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- Academic OneFile
- Source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles on a variety of subjects, including environmental studies and policy.
Integrated with Web of Science for access to cited references.
- Search Academic OneFile
- Agricola
- Database of books and journals from the National Agricultural Library, including the topics of conservation and forestry use.
- Search Agricola
- Biological Abstracts
- Journal articles from 1995-present in the premier database in the life sciences.
- Search Biological Abstracts
- Environment Complete
- RECOMMENDED DATABASE: Find articles from 1950-present relating to agriculture,
ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy resources, natural resources, marine &
freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology,
environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more; includes
full-text.
- Search Envrionment Complete
- GeoRef
- This database of literature in the geosciences provides access to journals, conference proceedings, and other resources.
- Search GeoRef
- Illustrata: Natural Sciences
- This is an interdisciplinary database of searchable tables, figures, graphs, charts, and
other illustrations from the scholarly research and technical literature in the natural
sciences.
- Search Illustrata: Natural Sciences
- InfoTrac OneFile
- One-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics, containing many full-text articles, covering 1980-current.
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- LearningExpress Library
- Comprehensive, interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help students and adult learners succeed on academic or licensing tests.
- Search LearningExpress Library
- PUBMED
- Articles from the premier database in biomedicine, produced by the National Library of Medicine.
- Search PUBMED
- Web of Science
- Online equivalent of Science Citation Index Expanded, covering 2000-present.
- Search Web of Science (ISI)
- Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition
- Includes full text from General Science Index and other sources.
- Search Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition
- WorldCat
- Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide; contains more than 62 million records.
- Search WorldCat
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Selected Web Sites
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- A deep site with information ranging from health effects to hazardous waste site locations.
- http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov
- Commission for Environmental Cooperation
- Many full-text reports of how Canada, Mexico, and the United States are working together to manage and protect our shared continent.
- http://www.cec.org
- Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
- Provides data on topics such as sustainability and global warming; especially good for maps.
- http://www.ciesin.org
- Envirofacts
- One-stop search engine for all the Environmental Protection Agency's databases.
- http://www.epa.gov/enviro/index.html
- IRIS: Integrated Risk Information System
- Database of human health consequences of exposure to various toxins.
- http://www.epa.gov/iris/
- National Center for Environmental Health
- Quality medical and public health data from the Centers for Disease Control.
- http://www.cdc.gov/nceh
- National Council for Science and the Environment
- Focusing on environmental policies, this is a good starting point for state-specific data.
- http://www.ncseonline.org
- National Environmental Health Association
- News, job opportunities, credentialing, and other resources for professionals in the field.
- http://www.neha.org
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- Fact sheets and other information available in lay-level language.
- http://www.niehs.nih.gov
- National Library of the Environment
- Full text resources from the National Council for Science and the Environment, including Congressional committee reports.
- http://www.cnie.org/NLE
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
- The best way to get public health advisories, the EPA site is also especially good for respiratory topics.
- http://www.epa.gov
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ETSU Departmental Web Sites
- Department of Environmental Health
- Information for current and prospective students about the programs offered by the department, as well as faculty research interests.
- http://www.etsu.edu/cpah/environ/index.htm
- College of Public and Allied Health
- Information about admissions, undergraduate and graduate catalogs, and job openings in the field.
- http://www.etsu.edu/cpah/
Other departmental sites might be helpful, depending upon the emphasis in Environmental Health.
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Selected Bibliography
- Blue revolution integrated land and water resource management
- Calder, Ian R.
- London: Earthscan, 2005.
- View this book online.
- Handbook of Environmental Health.
- Koren, Herman.
- Boca Raton, Fla.: Lewis Publishers, 2003.
- SHERROD Reference Room RA565 .K67 2003
- International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics.
- London: Routledge, 2002.
- SHERROD Reference Room GE170 .I55 2002
- Life Support: the environment and human health.
- McCally, Michael.
- Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2002.
- View this book online.
- Organic Chemistry
- Patrick, Graham L.
- London: Taylor & Francis Routledge, 2004.
- View this book online.
- Strategic Environmental Assessment in Action.
- Therivel, Riki.
- London: James and James, 2004.
- View this book online.
- Wiley's Remediation Technologies Handbook: Major Contaminant Chemicals and Chemical Groups
- Lehr, Jay H.
- Hoboken, N.J: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004.
- View this book online.
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