LibGuides: BIO351: Biology Research Seminar: Ecology and Environmental Science

Suggested Environmental Databases

Environmental Studies (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.
Environmental Studies and Policy (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Investigate environmental issues with diverse perspectives from the scientific community, policymakers, and corporate interests.
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
A freely accessible research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports.
Natural Science Collection This link opens in a new window
This collection includes the Agricultural & Environmental Science, Biological Science, and Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science databases. It provides full-text titles from around the world including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications and more.
Earth, Atmospheric, and Aquatic Science Database This link opens in a new window
Cross-search the Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA) and Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) databases in this one database. Includes full-text titles from around the world including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications and more.
Agricultural & Environmental Science Database This link opens in a new window
Search the AGRICOLA, ESPM and EIS (Environmental Impact Statements) databases jointly using this database. Provides full-text titles including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications and more. The database also includes resources for discovery of relevant scholarly research and technical literature to conduct comprehensive literature reviews in the discipline.
AGRICOLA This link opens in a new window
This database focuses on agricultural sources such as journal articles, books and audiovisual materials, from as far back as the 15th century to the present.
ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Indexes citations and abstracts of all aspects of aquatic resources, including life sciences, economics, and social science/public policy aspects. Sources include journals, books, conference papers, reports, patents, dissertations, and maps.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Search for journal articles and book chapters published by one of the largest scientific publishers. Only Open Access articles are available for Doane users.

EarthArXiv
EarthArXiv is a preprint server devoted to open scholarly communication. It publishes articles from all subdomains of Earth Science and related domains of planetary science. It serves as a platform for rapid dissemination of scientific results but does not evaluate the scientific quality of submissions.

Statistical Databases

ICPSR This link opens in a new window
Find social science data in this huge computerized archive on topics including demography, economics, health care, politics, social behavior, public opinion. From the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).
Statista This link opens in a new window
Find statistical data on over 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources in four languages: English, Spanish, French and German.

CSE Citation Style Guides

When citing articles for EVS 351, use the Council of Science Editors (CSE) name-year citation style. Here are a few resources to help you with the citations:

CSE Name-Year (University of Wisconsin Writing Center)
The CSE-Style Citation Quick Guide (Council of Science Editors)
NOTE: The page defaults to the "Citation-Sequence and Citation-Name" tab.

The library also has a copy of the full CSE citation style guide in the Reserve collection. Ask for it at the Library Services desk.