campus access.
ACADEMIC ONE FILE (Good subject control)
Academic
and general interest periodicals and scientific journals.
Citations, abstracts, full-text, images
ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER
Indexes magazines and journals.
Citations, abstracts, full text, images
PROQUEST Direct
Indexes magazines, some newspapers and some scientific journals.
Citations, abstracts, full-text, images
LEXIS-NEXIS ACADEMIC
NEWSPAPERS from the
Indexes hundreds of newspapers, magazines and journals.
Full text. No images
CQ
RESEARCHER Comprehensive, nonpartisan analysis of
contemporary issues. The searchable database contains up-to-date information on
controversial topics, pro and con arguments, chronology, and annotated
bibliographies dating back to 1991.
FACTS.COM A record of essential facts, from 1940 to the
present, reported weekly from major newspapers, news magazines, other
periodicals, government and on-line sources from the
Search
Engines:
GOOGLE www.google.com
Use “advanced search” and “Latin name”
in quotes for best results.
Limit
search to a specific domain such at .edu, .gov, .org