Article Databases
Article databases make searchable the content (articles) published in academic journals. Each database differs in scope and subject coverage. Use the recommended databases listed below to search for scholarly literature relating to your global environmental research topic.
Entry Points
These databases are good places to start if you are looking for a general understanding of particular environmental issues and the arguments made about these issues. They include non-scholarly, general-interest sources.
- Opposing Viewpoints in Context: Energy and EnvironmentalismBrowse by Environmental Issue and discover articles, viewpoints, news, reference materials, and more.
- Gale OneFile: Environmental Studies and Policy This link opens in a new windowThis databases draws on journals and reference content to provide diverse perspectives on environmental issues from the scientific community, governmental policymakers, and corporate interests.In addition to the Advanced search, try using the Topic Finder and/or the Subject Guide search to find articles on your topic.
Multi-Disciplinary Databases
- JSTOR Arts & Sciences I-XV Collections This link opens in a new windowJSTOR is a multi-disciplinary academic database. It offers the ability to search within subject categories such as Sustainability, Environmental Studies, and Environmental Science.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowAcademic Search Complete is a multi-disciplinary full-text database that will allow you to simultaneously search news, magazine, and scholarly sources.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowIn additional to locating articles, you can use Google Scholar to determine the role a book or article plays in the scholarly conversation by checking how many times it has been cited.
Environmental Databases
- GreenFILE This link opens in a new windowGreenFILE offers scholarly, government, and general-interest titles covering aspects of human impact to the environment. It includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
- Environmental Science Database This link opens in a new windowThe Environmental Science Database is a cross-disciplinary resource of full-text content of global literature across environmental science and related fields. Content is selected from several specialist topic resources in disciplines such as engineering, biotechnology, bacteriology, atmospheric science, ecology, and biology.
Science Databases
- Biological Science Database This link opens in a new windowCoverage of biological science fields including animal behavior, aquatic life and fisheries, chemoreception, biochemistry, ecology, plant science, toxicology, virology, microbiology, immunology genetics, health and safety science, oncogenes, entomology, and endocrinology neuroscience.
- Science Database This link opens in a new windowA largely full-text resource for both the applied and general sciences. Covered disciplines include Physics, Engineering, Astronomy, Biology, Earth Science, Chemistry, and more.
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowScienceDirect is a leading full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from nearly 2,500 journals and 26,000 books.
Business Databases
- Business Source Premier This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive business databases that includes not only journal and newspaper articles, but also industry overviews, industry profiles, product reviews, company reports, country reports, and other reports. Both full-text articles and abstracts.
- ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new windowABI/INFORM features full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data. Includes international coverage.