ENVIR 490 Pre-Capstone Seminar

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If the full text of the article is not available in the database, search the UW Libraries Catalog for the title of the magazine or journal to see if we have it available online in another database and/or in print in the library.

If the magazine or journal is not available online or in print, borrow a copy of it for free through Interlibrary Loan.

• Aquatic sciences & fisheries abstracts ASFA / - (CSA) - UW restricted
  Covers all aspects of marine, brackish, and freshwater environments including biology; ecology; fisheries; aquaculture; oceanography; limnology; resources and commerce; pollution; biotechnology; marine technology and engineering.
• BioOne - - UW restricted
  Full texts of research journals focused on the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences
• BIOSIS previews - (1969+) - UW restricted
  Provides worldwide coverage of life sciences literature, with emphasis on research papers from primary biological and biomedical journals.
• Engineering village 2 - - UW restricted
  Citations with abstracts to worldwide literature in engineering and technology, excluding patents.
• Forest science database - (SilverPlatter Online) - UW restricted
  Includes information on all aspects of ecology and management of natural and plantation forest and agroforestry systems; wood properties, production, and marketing of forest products; biology, genetics, pests, diseases, and injuries of forest trees. Most recent citations have an abstract. Includes all records from Forestry Abstracts, Forest Products Abstracts and Agroforestry Abstracats
• Geobase - (1980- coverage) - UW restricted
  Contains bibliographic citations covering earth science, ecology, geography, environment, and marine science.
• GeoRef - - UW restricted
  Provides access to the geoscience literature of the world. Database contains citations and abstracts to journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses; covers the geology of North America from 1693 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present; includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey.
• LexisNexis academic - (Internet access) - UW restricted
  Extensive array of full-text news (newspapers, wire services, transcripts and newsletters), business literature, industry and company information, legal, biographical, and reference resources.
• Meteorological & geoastrophysical abstracts - - UW restricted
  Covering the world's literature on meteorology, climatology, atmospheric chemistry and physics, physical oceanography, hydrology, glaciology, and related environmental sciences
• National newspapers - - UW restricted
  Covers 27 major U.S. newspapers and other U.S., international, and minority interest papers. Includes some fulltext. For the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and Oregonian, search ProQuest Newspapers in the Databases & Catalogs list
• NTIS - - UW restricted
  Indexes and abstracts U.S. government-sponsored research, development, and engineering reports and analyses distributed by the National Technical Information Service.
• PAIS International - (CSA) - UW restricted
  Provides indexing to a selective list of books, articles and government reports relating to public and social policy issues.
• Science citation index - (Web of Science) Web of Science includes Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), 1965-present; Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), 1975-present; and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI), 1975-present. - UW restricted
  A multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts and cited references, covering 5,300 major journals in a wide variety of science fields
• Water resources abstracts - (CSA) - UW restricted
  Contains abstracts of journal articles, monographs, and reports coering the development, management and research of water resources.
• Wildlife & ecology studies worldwide - - UW restricted
  Contains bibliographic records on animal and bird species, wildlife management issues, diseases, game and hunting, Central and South American fauna; includes journals, monographs, conference publications, theses, and field studies.
• Search other databases listed on subject pages related to your topic

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  
• USDA Forest Service
  
• Institute for Environmental Research and Education
• Restoration Ecology Network

• community gardens
• superfund and washington state
• renewable energy source* and fuel
• building process* and design
• public health and seattle

Here are some books available in UW Libraries:

• The benefits of a community garden : implications for a sustainable society
• Proposed plan for Commencement Bay nearshore/tideflats Superfund site : prepared under requirements of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Sec. 117
• The long emergency : surviving the converging catastrophes of the twenty-first century
• Sustainable construction : green building design and delivery
• Community research in environmental health : studies in science, advocacy, and ethics

Search these catalogs to find books:

• UW Libraries Catalog
  Search the Catalog to find books held at all UW Libraries (including UW Bothell and UW Tacoma), except the UW Law Library.
• Summit Catalog
  Search this to find books located in the UW Libraries, including the UW Law Library, and over 30 other academic libraries in Washington State and Oregon.

  You can borrow books listed as "Available" using the "Request This Item" link. It will take approximately 3 business days for the book to arrive at the UW library of your choice.

• OCLC WorldCat [UW Restricted]
  Search this to find books held in libraries around the world.

  You can borrow books from most libraries for free using the UW Libraries Interlibrary Loan service. Click the "Current UW and Cascadia Students, Faculty, & Staff" link to log in. It takes about a week for the books to arrive, depending on where the library is located.

• UW Libraries Catalog
  The Government Publications section of the UW Libraries is a federal depository library, thus it receives a copy of every document published by the US government. GovPubs also receives a large number of publications from international organizations including the United Nations and the World Bank.

• National Environmental Publications Information System
  Full text, online EPA documents

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