Environmental Studies
For cross-disciplinary environmental topics.
Research Help - Your Librarian
Elizabeth Ramsey
Contact:
Librarian/Associate Professor
Albertsons Library
elizabethramsey@boisestate.edu
Albertsons Library
elizabethramsey@boisestate.edu
(208) 426-3781
Getting Started with Research
Targeted Research Strategies for SPS
A handout with best practices for making the most of your online searches whether in a library database, Google Scholar or a Google search.
Boost Search Skills Here!
This collection of videos can help you with a wide variety of search and evaluation strategies.
If it's not happening, feel free to contact me, and we can set up a face-to-face or virtual meeting to get you going. Or you can always use the Chat feature on the library homepage, which is staffed by librarians Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.
Databases for Environmental Studies
- Agricultural & Environmental ScienceResources covering such topics as the effects of pollution on people and animals and environmental action and policy responses.
- E&E NewsComprehensive, daily coverage of environmental and energy policy and markets. E&E's four daily online publications are considered "must-reads" by people who track and influence energy, environmental and climate policy.
- Earth TrendsMaintained by the World Resources Institute, focuses on the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world.
- Environment CompleteEnvironment Complete™ 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.
- GeoBaseWorldwide literature on geography, geology, and ecology.
- GreenFileAn interdisciplinary database of well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment.
- OurEnergyPolicyA non-partisan, non-profit group hosting forums and publishing reports on topics spanning the energy landscape: alternative fuels, oil and gas, nuclear, biofuels, electric vehicles, renewables and many others