Guides: Course Guide ~ BIO 100J: Our Blue Planet: Research Databases

Scholarly Journal Articles - All Science

Hamilton Library Catalog - Science Articles
One-stop search: Refine by: "Scholarly & peer-reviewed articles"
Web of Science (Classic version)
Change "Core Collection" to "All Databases"
Web of Science provides tools to track citations to individual articles from their date of publication to the present. Coverage: 1900-present.
ScienceDaily.com
News articles report hot topics and science “breakthroughs”. A link at the end of the article will often take you to data analysis and research methods.

ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Full text of Elsevier Science articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and more than 11,000 books covering the scientific, technical and medical (STM) literature published in 24 fields of science. Coverage varies by title.

Google Scholar
Search for articles in scholarly journals. Also includes patents, court opinions, and law journal articles.

Google Scholar tip: On campus users will see the Find It@Hamilton link with article citations. Use this to connect to articles in Hamilton's online journal collections.

Off campus users can also link directly to Hamilton online journal collections by setting a Google Scholar preference.

Scholarly Journal Articles - Marine Biology & Environment

Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes AGRICOLA, TOXLINE, ESPM (Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) databases and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. Coverage: 1960-present.
GreenFile This link opens in a new window
Index of scholarly journals, government publications and general interest magazines on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and other aspects of human impact to the environment. Coverage: 1974-present.
BIOSIS Citation Index This link opens in a new window
The most comprehensive coverage of the literature in the life sciences. Includes content from journals, reports, reviews, and meetings. Discover high impact articles with cited reference searching on the Web of Knowledge platform. Coverage: 1969-present.

BIOSIS: Getting Started
Zoological Record This link opens in a new window
The most comprehensive index to the zoological and animal science literature. Coverage: 1864-present

Zoological Record: Getting Started

Environmental Data Sources

World Ocean Database and World Ocean Atlas Series - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Worldwide data sets and products from NOAA's National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The WODselect interface allows searching by user-specified criteria.
Coral Reef Information System
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA's Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS) is designed to be a single point of access to NOAA coral reef information and data products, especially those derived from NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program.
Global Invasive Species Database
Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG), SSC- Species Survival Commission of the IUCN -International Union for Conservation of Nature. The GISD was developed as part of the global initiative on invasive species led by the Global Invasive Species Programme. The GISD focuses on invasive alien species that threaten native biodiversity and natural ecosystems and covers all taxonomic groups from micro-organisms to animals and plants in all ecosystems. Species information is either supplied by or reviewed by expert contributors from around the world.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) facilitates the collection, management and processing of species data for publication on the IUCN Red List.
NOAA National Climatic Data Center - Global Warming
Overview and links for: Green House Effect, Green House Gases, Global Temperatures, El Niño, Ocean Heat Content, Sea Level Rise, Hydrological Cycle, Cryosphere, Climate Variability and Extremes, Future Climate Projections and Additional Resources.
National Centers for Environmental Information - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) hosts and provides public access to one of the most significant archives for environmental data on Earth.

Statista This link opens in a new window
A statistics portal with data from over 18,000 sources -- private, public, and proprietary from North America, Europe, and Asia. Also included are U.S. industry reports, country reports, and colorful infographics.

All statistics can be downloaded as PowerPoint, Excel, and JPEG files, along with the original source with full citations in APA, Chicago, Harvard, and MLA formats.

Opposing Viewpoints - Environmental Issues

Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
Full text reports to differing points of view on current social issues.
Provided by NOVELny.

Provided by the New York State Library, NOVELNY is a Statewide Internet Library connecting New Yorkers to 21st century information. NOVELNY is supported with temporary federal Library Services and Technology Act funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Green Issues and Debates
Sage Reference, 2011
Explores the multitude of threats to sustainable life on earth and the myriad of controversies surrounding potential solutions.
Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy
Macmillan Reference, 2009
Examines the philosophical and ethical issues underlying contemporary and historical environmental issues, policies, and debates. Covers concepts, institutions, topics, events and people, including global warming, animal rights, environmental movements, alternative energy, green chemistry, industrial ecology, and eco-sabotage.

Handbooks & Dictionaries

Oxford Dictionary of Ecology
4th edition.
Over 6,000 entries on all aspects of ecology and related environmental scientific disciplines such as biogeography, genetics, soil science, geomorphology, atmospheric science, and oceanography.
Standard Handbook of Environmental Science, Health, and Technology by Jay H. Lehr; Janet K. Lehr
Call Number: REFERENCE GE123 .S73 2000
McGraw-Hill
A comprehensive handbook for all areas of environmental science, including sampling methods, monitoring methods, testing methods, control techniques, and calculation methods.
Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics
Elsevier, 2013
Explores the relationship between economics and energy policy, environmental protection, and natural resource management.
Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
6th edition, Wiley, 2003
Subject areas include inorganic and organic chemicals, polymers and plastics, metals and alloys, biotechnology, food chemistry and environmental protection. Chemical substances are described in detail: physical and chemical properties, production, applications, economic data, toxicology and occupational health data is provided for each substance.

Citation Style and RefWorks

Citation Style for your Course Projects: Invertebrate Biology
- In RefWorks, Choose Institutional Styles - Hamilton BIO 100J - Invertebrate Biology
Examples:
- In text citations:
  - Two authors: (Freed & Lin 2001)
  - Three or more authors: (Kennett et al. 2009)
- References
  - Journal Articles:
    - Eakin CM, Liu G, Gomez AM, De la Couri JL, Heron SF, Skirving WJ, Geiger EF, Marsh BL, Tirak KV, & Strong AE 2018. Unprecedented three years of global coral bleaching 2014–17. sidebar 3.1 in State of the climate in 2017. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 99: S74–S75. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26639466
    - Held MBE & Harley CDG 2009. Responses to low salinity by the sea star Pisaster ochraceus from high- and low-salinity populations. Invertebrate Biology 128: 381–390. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25623066?seq=1&cid=pdf-reference#references_tab_contents
    - Nguyen TT, Le M, Doan NX, Pham HQ, Vu MTT, & Dinh KV 2020. Artificial light pollution increases the sensitivity of tropical zooplankton to extreme warming. Environmental Technology & Innovation 20: 101179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2020.101179
  - Websites:
    - Global Invasive Species Database 2021. Species profile: Pterois volitans. http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/speciesname/Pterois+volitans
    - Wiig Ø, Amstrup S, Atwood T, Laidre K, Lunn N, Obbard M, Regehr E, & Thiemann G 2015. Ursus maritimus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T22823A14871490. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T22823A14871490.en

Course Guide ~ BIO 100J: Our Blue Planet: Research Databases

Research Databases

Scholarly Journal Articles - All Science

Scholarly Journal Articles - Marine Biology & Environment

Environmental Data Sources

Opposing Viewpoints - Environmental Issues

Handbooks & Dictionaries

Citation and RefWorks

Citation Style and RefWorks

Evaluating Sources

Evaluating Sources for Credibility

Boolean Searching

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