LibGuides: Biology: Marine & Environmental Science

Best Databases

Environment Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. Hosted on the EBSCOhost platform.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Full text scientific, technical and medical articles from Elsevier Publishing.
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records. Hosted on the EBSCOhost platform.

These databases access a variety of sources, including newspapers, scholarly and popular articles, dictionaries, and encyclopedias.

NexisUni (LexisNexis) This link opens in a new window
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary archive of scholarly journal literature. 1878 + Last several years not included.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Scholarly and popular articles on various subjects. 1971+

National Climatic Data Center
Includes U.S. local climate data; norms, storms, and precipitaion.
NCDC Climatological, Local, Hourly Precipitation, Storm Data
National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
NGDC provides ocean, land, atmosphere, and solar-terrestrial environment data.
Climate.gov
Climate information from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration including past climate, data library, and education resources, as well as the Global Climate Dashboard, which shows climate change and variability over time.
Climate Change Indicators
"The information on this website is drawn from the fourth edition of EPA's Climate Change Indicators in the United States, published in 2016. This report presents 37 indicators, each describing trends related to the causes and effects of climate change. It focuses primarily on the United States, but in some cases global trends are presented to provide context or a basis for comparison. The online version is updated periodically as new data become available, and thus may differ from the printed version available below."
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
SCAR is an inter-disciplinary committee of the International Council for Science (ICSU). SCAR is charged with initiating, developing and coordinating high quality international scientific research in the Antarctic region (including the Southern Ocean), and on the role of the Antarctic region in the Earth system.