G315: Environmental Conservation
Geography 315: Environmental Conservation Instructor: Dr. Rebecca Lave
IUCAT: http://www.iucat.iu.edu/
IU Bloomington Holdings of print and electronic access. Search to discover where we have it.
• If you know an exact title: Use Browse search
• Login -- in case you want to ask for delivery from another campus or library
• Free even after you leave IU, i.e. you do not have to be an IU affiliate to use but to have request delivery etc. you do have to be a student/faculty of IU (system)
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• Search Box – not perfect but best place to look for “e-journal titles” … also “quick search”
• Focus on three tabs… Resource Gateway and Services
o Resource Gateway provides access to more than 500 “databases”. Access is licensed based so most are not accessible free through google. Use Subject guide to discover what these are or see the list below for those perhaps most relevant to this course.
o Services include Request Article Delivery, Interlibrary Loan, Ask a question, etc.
Databases of interest to this course
Academic Search (EBSCO Provides fulltext coverage of magazine, newspapers, and scholarly journals for almost every academic discipline. http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=4.
• Access UN Index to current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications 1944 to the present. http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=6
* American Factfinder Interactive database for finding census statistics for the U.S. See also the U.S. Census Bureau www.census.gov
• Environment Abstracts Search abstracts and full text through Environment Abstracts; access federal and state codes, agency regulations; case law, agency decisions; waste site data, hazardous materials. 1975 to present. http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=59568
• OECDiLibrary - Online portal for Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development publications issued since 1998, including statistics. Coverage: 2000. http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=189
• Official Document System of the United Nations (ODS) - Full text documents from the United Nations are provided. http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1494408
* PAIS International - Index to articles, books, studies, selected official documents and other resources on public policy issues, public administration, law, politics and government 1972-present http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=168
* Proquest Congressional - Provides easy access to congressional publications since 1789 and full-text of hearings, reports, bills, resolutions, and laws to the present. http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=61
* Proquest Environmental Science Collection - Abstracts and citations drawn from over 4000 scientific journals and thousands of other sources including conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications.: 1967-current http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=90
* Proquest Statistical - Electronic access to tables and citations to statistics produced by the U.S. federal, state and local governments, international governmental organizations, and non-governmental organizations. 1973- http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=193
* UNdata - Database covering selected data series from 20 specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas. 1980s, but varies http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=38612
* WDI Online - about | terms of use - Statistical database featuring economic, social, environmental data since 1960 for countries of the world. 1960-present
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=472293
* Web of Knowledge - about | terms of use - An interface that allows cross-searching of Web of Science, BIOSIS Previews, Medline, Zoological Record, and JCR. Not all fields from individual databases are included.: 1955- : http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=203
* World Bank e-Library - about | terms of use - Online access to publications of the World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development). Late 1980's to present http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=976210
Other sites of importance:
General search for just U.S. federal sources: http://www.usa.gov
World Resources Institute http://www.wri.org/
USDA: www.usda.gov CDC: www.cdc.gov
FAO: www.fao.org
CONTACT: Lou Malcomb C264 Wells Library malcomb@indiana.edu
