Which databases cover which subcategories of Environmental Science?
All Areas: Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Web of Science, CAB Direct
Ecology and Conservation: Ecology Abstracts, Geobase, CAB Direct, Agricola
Toxicology, Pollution and Groundwater Issues: ToxLine, Water Resources Abstracts, Greenfile
Policy: WorldCat, CQ Researcher, WestLaw
Deep (Historical): JSTOR Sustainability, WorldCat, Dissertations & Theses
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Below are some of the best databases for finding articles related to environmental science and policy.
This resource is no longer available. We suggest using ProQuest One Sustainability instead.
This interdisciplinary database brings together abstracts, citations, full-text scholarly journal articles and a variety of research materials across diverse fields of environmental studies including crop management, environment sustainability, forestry, natural resources management, and more. Includes AGRICOLA. 1960 - present.
This collection contains over 21,000+ journals from 1900-present and includes: Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index and others. Search by subject, author, or cited reference. An excellent current awareness and bibliography-building tool.
This resource will be unavailable after Oct. 1, 2025. We suggest using Biological Science Collection instead.
Indexes articles on evolutionary biology, economics, and systems analysis as they relate to ecosystems or the environment. 1982 - present.
Toxline has been retired as of June 13, 2025. We suggest using Biological Science Collection instead.
An index to articles on all aspects of toxicity. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, it covers the most recent five years of articles, books, papers, and reports. 1999 - present.
This database provides access to citations, abstracts, full-text scholarly journals, and other materials from hundreds of publishers. It covers all major branches of the discipline, such as biology, anatomy, medicine, technology, and more. 1946 - present.
Indexing, abstracts, and full-text articles covering topics related to humans and their impact on the environment.
Formerly CAB Direct, this resource brings together millions of research articles, books, reports, and proceedings in animal & plant sciences, human health, ecology environmental sciences, agricultural economics & rural studies, and leisure/tourism. Links to full-text provide article access if the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries subscribes to the source journal. 1900 - present.
An expansive index to life sciences and biomedical research covering pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more.
This resource will be unavailable after Oct. 1, 2025. We suggest using ProQuest One Sustainability instead.
Abstracts of journal articles, books, & other reports pertaining to water resources. 1967- present.
This cross-disciplinary collection is designed to support research, education, and practice in the field of sustainability. It is structured around the three foundational pillars of sustainability (environmental, social, and economic) and provides a wide-range of scholarly resources, including peer-reviewed journal articles, case studies, NGO reports, dissertations and theses, as well as a curated selection of ebooks focused on sustainability and related disciplines.
CAS SciFinder-n is a research and substance discovery tool of the Chemical Abstracts databases containing literature from many scientific disciplines and the CAS registry database. Now includes CAS Analytical Methods and CAS Formulus.
Search the databases below to find articles related to your topic. In some databases, you will need to click on the Full Text link to find the article. If no Full Text link is available, click on the Find It button to open the article in another database.
Comprehensive database from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. Contains nearly 2 million records in geology. 1785 - present.
As part of the NTIS which acquires, indexes, abstracts, and archives the largest collection of U.S. government-sponsored technical reports, the NTRL offers access to these authenticated government technical reports to libraries and technical information users.
Index to agricultural and plant science journals, USDA documents, and state extension service publications primarily from North America. 1970 - present.
Index to zoological literature and taxonomy references from all aspects of animal biology, paleobiology, and zoology journals published worldwide. 1864 - Present.
A comprehensive online source of ornithological knowledge for every known bird species and updated regularly. Contains illustrations, maps, videos, sounds files, and links to additional resources. Includes systematics, taxonomy, habitat, breeding, feeding, morphology, status and conservation. Based upon Birds of North America, The Handbook of Birds of the World, Neotropical Birds, and Bird Families of the World.
A collection of journals, monographs, conference proceedings, meeting papers, textbooks and more for the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
The Foundation Digital Library provides access to thousands of original, scholarly and practical publications dealing with all aspects of natural resources and energy law with coverage from 2004 to present. Access provided by Fastcase.
Provides full-text access to cases from the courts of all 50 states and federal courts, statutes from all 50 states and federal statutes published in the United States Code Annotated, American Jurisprudence 2d Legal Encyclopedia, federal regulations, law reviews and legal periodicals. Also offers business and news resources.
An interdisciplinary digital collection of academic and policy research that focuses on issues of environmental stress and the impact it leaves on society. This database offers current full text journal articles and research reports.
Sponsored by: Beckwith Memorial Endowment.
Core academic ebooks and journals in mathematics, humanities and social sciences disciplines, beginning with their first volumes (sometimes dating back to the 1800s). Issues from the most recent 3-5 years are not available.
A comprehensive catalog with more than a billion bibliographic records from libraries around the world. Use WorldCat.org to do an extensive search of published material, to verify citations, or identify other libraries that own an item.
Records for dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day, with full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and some full-text coverage for older works
Browse journals and save your favorites to a personal bookshelf, be alerted when new issues of journals are published, and easily save references to Zotero, RefWorks, Mendeley, Dropbox and other services. Mobile App Available: BrowZine mobile app
