Collins Memorial Library: Environmental Policy & Decision Making: Articles

Key Databases

PAIS Index
Indexes resources on public affairs and policy, with an international scope.
GreenFILE
Offers information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment.
Environmental History: Conservation and Public Policy in America, 1870 to 1980
Access to a large archive of primary source materials, including unpublished manuscripts, government documents, news clippings, and more.
Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection
Environmental science related full-text articles, granular access to figures and tables within articles, environmental impact statements, and the entire range of bibliographic records from Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management (ESPM).

Finding Scientific Perspectives

Agricola
Contains bibliographic records from the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Subjects include animal and veterinary sciences, entomology, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, agricultural economics, food and human nutrition, agricultural engineering and technology, and earth and environmental sciences.
Toxline
Provides bibliographic citations and abstracts from journal articles, monographs, technical reports, theses, letters, meeting abstracts, papers and reports. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, information in the database is drawn from a number of discrete files including Toxicity Bibliography and Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology.
GeoRef
Produced by the American Geosciences Institute this database provides access to the geoscience literature of the world. Among the subjects covered are environmental and engineering geology, hydrology, economic geology, geophysics, petrology, paleontology, marine geology and oceanography, and mineralogy.

Finding Social & Policy Perspective

Academic Search Premier
A multidisciplinary database containing full text journal, magazine & newspaper articles, many from peer-reviewed titles. This scholarly collection covers information in nearly every area of academic study.
CQ Researcher
Full-text reports that cover background, main issues, pro/con, next steps, and further reading. Use the Issue Tracker to find related CQ reports and track an issue over time.
ERIC (Education Resource Information Center)
The Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources.

Google Scholar Cited Reference Search

Another useful feature of Google Scholar is its ability to allow for easily finding articles which have cited an article that you have found.

Step 1: When looking at search results, check for the 'Cited by X' link underneath each result. That will tell you how many subsequent articles (that Google Scholar is aware of...it's not 100% comprehensive! This is a ballpark figure) have cited this particular article.

Step 2: Click that link, and you will be taken to a new set of results, all of which have cited the original article, which will still be listed at the top of the page.

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