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Databases on the Environment
GEOBASE
Indexes worldwide literature on geography, geology, and ecology, including journals, books, reports, and conference proceedings published from 1980 through the present.
GeoRefS
Indexes and abstracts the geology and earth sciences literature of the world, including journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses. Coverage for North American publications is 1785 to the present; for other publications, coverage is 1933 to the present.
Current Geographical Publications
An index of scholarly journal articles and books in geography, with tables on contents.
Bio One
A full-text database of research journals in the biosciences, ecology, environmental science and paleontology.
JSTOR
A full text archive of scholarly journals from a variety of subject areas (including Geography). Coverage typically begins with the very first issue through all but the most recent years.
Web of Knowledge - Social Sciences Citation Index
The "Social Science Citation Index" section of the Web of Knowledge covers 1725 journals from 1956 -- present. The Cited Ref. feature finds articles that have cited a previously published article.
ISR Catalog

Important Sources on the Envronment
The Dictionary of Human Geography
Many enteries contain a list of suggested readings.
Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change
This title is divided into five volumes: physical and chemical dimensions, biological and ecological dimensions, causes and consequences, responses, and social and economic dimensions.
Encyclopedia of World Environmental History
"...offers a dynamic view of human interaction with the environment from the deep past to the present, encompassing the entire globe."
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
"(The) EPA leads the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts."
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
The federal agency that oversees government research on weather, climate, the oceans, and other related topics.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS)
"Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment."
From the The United Nations Environmental Programme:
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
"...provides information for policy and action to conserve the living world. Our programmes concentrate on species, forests, protected areas, marine, mountains and freshwaters; plus habitats affected by climate change such as polar regions."
The World Atlas of Biodiversity
Statistics on the Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The EPA's statistical resources include:
Envirofacts: Data Warehouse and Applications
"A single point of access to select U.S. EPA Environmental Data."
EuroStat: Environment and Energy
"Eurostat is the key source of statistics at European level - harmonized statistics that enable you to make international comparisons." Registration is require to access some of the information provided.
Pollution Rankings Scorecard (Environmental Defense Fund)
"Scorecard can rank geographic areas or pollution sources using information on health risks, chemical exposures or environmental releases."
Statistical Record of the Environment
This resource is divided into eleven chapters: summary indicators, air and water, climate and weather conditions, land and land use, wildlife and habitat, energy, toxic and hazardous substances, wastes and resource recovery, costs and expenditures, markets and companies, and politics, opinion, law.
For more statistics sources please visit Bertrand Library's Statistics Guide.