Databases - Environmental Science

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Academic OneFile
Academic OneFile provides access to peer-reviewed, full-text articles from journals and reference sources. It also offers full text of the New York Times from 1995 to the present and includes transcripts and audio files from National Public Radio (NPR).
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Academic Search Complete (ASC)
A scholarly, multi-disciplinary database that offers more than 6,100 full-text periodicals. In addition to full-text articles, Academic Search Complete provides indexing and abstracts for many more resources, including indexing for more than 10,100 journals, scholarly books, reports, conference proceedings, etc. It includes some searchable PDF content going back as far as 1887.
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Agricola
1970 - present
A bibliographic database of citations to the agricultural literature. Records describe publications and resources encompassing all aspects of agriculture and allied disciplines. Although AGRICOLA does not contain the materials, thousands of AGRICOLA records are linked to online full-text documents. Production of AGRICOLA records in electronic form began in 1970, but the database covers materials in all formats, including printed works from the 15th century. Created by the National Agricultural Library and its cooperators.
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American Chemical Society Publications
ACS provides the scientific community a comprehensive collection of magazines and peer-reviewed journals pertaining to the chemical and related sciences. Full-text is available from present to four years back.
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BioOne
BioOne provides full-text access to bioscience research journals, most of which are published by small societies and non-commercial publishers. Disciplines covered include biology, ecology, and environmental sciences. BioOne is a non-profit endeavor, the result of collaboration among libraries, scholars, and society publishers.

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Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
This online encyclopedia, continually updated, is a web-based version of the twenty-volume set. Topics covered include biochemistry, cell biology, developmental biology, ecology, evolution and diversity of life, functional and comparative morphology, genetics and molecular biology, immunology, microbiology and virology, neuroscience, plant science, science and society, and structural biology.

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Gale Virtual Reference Library
A database of reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Includes resources in the following areas: business, economics, popular culture, multicultural studies, medicine, alternative medicine, biology, endangered species, and earth science.

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GreenFILE

GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects.

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Science Database
A collection of articles from more than 1,600 magazines, journals and reference materials on all areas of science.
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Science Full Text Select (H. W. Wilson)
Science Full Text Select, a WilsonWeb database, provides full-text articles covering general science, applied science, technological, biological, and agricultural topics.
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Aluka Database
Aluka is an online digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa. Coverage includes African geography, plants, and freedom information. The online library contains archival documents, periodicals, books, reports, manuscripts, and reference works, three-dimensional models, maps, oral histories, plant specimens, photographs, and slides.
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America's Newspapers (Newsbank)
A database of the complete electronic editions of more than 750 U.S. newspapers, including major newspapers such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and regional newspapers such as The Knoxville News-Sentinel and The Tennessean.
Paid advertisements are excluded.
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Career Insider (by Vault)
Career Insider offers advice for job-seekers and information about various professions and companies. Included are articles, career guides, online discussions, blogs, videos, and sample resumes and cover letters.

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CountryWatch
Detailed reports for countries of the world. This database includes political, economic, investment, social, and environmental overviews, along with statistics, maps, and links to current news.
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CQ Researcher
1991 - present
The Congressional Quarterly Researcher explores a single issue in the
news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to
environment, health, education and science and technology.
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Custom Newspapers (InfoTrac)
A collection of more than 650 national and international newspapers. Includes the Chattanooga Times/Free Press.
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Expanded Academic ASAP
1980 - present
Coverage in the social sciences, humanities, sciences, and technology, national news, and general interest, with a concentration on scholarly journals.

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General OneFile
General OneFile is a source for news and periodical articles covering a wide range of topics. It includes full-text articles, along with some images and NPR transcripts and audio files. Updated daily.
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JSTOR
1800 to 3 years before present date.
A digital archive collection of scholarly journals starting with the first issues (many of which date from the 1800s).
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Points of View Reference Center
A full-text database of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. For each topic there is an overview along with positive arguments (point) and opposing arguments (counterpoint). Source materials include essays, political magazines, newspapers, news transcripts, primary source documents, and reference books. This database also offers guides to developing arguments and writing position papers.
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Westlaw's Campus Research
Campus Research provides access to news and business information and law-related resources. The resources in this database are designed specifically for use by students needing to research case law, state and federal statutes, administrative codes, law journals and reviews, and news information.
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