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ENVS 156 - Environmental Action Through Writing
Library Research Guide - Spring 2009
Getting Started | Background Info | Selected Websites | Recommended Databases | Literary Sources | CRUZCAT
 Off Campus Access - To access the library research databases referenced on this guide from off campus, you will need to login to OCA. Click here for information regarding the service.
Make use of the library's How To Guides - particularly useful for this assignment are:
Organize your research results
Keep track of your successful keyword searches and subject headings and make note of the names of authors/scholars that come up related to your topic. The latter strategy will help decrease the number of duplicative searches you run.
The library has a sample research organization sheet available on-line.
Use the resources listed below to get an overview of your topic. Encyclopedias, bibliographies, and evaluated web pages are a good starting point for any research project. See How to Evaluate Information on the Web for help with assessing web pages.
- Write down key dates, facts, statistics provided, look for a bibliography and make use of it.
- Look up (in cruzcat) the titles of journals and books referenced in the encyclopedias, bibliographies or web pages and see if we own them at UCSC.
Science & Engineering and McHenry Library Reference Print Sources
The list below represents a sample of options, use Cruzcat to find more.
| International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics |
S&E Ref GE170 .I55 2002 |
| Environmental Law and Policy: Nature, Law, and Society |
McH Ref Law KF3775.A7 P55 2004 |
| Encyclopedia of Environmental Studies |
S&E Ref QH540.4.A84 2001 |
| Conservation and Environmentalism Encyclopedia |
S&E Ref GE 10 C68 1995 |
| Encyclopedia of Environmental Science |
S&E Ref GE 10 E498 1999 |
| Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues |
S&E Ref GE10 .E52 2000 |
| Guide to Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy |
S&E Ref HC 79 E5 G85 2001 |
| Encyclopedia of World Environmental History |
McHenry Ref GF10 .E63 2004 |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library |
Online only |
| CQ Researcher |
Online only |
Environmentally Focused Organizations
- Natural Resources Defense Council - an environmental action organization, has its three publications (Nature's Voice, On Earth, and Policy Solutions) available for viewing. Policy Solutions includes fact sheets and policy briefs.
- Worldwatch Institute - environmental research group. Click on publications link for a list of books and papers produced by the institute. Click on the publication images and look for relevant titles with free pdfs - many of the reports are available for download in pdf format for free.
- Sierra Club - click on News, then "Our Magazine" for access to full text, on-line Sierra Magazine. Click on About -> Inside the Organization to access the Library of newsletters and information about the various initiatives the Sierra Club is involved with, and finally, select the Goals link to find major issues and activity involving habitats, carbon, coal, and more.
- Organic Farming Research Foundation - select publications link and view free reports, summaries of grant-funded research projects.
- Statistics - University of Michigan Government Documents Center page compiling government statistics related to the environment. Many of the sites listed above are available through this site. Many more sites are available as well. Spend some time searching for issues related to your topic.
- Dot Environment - index page for environmental resources
- Envirolink - Non-profit organization provides links to government agencies, publications, activist organizations and internet resources.
- California Law and Regulations - UC Santa Cruz page with links to California legal information sources
This list is not exhaustive. It represents a series of options. A full list of library-licensed databases is available from the library research page
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- CQ Researcher - this reference source explores "hot" issues in the news in depth. Topics range from social and political issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. Each report is full-text and contains charts, graphs and sidebar articles, a pro-con feature, a chronology, lengthy bibliographies and a list of contacts.
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- Gale Virtual Reference Library - full-text collection of encyclopedia articles from variety of sources including education, environment, history, law, medicine, multicultural studies, religion, science, social science.
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- Lexis-Nexis Congressional - site contains bill tracking services, congressional publications, congressional committee reports and testimony, Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, Congressional Record, National Journal. Also contains a "hot topics" section with the full-text of articles from national newspapers on current bills and issues in Congress. Recently added - Congressional Index 1789-1969.
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- Lexis-Nexis Academic - full-text database is divided into five major content areas: News, Business, Legal Research, Medical Research, and Reference. The news section contains the text of many regional, national, and international newspapers and other news sources. The business section contains information on companies, business news, industries, and accounting. The legal section contains extensive information on state and federal case law as well as law reviews and legal news. The reference materials include country profiles, polls and surveys, and biographies. The medical section indexes medical journals and health news sources.
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- PAO - contains citations for articles in over 230 periodicals in the humanities and social sciences.
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- Academic Search Complete - contains citations for articles in popular magazines and scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and general sciences. Legal, business, and health journals are also included. Many records have abstracts and full text.
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- Business Source Complete - provides articles from scholarly business journals and other sources. Subjects include management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business.
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- Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management - Searchable database of citations and abstracts of articles and reports on the following topics: agricultural biotechnology, air quality, bacteriology, environmental impact statements, safety science, waste management, toxicology, pollution, and environmental science.
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- Web of Science - This Web of Knowledge database provides access to all three parts of the Citation Index: Arts and Humanities, Social Science and Science. Search by subject, author, journal title. Cited Reference Search finds articles that cite an author or article that you specify.
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- Google Scholar - Search engine for scholarly articles - login using OCA if logging in off campus
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Select the Newspaper link from the library research page for a list of on-line newspaper options, historical and current.
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Environmental Literary Magazines
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Title
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Coverage
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Location and Call Number
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Database
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| Alternatives Journal (Canada) |
1996 + |
McH Stacks Journals HC79.E5 A45 |
See CRUZCAT |
| Earth Island Journal |
1987 + |
S&E Curr Journals TD169.E17 |
Academic Search Complete |
| Sierra |
v.62 n.8(Oct. 1977) + |
McH Stacks Journals F868.S5S5 |
See CRUZCAT |
| Smithsonian |
(1970/71) + |
S&E Curr Journals Q11.S6 |
Academic Search Complete |
| OnEarth |
Fall 2001 + |
Online only |
Academic Search Complete |
| Wilderness |
1998 + |
S&E Stacks QH1 .W54 |
Print only |
| World Watch |
1993 + |
Online only |
Academic Search Complete |
| New Yorker |
2003 + |
McH Stacks Journals AP2.N6763 |
See CRUZCAT |
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If UCSC does not own a journal, check the catalog at the Santa Cruz Public Library
- Start with a keyword search in cruzcat.
- Use the keywords you gathered through searching in the encyclopedias and web pages in cruzcat.
- Make note of the subjects cruzcat uses to describe your topic; link from the subject headings
- Use the modify or limit/sort button to focus your search
- Send successful searches to your email account - put the keywords you used in the message line to remind yourself of how you found the item.
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The pages listed below were compiled by UCSC librarians. These are excellent and extensive sites.
Created by Kerry Scott January 2007, edited by Lucia Orlando April 2009
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