LibGuides: HO 494/HO 296: Honors Capstone Preparation Course: Environmental Studies

HawkFind

Environmental Science Databases

Environment Collection on Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Custom collection of titles on environmental topics. Search "environment" and open topic page to access.
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.
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.
Science Online This link opens in a new window Diagrams, definitions, biographies, essays, and experiments covering animal anatomy, anthropology and archaeology, astronomy and space technology, atomic physics, biochemistry, biology, botany, chemistry, computer science, earth science, environmental science, general science, genetics, health and medicine, human anatomy and physiology, marine science, physics, and weather and climate.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window Full text scientific, technical and medical articles from Elsevier Publishing.
Today's Science This link opens in a new window Coverage of the publication, Today's Science on File, from 1992 to the present, with breaking news in science, health, and technology. Includes biographies, glossaries, graphics, and overview articles. Anthropology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, environment, health, mathematics, physics, psychology, technology.

General Interest & Humanities Databases

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window General database recommended for finding scholarly articles in most disciplines.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window Non-partisan reports on topics of national interest. including overview, chronology, pro/con, resources, and more. (1991-present)
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Full text encyclopedias and dictionaries.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary archive of scholarly journal literature. 1878 + Last several years not included.
Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Full text database designed to provide students and schools with a series of controversial essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Essays provide questions and materials for further thought and study and are accompanied by thousands of supporting articles from the worlds top political and societal publications.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window Scholarly and popular articles on various subjects. 1971+

News Databases

NOTE: Monmouth University has access to the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal via their desktop platforms. You must have MU login credentials to set up your free account. Click "more info" to see details on how to get started with New York Times access.

New York Times Monmouth University has access to the New York Times via the Times desktop platform. You must have MU login credentials to set up and access your free account. Does not include premium features (The Athletic, Cooking, Games, or Wirecutter)
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New Monmouth University users go to http://accessnyt.com and choose Monmouth University from the menu. Use your MU email address as a username. After that, use nytimes.com to access the site.

Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window U.S. and international news sources including the New York Times and the Times of London along with hundreds of other news sources and newswires.
New York Times Historical: 1851-2019 This link opens in a new window This database offers full-page digital reproductions of every page (images and articles) from every issue, cover to cover, from the New York Times in downloadable PDF files.
US Newsstream (Proquest) This link opens in a new window Local and regional news coverage
Wall Street Journal (full interface) This link opens in a new window This is the desktop platform for the Wall Street Journal. Use your MU login credentials to create your free account. The Historical Wall Street Journal is also available via the Databases A-Z link.
Westlaw Campus Research Law, News and Business This link opens in a new window Legal, news, and business-related resources, including documents, press releases and reporting.

Selected Journals

Government & Non-Profit Resources

Consumer Reports - Greener Choices Guide
Information on food packaging & more.
U.S. Census
Population demographics, geography & health statistics.
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture - Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
Resources concerning sustainable food systems and practices in support of agriculture and farmers worldwide.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Environmental Topics
Reports on health and the environment.
United Nations Environmental Program
Information on climate change, disasters and conflicts, ecosystem management, environmental governance, chemicals and waste, resource efficiency & more.

Statistics

DataBank | The World Bank This link opens in a new window
DataBank is an analysis and visualization tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics. You can create your own queries; generate tables, charts, and maps; and easily save, embed, and share them.

Journal Locator

Journal Locator can help you determine whether the MU Library has access to a specific journal or magazine. The article you want may not be available in a database, but could be available in print. Print holdings of journals can be found on the Library's lower level. These are shelved alphabetically by title.
Use the Journal Locator to search for or within a journal or periodical. To search for journals by subject, scroll to Browse by Subject; click any subject to see sub-categories. For tips, please see the Journal Locator Tutorial.

Peer Reviewed Journals & Ulrichsweb

Use Ulrichsweb to get a snapshot of the publication details for most academic journals.
You can find Ulrichsweb in the Databases A-Z List on the library homepage.
To determine whether a specific journal is peer-reviewed, type its title into the search bar.
Look for the "refereed" icon indicating that a specific journal is refereed (peer-reviewed).

In the below example, the black and white “ref jersey” icon in the second column indicates that American Anthropologist is refereed (peer-reviewed).

Think Tanks & Policy Institutes

Google Scholar Search - Details & VIdeo

Search Google Scholar for scholarly full-text materials available in addition to those you locate in HawkFind. If there is a link to the right of any of your search results, follow the link to view the full article (you may not have access to all the articles in your search results). Check out the Google Search tips video (created by Concordia University) for additional help, and be sure to access Google Scholar from the Monmouth University website in order to view accessible articles.