Environmental Science - key resources
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 | Agricola (NAL Catalog) The catalog and index to the collections of the United States National Agricultural Library. The database covers materials in all formats and periods, including printed works from as far back as the 15th century. The records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines. |
 | Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection (ProQuest) The Agricultural & Environmental Science Database is a cross-disciplinary resource to support research and learning in environmental science and related fields including engineering, biotechnology, bacteriology, atmospheric science, ecology, and biology. Sources include full-text scientific journals, trade journals, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books, and government publications. Access also includes AGRICOLA and TOXLINE databases and content previously available in ESPM (Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS). |
| Biological Science Collection (ProQuest) The Biological Science Database provides wide coverage 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. The resource also includes access to MEDLINE, and the ability to cross-search over 30 abstract and citation databases. Content includes: scholarly and trade journals, conference papers and proceedings, books, magazines & newspapers, government & official publications, reports, tables, working papers, video & audio. |
| CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform The CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform is designed to support multiple stages and types of scientific research. It combines task-specific information solutions including CAS SciFinder-n, CAS Formulus®, CAS Analytical Methods™ and other CAS resources. The CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform supports multifaceted scientific research such as retrosynthetic planning, formulation design, testing-related methods research, and biosequence searching. Access the platform using your SciFinder-n username and password, or first time users must register using the "CAS SciFinder-n registration" link below. |
| CAS SciFinder-n SciFinder-n is the new new platform for SciFinder. First time users must register (see entry below). If you have previously registered using the old version of SciFinder (SciFinder Scholar), this existing login will work for SciFinder-n. This comprehensive database for chemical reactions, substances, structures and indexed chemistry patents includes journal abstracts, patents and other literature references on all areas of science and its applications. Also containing detailed information on compounds and substances including their properties, reactions and full synthetic methods as well as protein and nucleotide sequences. A sophisticated Retrosynthesis Planner available can also be found in SciFinder-n. |
| CAS SciFinder-n registration First time users for SciFinder-n must register, use this link. |
| CAS: Analytical Methods CAS Analytical MethodsTM is a curated collection of over 500 K step-by-step analytical protocols, extracted from peer reviewed literature and patent sources. Cut down on time searching for analytical methodologies with CAS Analytical MethodsTM, a platform containing collated methodologies highlighting analytes, matrices, reagents, instruments, consummables and validation information, in easy to read and downloadable documents. Access CAS Analytical Methods using your SciFinder-n username and password, or first time users must register using the "CAS SciFinder-n registration" link above. |
| CAS: Formulus CAS Formulus® is a curated collection of over five million formulation records from peer reviewed literature, patents and product inserts from the US FDA. Access a world leading collection of formulations to evaluate ingredients, manufacturing processes and regulatory information in a user friendly interface. Access CAS Formulus using your SciFinder-n username and password, or first time users must register using the "CAS SciFinder-n registration" link above. |
| Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Collection (ProQuest) This collection contains earth, atmospheric and aquatic science related full-text articles, granular access to figures and tables within articles. The aquatic science coverage includes the entire range of bibliographic records from Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA). The coverage for atmospheric science includes the entire range of bibliographic records from Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA). |
| Environmental Science Database (Proquest) The Environmental Science Database is a cross-disciplinary resource of full-text content of global literature across this field and related disciplines. It provides the most complete collection of resources available to support research and learning in 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. |
| Environmental Science Index (Proquest) This resource provides in-depth A&I coverage from the environmental science literature and related disciplines. Abstracts and citations are drawn from thousands of peer-reviewed journals, trade titles, conference proceedings, dissertations, and other varied content types. |
| Environmental Studies and Policy (Gale OneFile) Provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and other reference sources covering environmental issues and policies. The database includes diverse perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policymakers, and corporate interests. |
 | GeoScienceWorld A comprehensive resource for research and communications in the geosciences, built on a core database aggregation of peer-reviewed journals indexed, linked, and inter-operable with GeoRef. |
| GreenFILE (EBSCOhost) A database covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. |
| Index New Zealand A searchable database that contains abstracts and descriptions of articles from New Zealand periodicals and newspapers. The periodicals range from academic research journals to magazines. |
| MathSciNet (American Mathematical Society) An electronic publication offering access to a searchable database of reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciences literature. MathSciNet contains millions of items and more than 2.2 million direct links to original articles from over 1,800 journals. Bibliographic data from retrodigitised articles dates back to the early 1800s. It contains all of the contents of the journal Mathematical Reviews (MR) since 1940 along with an extensive author database, links to other MR entries, citations, full journal entries, and links to original articles. |
| Ministry for the Environment Publications | Manatū Mō Te Taiao Ngā Pānuitanga
Publications from New Zealand's Ministry for the Environment. Topics include: air, biodiversity, climate change, energy, fast-track consenting, freshwater, funding, hazardous substances, land, marine, natural hazard, new organism, resource mangement, sustainability, Te ao Māori, urban, waste. |
| NIWA Publications NIWA puts out a variety of electronic and print publications about our research and services. |
| Oceanic Abstracts (ProQuest) A database focused on worldwide technical literature pertaining to the marine and brackish-water environment. It focuses on marine biology and physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, non-living resources, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics. |
| PubChem PubChem is a freely accessible online database for chemical information, providing comprehensive information on various chemical entities. Search chemicals by name, molecular formula, structure, and other identifiers. |
