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Fall 2008 - Theodosia Wade - Bio 111
Locating Background Resources
Browse our print reference collection at R 360's and R 500's for general works.
Recommended Background Resources:
- Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology
Call Number: 574.5 E56N Location: REFERENCE - Encyclopedia of Global Change
Call Number: 363.7 E56G Location: REFERENCE
Locating Books
Recommended Search Terms:
Search strategy example: If your topic is on Population Control consider using:
Human Population AND
- [country or region where this is a major concern] China or India
Locating Articles
- DiscoverE (http://libcat1.cc.emory.edu:32888/DB=discovere)
Use DiscoverE, the Emory University Libraries' new discovery tool for searching the library catalog, databases, and other digital collections.
- Databases (http://web.library.emory.edu/databases/)
Use to find articles about your topic.
- eJournals (http://ejournals.emory.edu/)
Use to find electronic journals owned by Emory Libraries.
Recommended Article Databases:
- Academic Search Complete
- Lexis-Nexis Environment
- Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database
- ScienceDirect
- Wiley Interscience Journals
More online resources:
Directories
Organizations & Governmental Agencies
- U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- International Rivers Network (IRN)
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre
- Defenders of Wildlife
- Greenpeace International
- Sierra Club
- World Wildlife Fund
- Earthwatch
- Georgia Wildlife Federation
- Agricultural Research Service
- UN Food and Agriculture Organization
- World Health Organization
- World Trade Organization
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Earth Day Network
- EnviroMapper site of the EPA for watersheds, superfund
- Georgia Environmental Protection Division
- Georgia Department of Natural Resources
- USGS Water Resources of Georgia
- Chattahoochee Riverkeepers
Education, Research & News Sites
- EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal
- Envirofacts (EPA)
- Envirolink
- Rachel's Environment & Health Weekly (published by Environmental Research Foundation)
- Window to My Environment (EPA)
- Invasivespecies.gov (part of the National Biological Information Infrastucture website)
Evaluating and Citing Your Sources
Don't forget to evaluate your sources based on:
- Relevance
- Evidence
- Author of source
- Publisher of source
- Timeliness
- Comprehensiveness
Evaluating Sources: