Environmental Studies 190

Capstone: Environmental Problem Solving

 

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 Off Campus Access | Find Articles |Improve Search Results | Course Topics

 

If you live off campus, you'll need to login to the OCA (proxy server) to be able to use any of the library licensed databases listed below

 

Find Articles

These article databases provide scholarly and general articles.  You do NOT need to look at every database to find sources.  See Course Topics below to get a list of databases by topic. 

 

Web of Science - Start with this one to find scholarly articles

Academic Search Complete - Provides scholarly and general articles across a broad range of topics and academic disciplines

Business Source Complete - Find business related articles (including scholarly) from industry and academic sources

ERIC - Find education related articles written by educators, scholars, and associations

PAIS International - Provides political, governmental, and international articles and reports

Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management - Find articles on ecology, air quality, water pollution, toxicology, energy, etc.

Biosis Previews - Includes articles on ecology, biotechnology, agriculture, etc.

ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts -  Includes articles about all aspects of water quality, supply, etc.

 

Improve Search Results:

Get an overview of your topic, and develop alternative keywords you can use in your searches. Examining encyclopedia articles, books, and evaluated web pages are a good way to refine your searches. See How to Evaluate Information on the Web for help with assessing web pages.

CQ Researcher - Provides background information and clear analysis of current, controversial topics.  Includes many environmental issues.

Gale Virtual Reference Library  - Encyclopedia articles on wide range of topics, including environmental themes.

Tip: Other helpful keywords to add to your search include "environmental aspects", "environmental impact",  "ecologic* impact", etc.

 

When using these sources, note the following:

• Write down new terms, alternative concepts and phrases, key dates, facts, etc. 
• Look for citations and references to other sources.  
• Use CRUZCAT (UCSC library catalog) to find the titles of any reports, journal names, or books referenced in the encyclopedia essays or journal articles and see if we own them at UCSC.

 

Course Topics: [START with Web of Science, then move to selected databases, below, that should provide articles]

 

Dams

Academic Search Complete (environmental aspects)

ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts

 

Sustainable fisheries

Academic Search Complete

Business Source Complete

ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts

 

Marine debris/Marine garbage

ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts

 

Sustainable food production (organic gardens, local food, )

Academic Search Complete

Business Source Complete

Cruzcat

 

Hemp

Academic Search Complete (environmental impact and hemp)

Business Source Complete

 

Solar (solar energy, solar power)

Business Source Complete

Dept of Energy Solar page: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/

Calif Dep of Energy http://www.energy.ca.gov/

 

Wind power

Dept of Energy Wind and Hydropower technology page: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/

 

Garden education (environment and children; school gardens; environmental education, science instruction)

Academic Search Complete

ERIC

 

Environmental effect of the war on drugs

Academic Search Complete [tip: try drug name + herbicide; ex: heroin and herbicide]

 

Environmental Justice

Academic Search Complete

Sociological Abstracts

CQ Researcher

 

Santa Cruz water supply (conservation, desalination, groundwater)

Santa Cruz County Water Department - scroll down the city page for pdf copies of the county's consumer confidence report - an annual report that details the county's water sources, water quality and its measurement against EPA standards. Use this site in conjunction with the EPA site to assess the county's evaluation.

ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (try keywords like municipal or city and water supply or treatment to find general articles. Don't use Santa Cruz - too restrictive) 

 

Visual media effects on environmental education (audiovisual aids and environmental education)

ERIC 

 

Long Marine Lab restoration (riparian or wetlands restoration.  Note: adding Long Marine lab is too restrictive)

ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts

 

Alternatives to dependence on foreign oil

Academic Search Complete

 

Green roofs (gardening; roof gardening)

Academic Search Complete

Business Source Complete

Cruzcat

 

Organic wine

Business Source Complete (Wine making and environment)

 

Urban gardens

Academic Search Complete

 

Pharmaceutical contamination (drugs as a contaminant, pharma impact on environment)

Academic Search Complete

Web of Science

PubMed

 

Ecotourism: 

Academic Source Complete

CQ Researcher

Int'l Ecotourism Society: http://www.ecotourism.org/webmodules/webarticlesnet/templates/eco_template.aspx?articleid=206

 

Page Created by Lucia Orlando, luciao@ucsc.edu.  Government Documents and Environmental Studies Librarian

January 2009