I202: Health, Environment and Development
Selected Reference Works
Encyclopedia of Global Change: Environmental Change and Human Society. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Wells Library - EastTower2 - Gov't Info - Ref - LC GE149 .E47 2002
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
ELS was launched in April 2001 and contains over 3,000 articles in the life sciences broadly define. The glossary contains over 7,000 terms.
Europa World Plus
Economic, political, historical, and geographic profiles of 250+ countries and global regions. Includes contact information for officials and features information on over 1,700 international organizations.
Finding Books
Search IUCAT to find out what books, government publications, journals, videos, etc. the library owns.
Hint: Limit your search to: "Blmgtn - All Bloomington Libraries" to only find items that are on this campus.
Hint: Use Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT), and Truncation Symbols ($) to construct your searches.
Hint: When you find a really good title, look at the Subject Headings for that book. Use these in a new search.
WorldCat
Thousands of libraries are represented and searchable in this one catalog. Interlibrary Loan requests can be made from within the catalog.
Finding Articles: Databases
More relevant databases can be found at the International Studies Databases page: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=1000190
The online path to these databases is: Library Homepage -› Resources by Subject -› International Studies
Interdisciplinary Database
*** Academic Search (EBSCO)
Provides fulltext coverage of magazine, newspaper, and scholarly journals for almost every academic discipline.
Google Scholar
Special version of Google's index to scholarly content on the web. Connects to full-text resources available to IU users. Requires sign-on for off-campus use. Coverage: Varies
Specialized Subject Databases
AGRICOLA
Bibliographic database of articles, monographs, proceedings, theses, patents, translations, audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports pertaining to all aspects of agriculture.
Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management
Abstracts and citations drawn from over 4000 scientific journals and thousands of other sources including conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications. Coverage: 1981-
BioOne
A collection of full-text journals, mostly from small societies and non-commercial publishers , focused on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences.
Web of Knowledge
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. Coverage: 1955-
Biomedical citations and abstracts (MEDLINE and OLDMEDLINE) from the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Coverage: 1947-
*** Intergovernmental Organization Search Engine (Google Custom Search)
Lexis-Nexis Environmental
Search abstracts and full text through Environment Abstracts; access federal and state codes, agency regulations; case law, agency decisions; waste site data, hazardous materials. Coverage: 1975-
Sociological Abstracts
Abstracts to journal articles and citations to book reviews in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Coverage: 1952-
WDI Online (World Development Indicators Online)
Statistical database featuring economic, social, environmental data since 1960 for countries of the world. Coverage: 1960- The print version is available in the Government Information (GIMSS) department of the Wells Library.
Citing Your Sources
No matter where your information comes from, you always need to cite your sources. The most frequently used citations have been compiled by the reference librarians on a webpage and handout (APA, MLA and Chicago). These can be found by visiting: http://www.indiana.edu/~libinstr/cite/.
APA: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed. Washington, DC: APA, 2010.
BF76.7 .P83 2010 Research Coll. - Reference Desk, and Undergraduate Services - ReferenceMLA: Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2009
LB2369 .G53 2009 Research Coll. - Reference Desk, and Undergraduate Services - ReferenceChicago: The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010
Z253 .U69 2010 Research Coll. - Reference Desk, and Undergraduate Services - Reference
Chicago Manual of Style Online: The electronic version of the classic guide to documentary style.
Questions?
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Last modified on 9 September 2010
