KEAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Guide
Geology and Meteorology Research Resources:
Global Warming
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Circulating Books
To find circulating books on wide-ranging topics using your key words or ideas:
 Go to the Kean University Library Homepage, http://library.kean.edu.
 Click Books, E-books, Videos, & More to access the Kean Catalog.
 Type your key words in the search box underneath Find This:
 Click Search.
 Evaluate your search results.
 Make note of the call number and status for any titles of interest. When a book record’s Status is Not Charged,
this means that the book is not checked out and should be available on the shelf.
 Circulating titles are located in the Main Collection on the second and third floors of the Kean University
Library.
Reference Books
Listed below are reference titles provided for quick look-up by call number in the Library’s Reference Collection
located on the first floor. The first column displays the reference call number. The second column displays the
corresponding title.
Call Numbers
REF Q 141 .B532 1998
REF Q 141 .D5
REF Q 141 .O27 2002
REF Q 141 .S6285 2003
REF QB 14 .E525 2001
REF QB 14 .M55 2001
REF QC 7 .O94 2005
REF QC 854 .A48 2003
REF QC 854 .E526 2005
REF QC 981.8.G56 L66 2004
Reference Titles
Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists
Dictionary of Scientific Biography
International Encyclopedia of Women Scientists
African Americans in Science, Math, and Invention
Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Cambridge Dictionary of Astronomy
Oxford Guide to the History of Physics and Astronomy
Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences
Encyclopedia of World Climatology
Global Warming
Periodicals
Provided below is a list of select journals available in electronic format through the Library’s databases. To check holdings
information for these titles and numerous other journals, go to the Library’s Periodicals List available from the Library’s homepage
(http://library.kean.edu) by clicking Periodicals List and then clicking Periodicals List again.
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Astrophysics and Space Science
Aviation Week and Space Technology
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Environmental Geology
International Journal of Climatology
Journal of African Earth Sciences
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Journal of Climate
Journal of South American Earth Sciences
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Nature
Science
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Electronic Databases
To start using the Library’s electronic databases to search for articles on certain topics using your key words,
go to the Library’s homepage (http://library.kean.edu). Click Articles & More to access the Databases. The
databases are organized in two different lists. In one list the databases are listed alphabetically, and in the
other list the databases are listed by subject or format. Brief directions are provided on the next pages to help
you navigate these electronic databases. [Note: When you are off-campus, you will be asked to enter your
Kean Library Barcode after you click on a database name. Your barcode is located on the back of your Kean
University photo ID card.]
Science Online
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Science Online provides extensive definitions, biographies, and articles
for a variety of scientific disciplines. To search Science Online for articles
using your key terms:
Click the letter S on the Jump to menu.
Click Science Online (Facts on File).
Scroll and select Science Online under Available Databases.
Type search terms in the Basic Search box. For instance, type:
Brahe, Tycho
Click Search.
Browse the article titles listed under the All Results category, or select one of
the other result categories (such as, Biographies or News Articles) to browse a
more focused set of results. Click an article title to access the full text for any
relevant item.
E-mail the article you are currently viewing by clicking Email in the Page
Tools box located on the right-hand side of the screen.
Biography Reference Bank provides more than 140,000 biographies.
To search Biography Reference Bank for biographical information:
Click the letter B on the Jump to menu.
Click Biography Reference Bank (WilsonWeb).
Type a person’s name in the boxes adjacent to Search For: For instance, type:
Johannes Kepler
Click Start.
Click the person’s name to access a list of biographies.
Click results listed next to Resource Links to access full-text biographies of
the person.
E-mail the article you are currently viewing by clicking the blue Email
button located on the top left-hand side of your screen.
If full-text link options are not present and you are on-campus, click the icon
with the blue arrow to check the availability of full-text for the article in
other Kean University Library databases. If off-campus, search for the
journal in the Periodicals List.
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Facts on File
World News Digest 1940 to present
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Britannica Online
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CQ Electronic Library
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To search Facts on File World News Digest for wide-ranging information
on current-event topics:
Click the letter F on the Jump to menu.
Click Facts on File World News Digest – 1940 to present (Facts.com).
Click one of the buttons on the upper toolbar, such as Issues and
Controversies or Today’s Science.
Type search terms in the search box on the left-hand side of the screen. For
instance, type: global warming
Click GO!.
Click the title for any document in the results list to access the full-text
article.
E-mail the article you are currently viewing by clicking the Email button
located on the top right-hand side of your screen.
To search Britannica Online for wide-ranging articles from Encyclopaedia
Britannica:
Click the letter B on the Jump to menu.
Click Britannica Online.
Type your search terms in the box labeled Search. For instance, type:
Hubble space telescope
Click Go.
Click the title for any document in the search results list to access the fulltext article.
E-mail the article you are currently viewing by clicking the blue Email Article
button located on the right-hand side of your screen.
CQ Electronic Library is a database that provides access to reports and
government documents on wide-ranging topics from the CQ Public
Affairs Collection, CQ Researcher, and CQ Supreme Court Collection. To
search CQ Electronic Library using your key terms:
Click the letter C on the Jump to menu.
Click CQ Electronic Library (Congressional Quarterly).
Type search terms in the search box on the left labeled All CQEL Search:
Search across your library’s CQEL collections. For instance, type:
global warming
Click Go.
Result: The first 30 retrieved document or report titles will be displayed.
Click titles in the results list to access full-text items.