| ScienceDirect (Elsevier) Access full-text, peer reviewed journals, books, and reference works. Covers a broad range of subjects in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Health Sciences, Life Sciences, and, Physical Sciences and Engineering. |
| Scopus (Elsevier) A multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature covering the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and the arts and humanities. The database includes more than 5,000 international publishers including Elsevier (ScienceDirect), Springer, Wiley-Blackwell, Taylor & Francis, and Sage. |
| Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science Core Collection) Provides access to the bibliographic and citation information from the world's leading social sciences journals across 50 disciplines. Cover-to-cover indexing ensures access to every significant item from a journal, including original research articles, reviews, editorials, chronologies, abstracts, and more. Select this database from the 'Editions' filter. |
| Web of Science All Databases Search across all subscribed Web of Science databases: Web of Science Core Collection; BIOSIS Citation Index; Current Contents Connect; Inspec; KCI-Korean Journal Database; MEDLINE; SciELO Citation Index; and, Zoological Record. |
| Web of Science Core Collection Provides access to the world's leading citation databases: Science Citation Index Expanded; Social Sciences Citation Index; Arts & Humanities Citation Index; Emerging Sources Citation Index; Current Chemical Reactions; Index Chemicus; Book Citation Index; and, Conference Proceedings Citation Index. Authoritative, multidisciplinary content covers the highest impact journals, including Open Access journals and conference proceedings. |
| Zoological Record (Web of Science) An index of zoological literature from international journals, review annuals, monographs, meeting proceedings, books, and reports. All major areas of zoology are represented: behaviour, ecology, evolution, habitat, nutrition, parasitology, reproduction, taxonomy, and zoogeography. The thesaurus provides a means of viewing subject, geographical, palaeontological, and taxonomical hierarchical vocabularies. |
Environmental Science - additional resources
| Info | Database title |
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| Agricultural Science Collection (ProQuest) This collection contains agricultural science related full-text articles, granular access to figures and tables within articles, and the entire range of bibliographic records from AGRICOLA. |
| BIOSIS Citation Index (Web of Science) A citation database covering all major areas in the life sciences, with broad coverage in molecular and cell biology, pharmacology, endocrinology, genetics, neurosciences, infectious diseases, ecology and organismal biology. |
| Current Contents Connect (Web of Science) A multidisciplinary, current awareness database that provides access to complete tables of contents, abstracts, bibliographic information, and abstracts from the most recently published issues of leading scholarly journals, as well as from relevant, evaluated websites. |
| Emerald Business, Management and Economics eBook Series Collection A growing collection of volumes with subject coverage that includes: Accounting, Finance and Economics; Business, Management and Strategy; Healthcare Management; HR, Learning and Organisation Studies; Library and Information Management; Public Policy and Environmental Management; and, Tourism and Hospitality Management. |
| Emerald Social Sciences eBook Series Collection A growing collection of volumes with subject coverage that includes: Education; Health and Social Care; and Sociology and Public Policy. |
| ENTRI: Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators Project An online service for accessing multilateral environmental treaty data. Find status data for environmental treaties, treaty text and other related information. Construct custom tables by selecting countries and treaties of interest to you. |
| Environmental Studies in Video (Alexander Street) Environmental Studies in Video will contain 500 hours of film covering all realms of environmental studies, particularly ethics, policy, economics, law, sociology, planning, and environmental science. The collection addresses specific topics including alternative energy, pollution control, eco-design, sustainability, farming and agriculture, the food industry, LEED certification, waste issues, and climate change. |
| Gale Academic OneFile (Gale Cengage) Provides indexing/abstracting for journals and reference sources with many articles available in full-text. Coverage includes the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes coverage of the New York Times back to 1985. |
| JSTOR Sustainability The JSTOR Sustainability collection includes a wide range of journals, ebooks, and more than 5,400 Open Access research reports in the field of sustainability. The subjects of resilience and sustainability are explored broadly, covering research on environmental stresses and their impact on society. |
| Medline (Ovid) An indexing database that covers the international literature on biomedicine, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences, humanities, and information science as they relate to medicine and health care. |
| New Zealand Geographic Digital archive from the first issue of the magazine that covers the people, places, wildlife and environment of New Zealand. |
| New Zealand Geographic VR The NZ-VR project uses specialised 360-VR video technology to produce underwater and land Virtual Reality experiences across sites including Niue, the Kermadecs, Three Kings and south to Taranaki. The VR content can be viewed on mobile devices, desktop computers and VR headsets. |
| NZ Science (Knowledge Basket)
Indexed records of New Zealand science papers and reports from a variety of organisations including DSIR, Department of Conservation, NIWA, HortResearch and Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS). |
| Oxford Handbooks Online The Oxford Handbooks series brings together leading scholars to write articles that survey the current state of scholarship in their field. The collection contains the following subject areas: Archaeology, Business & Management, Classical Studies, Criminology, Economics & Finance, History, Linguistics, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion and Sociology. |
| Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences (Elsevier) Combines related content from Elsevier reference works into a single source of information that is continuously updated. |
| Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) eBook Collection An online reference library containing chemical science books published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. |
| Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Journals Scientific publisher of journals in biology, biophysics, chemical science, materials, medicinal drug discovery and physics. |
| SciELO Citation Index (Web of Science) An abstracting/indexing database with links to open access full-text for journals from Latin America, Spain, Portugal, the Caribbean and South Africa. |
| Taylor & Francis Online A collection of full text journals in humanities, social sciences, science and technology from Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Psychology Press, including access to back issues from 1997 where available. |
| Te Puna A web-based search service giving access to the bibliographic details of what is held in New Zealand and international libraries. |
| Wiley Online Library A collection of full-text scientific, technical, medical, social science and business journals published by Wiley. |