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SABIO
- the UA LIBRARY GATEWAY - providing access to:
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CATALOG
of
books & more - a searchable online catalog of the Library's books,
videos, journals, ...
**use the KEYWORD
field to search words/terms of interest (for example: biodiversity; evolution;
population dynamics; global warming; ozone depletion; climate change)
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INDEXES
to articles & more - electronic databases in which to search for magazine
& journal articles, as well as newspaper articles.
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WEB
SEARCH TOOLS -
hot links to all your favorite search engines - Yahoo, Hotbot,
and Excite are a few examples.
RIOis
an online tutorial to help show you how to effectively search the SABIO
Catalog
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SOME
REFERENCE BOOKS OF INTEREST:
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McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia
of Science & Technology - Q 121 .M3 1997 Sci Ref - Articles begin
with a definition, give a brief overview of a topic, then develop the topic
more fully. Index is Vol. 20.
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The International
Encyclopedia of Science and Technology - Q121 .I48 1999 - Science
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McGraw-Hill Yearbook
of Science & Technology - Q121 .M31 - Science (1962 - present;
latest volume in SCIENCE REF)
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Encyclopedia of Environmental
Biology - QH 540.4 .E52 1995 Sci Ref - Articles reflect important areas
in the study of the environment, ranging from public and research interest
to environmental law. Each entry has an outline, glossary, cross references
and bibliography. Subject index in last volume.
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Conservationism and
the Environment - GE10 .C68 1995 Sci Ref - Covers three main subjects:
ecology, pollution, and sustainability. 500 entries (from 1/2 to
2 pages in length) are arranged alphabetically and terms are cross-referenced
and include bibliographies. Provides "a balanced point of view...comprehensible
to non-experts and accessible to those new to a particular subject."
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Magill's Survey of
Science. Life Science Series - QH 307.2 .M34 1991 Sci Ref - Each article
includes a list of definitions, topic summary, how the topic is researched
and relates to a field of study, and a bibliography.
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McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia
of Environmental Science & Engineering
-GE10 .M38 1993 - covers fields of environmental science and environmental
protection.
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Encyclopedia of Environmental
Analysis and Remediation - GE10 .E49 1998 Sci Ref- 8-volume "professional-level
compendium covering all aspects of the environment." Articles are
several pages in length and are comprised of an introductory paragraph,
coverage of several aspects of each concept, and many tables, charts, diagrams
and bibliographies.
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Encyclopedia of the
Environment - GE10 .E53 1994 Sci Ref - Contains articles from 1 1/2
to 4 pages in length on various environmental terms from acid rain to zoning,
people and organizations. Some articles are accompanied by
tables. Includes an index of contributors as well as subjects.
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Magill's Survey of
Science: Earth Science Series - QE28 .M33 1990 Science Reference
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McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia
of the Geological Sciences - QE5 .M29 1988 Science Reference
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Encyclopedia of Atmospheric
Sciences and Astrogeology - QC854 .F34 Sci Ref- This volume, of the
Encyclopedia of the Earth series, provides short articles on a variety
of topics. Bibliographies are included, and illustrations and tables
accompany many of the articles.
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Encyclopedia of Climate
and Weather - QC854 .E523 1996 Sci Ref- This source is designed to
encompass a wide range of natural scientific subjects, as well as the social
sciences that have contributed to the understanding of both the causes
of weather and climate change and their effects on environment and society.
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Encyclopedia of Climatology
- QC854 .E525 1987 Sci Ref- Brief articles on climatology concepts, including
many illustrations and charts. Each article also includes a short
bibliography and a list of terms for cross references.
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World Survey of Climatology
- QC981 .W67 v. 1-16 Sci Ref- Volumes 1-3 of this series cover general
climatological information, with extensive bibliographies following each
article. Subsequent volumes specialize in topics such as "Climates
of the Oceans" and "Future Climates of the World."
JOURNAL
& NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:
For a basic
guide to searching for articles - check out RIO's DATABASE
BASICS, and FINDING
MAGAZINE & JOURNAL ARTICLES!
To
get ideas on topics, lay-out, and writing styles - try browsing some of
the general science journals in the Current Periodicals Room of the Science-Engineering
Library - or try "online" browsing:
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Discover (Q 1
D57) (Note: there are also selected full-text articles online at http://www.discover.com/
along with a searchable archive.)
To
search for journal/magazine articles, try the following databases:
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GENERAL:
ACADEMIC
SEARCH PREMIER/EBSCOHOST - (http://www.library.arizona.edu/indexes/links/ebscohost.shtml)
- Covers a broad range of disciplines including general academic, business,
social sciences, humanities, general sciences, education, and multi-cultural
topics. Offers full text coverage for 1,000 journals and indexing for 3,000
journals. (Full text 1992 - present) (Index 1980 - present) TIPS
FOR SEARCHING!!
EXPANDED
ACADEMIC INDEX - (http://www.library.arizona.edu/indexes/links/eai.shtml)
-includes references -- some with abstracts --
to articles from over 1,400 scholarly journals and general interest magazines.
