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Environmental Sciences
UCSB Library Reference Guides:
| Beach Erosion in the Santa Barbara Area
| Endangered Species
| Environmental Careers Guide
| Environmental Resources for the Santa Barbara Region
| Environmental Sciences Reference Guide
| Field Guides to Santa Barbara Flora and Fauna
| Sustainability in Higher Education [pdf]
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Indexes to Environmental Resources.
Access to the indexes with an asterisk (*) is available from the "ucsb.edu" domain or from the
UCSB proxy server; the others are freely available to
the public.
- DOE Information Bridge
Search the U.S. Dept. of Energy's scientific and technical research reports in the sciences including biology,
environmental sciences, physics, energy, and other topics.
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Environmental Issues & Policy Index* (Select from list)
Index to articles from 1,000 scientific, technical, and popular journals,
covering environmental policy issues.
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Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (ESPM)* (Select from list)
This database from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts indexes over 4,000
scientific journals and thousands of other sources including conference
proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications.
- ETDEWEB
An index to energy information from the Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDE), a programme of the
International Energy Agency. With individual registration, ETDEWEB is freely accessible. More than 4.2
million downloadable full text pages available.
- FWS National Image Library
Searchable online collection of public domain still photographs of wildlife, plants, National Wildlife Refuges and other
scenics, as well as wildlife management work.
- FWS Publications Online
Full text access to a collection of newsletters and technical reports from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
- GrayLit Network
Developed by the Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI),
in collaboration with DOD/DTIC, NASA, and EPA, the GrayLIT Network is a portal for technical report
information generated through federally funded research and development projects.
- Directories
- Compendium of Environmental Acronyms
- EarthTrends The Environmental Information Portal
From the World Resources Institute,
- Environmental Library from
EnviroLink
Clearinghouse for environmental information on the Internet. Events, government
resources, mailing lists, organizations, and more.
- Resources
on Environment and Nature from YAHOO
- World
Environmental Library
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Books
- Collection on Critical Global Issues of the
United Nations University
Contains 210 publications (32,000 pages) in the fields of Agriculture and Land Management, Development, Environment
and Sustainability, Food and Nutrition, Natural Resource Development, Science and Technology.
- Columbia Earthscape "An online resource on the global environment."
Includes journals, books, lectures, and working papers. Accessible via ucsb.edu.
- ENVIROnetBASE
Currently, over 130 handbooks from a wide range of areas including air pollution, pesticides, occupational safety,
oil spills, wetlands, and environmental chemistry are available; browsable by table of contents, or keyword searchable,
either individually or combined. Accessible via ucsb.edu.
- Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
The Handbook publishes themed volumes in this young and interdisciplinary field of science. Its aim is a complete
description of the environment and of transformations occurring on a local or global scale. Environmental chemistry
also gives an account on the impact of man's activities on the natural environment by describing observed changes.
Volumes from late 1999-present are available online. UCSB's print volumes are available at QD 31 .H335. Accessible
via ucsb.edu.
- National Environmental Publications Information System
(NEPIS)
A database of over 7,000 full text EPA documents.
- The National Library for the Environment
A project of the Committee for the National Institute for the Environment (CNIE) which includes
over 1,100 full-text Congressional Research Service reports on environmental issues.
- Online Rand Research Documents: Environment
and Energy
This site has a collection of free books published by the RAND organization, a "think tank" supplying analyses for
policy development in a wide variety of areas including this link to areas of environment and energy. The database
is also searchable by author, title word, or words in the abstract.
Journals & News
- Environmental Journals on the Internet
A list of over 300 environmental journals, half of which contain abstracts; over 40 are full text.
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Electronic Journals licensed by the UCSB Library
The e-journals listed here are accessible from the ucsb.edu domain only.
- Conscious Choice: The Journal of Ecology
and Natural Living
A bi-monthly Midwestern magazine that reports on environmental issues and natural
alternatives in health care, food, and nutrition. Each issue also takes a
broad look at various topics from a perspective that sees the world as an
interconnected, interdependent community whose survival depends on the development
of sustainable patterns of living.
- E: the Environmental Magazine
A publication covering key environmental issues and trends, and includes environmental news,
commentary from leading thinkers, book and film reviews,
and announcements of campaigns, events and conferences.
- Electronic Green
Journal
A professional, refereed journal on international environmental topics.
- The Environmental News Network
- The Environment News Service (ENS) is "the original daily
international wire service of the environment," independently published, covering issues and events that
affect the environment.
- Environmental Health Perspectives,
covers all disciplines engaged in the broad field of environmental health.