View a report in PDF (page image) format by clicking either the PDF Color
or PDF B/W button (when available) in the top right-hand corner of the
screen.
E-mail the document or report you are currently viewing by clicking E-mail
This Document or E-mail Report located in the top right-hand corner of the
screen.
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EBSCOhost
Research Databases
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To search the EBSCOhost Research Databases for popular and scholarly
articles using your key terms:
Click the letter E on the Jump to menu.
Click EBSCOhost Research Databases (EBSCOhost).
Click EBSCOhost Web.
Select Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier, and/or Science Reference
Center.
Click Continue.
Type your key terms in the search box labeled Find:
Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain all
of the terms. Use the “or” operator to retrieve one term or the other term
(not necessarily both terms). Use the asterisk (*) as a truncation symbol to
replace the ending of your key words and retrieve items with similar word
roots. For instance, type: global warming and kyoto
Limit your results to articles reviewed or judged by scholars in the field (in
other words, scholarly or peer reviewed articles) by selecting Scholarly (Peer
Reviewed) Journals under the Limit your results heading.
Click Search.
Result: The first 10 retrieved article titles will be displayed. If the full-text
article is available online for a specific item, you will see one or more of the
following links immediately below the item: HTML Full Text, PDF Full Text,
or Linked Full Text. Click one of these links to view the full-text article.
E-mail the article you are currently viewing by clicking E-mail located at the
top of your screen.
If full-text link options are not present and you are on-campus, click the
TOUR button to check the availability of full-text for the article in other
Kean University Library databases. If off-campus, search for the journal in
the Periodicals List.
To search Science Online (American Association for the Advancement of
Science) for articles published in the journal Science from 1997 to present:
Click the letter S on the Jump to menu.
Click Science Online (American Association for the Advancement of Science).
Type your key terms in the search box toward the top right-hand corner of
the screen.
Use the “AND” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain
all of the terms. Use the asterisk (*) as a truncation symbol to replace the
ending of your key words and retrieve items with similar word roots. Use
double quotes (“”) to retrieve items that contain specific phrases. For
instance, type: “global warming” AND kyoto
Click GO.
Result: The first 10 retrieved article titles will be displayed. Click Full Text
or PDF to view the full-text article.
E-mail a hyperlink to the article you are currently viewing by clicking Full
Text, then clicking E-mail This Page located on the left-hand side of your
screen.
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ScienceDirect
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To search ScienceDirect for scholarly articles using your key terms:
Click the letter S on the Jump to menu.
Click ScienceDirect (Elsevier).
Click the Search button to access the Basic Search Template.
Type your key terms in the first and second boxes underneath Term(s):.
Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain all
of the terms. Use the “or” operator to retrieve one term or the other term
(not necessarily both terms). Use the asterisk (*) as a truncation symbol to
replace the ending of your key words and retrieve items with similar word
roots. For example, type,
First Search Box: space shuttle*
Second Search Box: safety
Click Search.
Result: The first 200 article titles will be displayed. If the full-text article is
available online for a specific item, you will see a Full Text + Links link, a
PDF link, or both immediately below the item. Click one of these links to
view the full-text article.
E-mail the full-text article you are viewing by clicking Abstract or Full Text +
Links, then click E-mail Article located in the green box on the right-hand
side of your screen.
Lastly, find full-text articles cited in the article by scrolling to the references
section at the end of the article and clicking on Full Text + Links when
provided for relevant citations.
To search OmniFile Full Text Mega (WilsonWeb) for scholarly articles
using your key terms:
Click the letter O on the Jump to menu.
Click OmniFile Full Text Mega (WilsonWeb).
Select Biological & Agricultural (BA) or General Science (GS) instead of All
from the Subject Area drop-down menu.
Type your key terms in the first, second, and/or third boxes adjacent to
Search For:
Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain all
of the terms. Use double quotes (“”) to retrieve items that contain specific
phrases. Use the asterisk (*) as a truncation symbol to replace the ending of
your key words and retrieve items with similar word roots. For example,
type:
First search box: Hubble space telescope
Second search box: Mars
Limit your retrieved results to articles reviewed or judged by scholars in the
field (in other words, scholarly or peer reviewed articles) by selecting Peer
Reviewed.
Click Start.
Result: The first 10 retrieved article titles will be displayed. If the full-text
article is available online for a specific item, you will see a blue page icon,
red PDF icon, or both immediately to the left of the item. Click one of these
icons to view the full-text article.
E-mail the article you are currently viewing by clicking the blue Print Email
Save button located on the left-hand side of your screen.
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If full-text link options are not present and you are on-campus, click the icon
with the blue arrow to check the availability of full-text for the article in
other Kean University Library databases. If off-campus, search for the
journal in the Periodicals List.
Select Internet Resources
Climate Change
World Bank Group
http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/envext.nsf/46ByDocName/ClimateChange
Climate Prediction Center
National Weather Service
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov
Discovery.com
http://www.discovery.com
NASA
http://www.nasa.gov
NASA Human Space Flight
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
http://www.noaa.gov
National Science Digital Library
http://www.nsdl.gov
Nova Online
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
http://www.pewclimate.org
Selected Internet Resources in Science and Technology
Science Reference Services
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/resources.html
Copyright © 2007, Kean University Library
Created by Ms. Linda Cifelli, Ms. Caroline Geck, and Ms. Chrisler Pitts.
June 27, 2007.
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