Updated monthly. (1982 - date)
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SCIENTIFIC:
Meteorological
and geoastrophysical abstracts -(http://www.library.arizona.edu/indexes/links/mga.shtml)
(online coverage from 1974) (PRINT at QC851 .A62 - coverage from
1950 - present.) Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts, known by
its abbreviation MA, is the only abstract service devoted exclusively to
covering the world's literature on meteorology, climatology, atmospheric
chemistry and physics, physical oceanography, hydrology, glaciology, and
related environmental sciences. (Try global climate and life; global warming
and ; climate change, paleoclimate and life, ...)
Applied
Science & Technology Abstracts - (http://www.library.arizona.edu/indexes/links/appliedsandtabs.shtml)
- Abstracts of articles from over 350 key, international English-language
periodicals in various fields of applied science and technology, including
chemistry, computer technology, data processing, energy-related disciplines,
engineering, mathematics, and physics. Book reviews are also cited. (October
1983 to Present) TIPS
FOR SEARCHING!! (Try Climatic Change*; Greenhouse Effect; Global
Warming; ...)
To
search for newspaper articles, try the following databases:
Arizona
Daily Star - (http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/indexes/links/azstarnet.shtml)
- coverage from 1991 to present.
Arizona
Republic - (http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/indexes/links/azrepublic.shtml)
- coverage from 1987 to present.
Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe -
(http://www.library.arizona.edu/indexes/links/acaduniv.shtml)
- Includes general topic news, as well as company, industry, market,
government and political news. (coverage varies) TIPS
FOR SEARCHING!!
National
Newspaper Index -
(http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/indexes/links/natnewpaperindex.shtml)
- index of articles from The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Christian
Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post. Updated
monthly.
World
News Connection -
(http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/indexes/links/wnc.shtml)
- obtained from full text and summaries of newspaper articles, conference
proceedings, television and radio broadcasts, periodicals, and non-classified
technical reports. New information is entered into WNC every government
business day. Generally, new information is available within 48-72 hours
from the time of original publication or broadcast.
Global
NewsBank (international news) -
(http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/indexes/links/globalnewsbank.shtml)
- International news coverage of current issues and events from Africa,
Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, Pacific Rim, Central and South America
and the Middle East. Includes articles, news summaries, broadcasts and
transcripts from hundreds of international sources. Coverage: 1993 - present.
TIPS
FOR SEARCHING!!
GENERAL
SEARCHING TIPS TO REMEMBER!
All
the databases share common characteristics. They will all have SOME
method to:
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WEB
RESOURCES:
INTERNET SITES
OF INTEREST -
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COLUMBIA
EARTHSCAPE -
at http://www.earthscape.org/
- an online resource on the global environment - containing multimedia,
multidisciplinary educational resources; Earth Affairs Magazine covering
earth and environmental policy; fully searchable datasets, modeling systems,
and links to other resources; and Research Reports on conferences, seminars,
books, and journals covering global environmental and climitalogical issues
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NATIONAL
LIBRARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT -
at http://www.cnie.org/
- an online resource from the National Council for Science and the Environment
(Formerly the Committee for the National Institute for the Environment)
for "improving the scientific basis for making decisions on environmental
issues."
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THE
TREE OF LIFE -
a multi-authored, distributed Internet project containing information about
phylogeny and biodiversity
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TRY A SEARCH ON
SEARCHEdu.com
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It will return only academic/education sites!
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TRY A SEARCH ON
SEARCHGOV.com
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It will return only government sites!
EVALUATING
INTERNET SITES - There is a wealth of information on the Internet
- some of it very useful, but much of it unreliable or inaccurate!
Selection of sites which can be of VALUE to you in your research requires
careful critical evaluation and good judgment! The form, EVALUATING
INTERNET SITES, can be used to help you in this evaluation process
as you weed out the good, the bad, and the ugly!
Web Evaluation material
from: http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/inform.htm
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CITATION
GUIDES
The UA Library
has an online guide to citing
references in your bibliography with APA style, MLA style, and Chicago
Manual style.
EXAMPLE CITATIONS:
Book:
Tattersall, I. 1999.
The last Neanderthal: The rise, success, and mysterious extinction
of our closest human relatives. Nevraumont Publishing, New
York.
Article:
Cohn, A., R. Bills,
C. Z. Cocquyt, and A. G. Calijon. 1994. The impact of sediment
pollution on biodiversity in Lake Tanganykia. Conservation Biology
7:667-677.
Article Viewed
Online:
Walker, B., and
W. Steffen. 1997. An overview of the implications of global change for
natural and managed terrestrial ecosystems. Conservation Ecology 1(2):
http://www.consecol.org/vol1/iss2/art2. Accessed 2003 Feb 14.
Citation of Web
Page:
United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change. 2002. Available at http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/cop7/13a01.pdf
Accessed 15 June 2002.
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More Help, Please Contact:
Jill
Newby at newbyj@u.library.arizona.edu
or 621-6387
Marianne
Stowell Bracke at brackem@u.library.arizona.edu
or 621-4612
Last update: February
17, 2003
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