Contact Information

Head, Business/SPEA Information Commons: Steven Sowell
Location: SPEA 150
Phone: (812) 855-2448
Email sowell

Additional Contacts

- Librarian: Nels Gunderson
- Location: SPEA 150
- Phone: (812) 855-2446
- Email gunderso
- Reference: Melanie Groth
- Location: SPEA 150
- Phone: (812) 855-1958
- Email mgroth

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Environmental Science

This collection of resources pertains to research on the nature and causes of and solutions to environmental problems. Environmental management, policy, and sciences comprise the majority of work. Consists of urban studies and planning, public policy, biological sciences and environmental sciences, and public and environmental affairs.

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AccessScience (McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science Online) - about - This encyclopedia includes over 7100 articles in 81 major areas of science and technology.

Coverage: 9th edition (2002) onwards
To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=153

AGRICOLA - about - Bibliographic database of articles, monographs, proceedings, theses, patents, translations, audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports pertaining to all aspects of agriculture.

Coverage: 15th century to present
To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1217394

BioOne - about - A collection of full-text journals, mostly from small societies and non-commercial publishers , focused on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences.

To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=2219450

Biosis Previews - about - Covers journal articles, conference papers, and other document types in the fields of biology, biochemistry, biophysics, botany, clinical and experimental medicine, microbiology, and zoology.

Coverage: 1969-present
Alternate Title: Biological Abstracts
To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1758953

Database available to users on IU Bloomington Campus only

CCINFOweb - about - Information on a broad range of environmental and occupational health and safety topics.

Coverage: NA
To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=48

CQ Public Affairs Collection - about - CQ Press Public Affairs Collection features in-depth coverage of public policy issues, statistical and historical analyses, and full-text historical documents and primary source materials.

Coverage: 1945 - present
To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=9465709

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics - about - physical constants for over 12,000 of the most common chemical substances and many facts about the physical sciences, including conversion factors, health and safety information.

Coverage: 81st ed., 2000/2001 - 84th ed., 2003/2004
To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=62

Digital Library of the Commons - about - A gateway to the international literature on the commons, common-pool resources and common property.

To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=529076

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences - about - Over 3,000 articles in the life sciences broadly defined with a glossary containing over 7,000 terms.

Alternate Title: ELS
To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1854916

Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management - about - 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
To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=90

GreenFILE - about - Information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment.

To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=4433162

International Plant Names Index - about - Database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants, ferns and fern allies.

Alternate Title: Index Kewensis
To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=3240513

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology - about - Provides in-depth articles with extensive bibliographies about applied chemistry, industrial products, chemical substances either as single substance or group, materials science, and chemical fundamentals.

Coverage: parts of 4th and 5th editions
Alternate Title: Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=1954629

LexisNexis Environmental - about - 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 to present
To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=59568

Material Connexion - about - A unique and comprehensive resource comprised of more than 4,500 materials and processes, and growing at a rate of more than 30 materials per month.

To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=8912748

Population Index on the Web - about - Web access to Population Index, reference source offering citations and links to demographic and population literature.

Coverage: 1986 to 2000
To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=172

Science Citation Index - about - The most important scientific journal literature is covered, with abstracts for the most recent articles; includes citation searching.

Coverage: 1955-
To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=183

Database available at public workstations in libraries only

SciFinder Scholar - about - Covers the primary literature of all areas of chemistry, medicine, and other areas, including material in journals, dissertations, technical reports, patents, and conference proceedings.

Coverage: 1907-
Alternate Title: Chemical Abstracts
To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=184

TOXLINE - about - Bibliographic citations and abstracts from all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens.

Coverage: 1994-2000
To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=197

USA.gov - about - The official U.S. government portal to 47 million pages of information on federal and state government programs, benefits, and services.

Coverage: Varies
Alternate Title: FirstGov
To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=38608

Web of Knowledge - about - 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-
To link to this resource use: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/scripts/countResources.php?resourceId=203

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