Research Guides: Environmental Resources: General Online Resources

Sources for Environmental News

Environment & Energy News
Daily, online newswires of U.S. environmental policy and politics provided by E&E Publishing. Several different newswires are available, including Greenwire, EnergyWire, ClimateWire, E&E Daily and E&ENews PM. Requires subscription purchase.
Environmental Health News
Daily free news service from Environmental Health Sciences, a non-profit organization.
Nature - News and Comment
News from Nature, an international weekly journal of science.
Planet Ark
Provides daily environmental news by country. Register to receive daily email news alerts.
Science - News
Daily news from the journal Science, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Science Daily
One of the most comprehensive science news services, covers all academic fields of science.
Yale Environment 360
A publication of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies offering news, analysis, and opinion.

Government Agencies

Government agencies collect and produce large amounts of environmental research.

Major U.S. federal agencies:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

U.S. Forest Service

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)

New Jersey state agencies:

N.J. Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)

N.J. Department of Agriculture (NJDA)

N.J. Department of Health (NJDOH)

Databases

List of major online databases for environmental and interdisciplinary research, including some databases that are free and open to the public, as well as paid databases. Paid databases available at the NJ State Library are open to NJ state employees with a library card, Thomas Edison State University students and faculty, and on-site users of the NJ State Library.

Academic Search Complete
Find articles from 6,5000+ full-text scholarly journals and magazines. Includes peer-reviewed STEM, social sciences, humanities, law, sciences, and video content from the Associated Press, 1930-present.
AGRICOLA
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A bibliographic database of citations to agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library. Find materials in all formats encompasing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines. Coverage ranges from 15th century to present.
BioOne Complete
Full-text database of 200 titles from over 150 publishers in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.The collection offers comprehensive coverage of fields such as zoology, plant sciences, ornithology, and entomology, with new content added daily.
Civil Engineering Database
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An index to all of the American Society of Civil Engineers publications, the world's largest publisher of civil engineering content. Includes detailed abstracts, some with links to full-text. Also see ASCE Library.
GreenFILE
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Free research database providing scholarly, government and general-interest sources covering environmental issues such as global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and recycling. Content indexed includes journals, government documents, news sources, and reports. Some articles are full-text.
PubMed
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PubMed comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. State employees and TESU staff and students, click the icon “Find Full Text from New Jersey State Library” to access licensed content.

Note there is also a free version of PubMed available if you do not have a State Library card.

Quick Start Guide videos and FAQ
Science Reference Center
Designed for students, teachers and general interest science research. Contains full text for over 800 science reference works, including encyclopedias, biographies, 500+ videos, periodicals, lesson plans, worksheets, and popular reference works like ''Handy Biology Answer Book'' and ''Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs.''

Online publications databases and search engines:

Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
Provides links to science and technology web sites of US military agencies. In addition, it provides a searchable database of publications.
Environmental Data Explorer
The authoritative source for data sets used by the United Nations Environment Programme and its partners in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) report.
Google Scholar
Use the Google search engine to perform keyword searches of scholarly literature, including articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions. Google retrieves materials from academic publishers, professional societies, and university depositories.
National Service Center for Environmental Publications (EPA)
Online database of publications from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Free and open to the public.
Science.gov
Gateway of US Government science and technology information that is organized by subject. It is maintained by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). An excellent free information tool for finding US government information published on a variety of environmental science and technology subjects.
USGS Publications Warehouse
Provides access to over 130,000 publications written by scientists and staff of the US Geological Survey.

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Subjects:Environmental Resources

Online Glossaries and Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Earth
Electronic reference resource about the Earth, its natural environments and their interaction with society. Supported by the Environmental Information Coalition and the National Council for Science and the Environment
USEPA Terms & Acronyms
Glossary and guide to acronyms from the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)

Environmental Resources: General Online Resources

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