- The Planet, the
Sierra Club's resource to help activists fight for environmental
protection at the local, state, national and international levels.
- Planeta, global journal of practical ecotourism
Environmental news and ecotourism information for the Americas.
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- Encyclopedia of the
Atmospheric Environment
- The National Climatic Data Center's
Online Document Library which includes full text access to Monthly Climatic Data for the World,
Storm Data, Local Climatological Data, Climatological Data,
and Hourly Precipitation Data. Accessible via the ucsb.edu domain.
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC)
Jointly established by the the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), "the role of the IPCC
is to assess the scientific, technical and socio-economic information
relevant for the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change."
- The Weather Channel Current weather conditions around the world.
- Weather Underground Current weather conditions around the world.
- Weather information
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Guide to the Science of the Atmosphere
Includes information on various weather phenomena, "including the basics of
things such as winds, what goes on in thunderstorms, tornadoes or hurricanes,
or how dust from the Sahara Desert sometimes crosses the Atlantic Ocean."
- Wind chill information:
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- UCSB Davidson Library's
Environmental Careers Reference Guide provides information on campus and web resources.
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- American Forests
The nation's oldest nonprofit citizens' conservation organization.
- Forest Conservation Portal
"The mission of Forests.org is to contribute to the conservation of rainforests,
forests, biodiversity, indigenous cultures and the climate through targeted informational networking."
- Forest Ecosystem Dynamics
A project concerned with modeling and monitoring ecosystem processes and patterns.
- Global Forest Watch publications, maps, data, and other resources
from the World Resources Institute. Includes links to resources such as their
Interactive Map Server
Displayed in atlas form, this site provides access to information on forests of the world, including threats to each.
- Rainforest Action Network
Rainforest Action Network works to protect the Earth's rainforests
and support the rights of their inhabitants through education,
grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action.
- California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
- USDA Forest Service
Includes links to resources on forests & people, global forestry, and forest health.
- FAO's programme in forestry
Includes the full text of
State of the World's Forests (available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format).
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- Carbon Footprint. What's Your carbon footprint? Find out, and then do something about it!
- Climate Ark "The Premier Climate Change & Renewable Energy Portal"
"dedicated to promoting public policy that addresses global climate change through reductions in carbon dioxide and
other emissions, renewable energy, energy conservation and ending deforestation."
- Climate Change
-- Research the Issue
from Columbia Earthscape: An Online Resource on the Global Environment.
- Climate Change U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Information on global warming with a
Glossary of Climate Change Terms, and a
Personal Emissions Calculator, among other resources.
- Global Change Master Directory NASA
A comprehensive source of information about Earth science data, with broad coverage of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, oceans,
solid earth, and biosphere.
- Global Climate Change Briefing
Book
Objective and nonpartisan information on a wide range of climate change issues.
- Global Warming Natural Resources Defense Council
- Global Warming Union of Concerned Scientists
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC)
Jointly established by the the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), "the role of the IPCC
is to assess the scientific, technical and socio-economic information
relevant for the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change."
- National Climatic Data Center NOAA
- U.S. Global Change Research Program
Includes a list of U.S. Agency Programs
that have special Global Change Programs.
- Ozone Hole Tour
- Stratospheric Ozone and Human Health Project
Data and resources about ozone and human health impacts of ultraviolet exposure.
- Stratospheric Ozone
From Environment Canada (Pacific and Yukon Region), this site provides links to statistics, frequently asked questions,
and regulations related to ozone depletion.
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- ECOTOX Database System from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The database integrates three toxicology effects databases, used to locate single chemical toxicity data for aquatic
life, terrestrial plants and wildlife. Search for research reports by chemical name, species name, or
environmental effect.
- TOXLINE
An index to articles, technical reports, papers and reports, produced by the
U.S. National Library of Medicine, covering all areas of toxicology
including chemicals, pesticides, chemically-induced diseases, hazardous materials,
and genotoxicity.
- TOXNET "a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and
related areas."
- RTK Net: The Right-to-Know Network
A network providing free access to databases, documents, and conferences on the environment,
such as to the Toxic Release Inventory.
- Scorecard
"A chemical information service provided by the
Environmental Defense Fund. Here you can get information quickly about the toxic chemicals that manufacturers are
releasing into your community."
- EPA Zip Code Search
A simple search by zip code of these Environmental Protection Agency databases will produce a list of all
known hazardous waste sites, as well as general environmental conditions and trends for any
neighborhood in the United States. The user can also create a map of regulated sites within the area of choice,
as well as assess the condition of any watershed.
- UCSB Library's Information Resources for Chemistry
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Author: Janet Martorana.
Last modified: August 2007
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