Guides: ENSS 325: Climate Adaptation & Planning: Finding books, articles, and government reports

Finding articles

Use the following databases to locate peer-reviewed articles and other materials on relevant topics.

What is a Peer Reviewed Article?
This page explains what academic journals and peer-review are, and provides tips for determining if an article is peer-reviewed or not.

Gale In Context: Environmental Studies This link opens in a new window
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GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) offers authoritative content on the development of emerging green technologies and discusses issues on the environment, sustainability and more.
GreenFILE (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Covers all aspects of human impact to the environment.
PubAg This link opens in a new window
A portal to USDA-authored and other highly relevant agricultural research.
Environmental Studies and Policy Collection This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals, magazines, and other reference sources covering environmental issues and policies. Includes perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policymakers, and corporate interests.

All Environmental Science and Studies Databases
View the full list of library databases that contain content that is relevant to Environmental Science and Studies.

To locate books and ebooks in our library, use OneSearch.

Finding Items in the Library
Where to locate tangible items in the duPont-Ball Library.

OneSearch (advanced search page) This link opens in a new window
You can also find government reports through OneSearch. Try searching for a keyword that represents your topic and searching for a government agency or country as the author. To see an example, copy and paste the following searching into OneSearch: kw:(climate change) AND au:(united states)
Congressional This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive collection of historic and current congressional information, including bills & laws, hearings, CRS reports, committee prints, reports, and the Congressional Record. Congressional Documents (1789-Present), Congressional Hearings (1824-Present), Congressional Record (1873-1997), Congressional Research Reports (1916-2003), Serial Set (1789-Present), Serial Set Maps (1789-1969).
GPO (Government Information) Index This link opens in a new window
1976 to date. Updated monthly. U.S. Government publications index. Records on all subjects of interest to the U.S. government. The duPont-Ball Library receives a large number of items indexed in this database. Check OneSearch for holdings.
Pro & Con This link opens in a new window
Provides an overview of controversial issues in Congress. Click on Index of Recent Topics --> Energy and Environment.