UMass Amherst Libraries Research Databases

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Environmental Health

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Naka Ishii

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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Environmental Sciences LibGuide

Star Best Bet Databases in Environmental Sciences

Environment Index Star

Citations to articles on the environment from scientific, legal, and popular journals, 1950’s- present.
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GeoRef Star

Scholarly articles, books, dissertations, maps, and reports relating to geological sciences, 1785-present.
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CAB Abstracts Star

Source for journal articles and other material on land use: agriculture, forestry, biotechnology, agricultural economics, tourism, nutrition, etc., 1910-present.
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Web of Science Star

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Provides a search by cited reference, topic, author, and more for articles in almost all important English-language journals. Arts and Humanities covers 1975-present; Social Sciences 1956-present; and Science 1900-present.
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Additional Databases in Environmental Sciences

Agricola
Covers agriculture; plant and animal sciences; forestry; entomology; soil and water resources; agricultural economics and engineering; alternative farming; nutrition, 1970-present.
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AGROVOC Thesaurus
A multilingual, structured and controlled list of terms to use for research in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, food, and the environment.
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Biological and Agricultural Index
Articles in about 300 scholarly journals on agriculture, food production, nutrition, forestry, marine biology and plant pathology, 1984-present.
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Engineering Village
Comprehensive access to engineering journal articles, conference papers, and web sites, 1884-present.

Also known as:

Compendex

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Environment & Environmental Engineering E-Book Collection
Reference sources for environmental engineering.

Also known as:

Knovel Environment and Environmental Engineering E-Book Collection

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Environmental Resource Handbook
Directory of groups, places, services, and events useful for environmentalists.
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GREENR
Journal articles, encyclopedia entries, case studies and web sites on environmental issues, arranged topically and/or geographically.
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Perdita Manuscripts
Renaissance Center is the subscriber.
Reproductions of 250 early British women's manuscripts: accounts, diaries, prose, cookery books, and more.
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Plant Management Network
Research material on agricultural and horticultural crops: journal articles, proceedings, reports, and an image-based pest database.
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Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials
Reference source about dangerous industrial agents.
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ScienceDirect
Full-text scholarly journals in the sciences and the social sciences. Dates of coverage vary: oldest is 1994-present.
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SimplyMap
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A tool for creating maps illustrating hundreds of social, economic and climatic variables.
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Springer Extra Materials
Video and data files and other material supplementing some books published by Springer. Search by ISBN.
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Sustainability Watch
Summaries of current issues in sustainability, with bibliographies.
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