Library Research Session for Environmental Analysis
Library web page for this program to be at: http://academic.evergreen.edu/m/mcmillip/lib1011/ea
Oct. 25, 2010
To be Covered:
Are libraries necessary? Is our library necessary?
Background/Reference resources (see other side of this handout)
Summit: getting books delivered to you (fast) from UW, WSU, UO, OSU, etc.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL): getting digital articles from other libraries (fast, usually)
Using one book to find other older books and articles: The Bibliography
Finding articles in general:
Library subscription databases vs. Free Web
Hybrid: Google Scholar
Library Website  Full Text
Free Web  Full Text
Peer review, scholarship, objectivity(?): or, how to stop worrying and love a good
academic debate.
And if time allows:
Using one book to find newer books and articles (including book reviews)
Zotero
Interesting things we won’t cover today (but ask your librarian about them later)
Subject Headings and Subject Searching
ILL for books not in Summit
Metasearch (search multiple databases at one time)
Amazon Search Inside the Book
Setting up Google Scholar Preferences at home
Annotated Bibliographies
Journal Databases of Interest to this Program:
Environment Complete
Science Direct
BioOne
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts
Biological Abstracts
Academic Search Complete
JSTOR Plant Sciences
ACS Publications (Chemistry)
Google Scholar
Possibly also of interest:
JSTOR
GreenFile
Energy Citations Database
DialogWeb (see a reference librarian for Dialog databases, including Web of
Science)
Some Online Reference Resources of Interest:
(these can be accessed via the library’s online catalog: workshop website may have
a more refined and developed list)
Encyclopedia of environmental ethics and philosophy
Encyclopedia of world environmental history
Encyclopedia of soils in the environment
Encyclopedia of ecology
Kirk-Othmer encyclopedia of chemical technology
A dictionary of ecology
A dictionary of biology
A dictionary of chemistry
Some Print Reference Resources of Interest:
(Evergreen Library locations can be found via the online catalog: workshop website
may have a more refined and developed list)
Encyclopedia of environmental biology
Encyclopedia of environmental studies
International encyclopedia of environmental politics
Encyclopedia of islands
Encyclopedia of human ecology
Encyclopedia of geology
Macmillan encyclopedia of chemistry (1997)
Encyclopedia of analytical science
A color handbook of biological control in plant protection
Forest ecology and conservation : a handbook of techniques
The forest landscape restoration handbook
Habitat management for conservation : a handbook of techniques
Handbook of sustainable development
Invasive species management : a handbook of principles and techniques
Paul McMillin
Faculty Reference Librarian
Email at mcmillip