Guides: Environmental Studies: Home

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Start with LibrarySearch (Library default search) to search across the greatest number of books, journals, newspapers and other resources in all disciplines and then use the top resources below and from the left menu.

Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature with tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Includes MEDLINE. Records since 1996 include searchable cited references.
-Contains more than 47 million records, 70% with abstracts, more than 19,500 titles from 5,000 publishers worldwide. 70% of content is pulled from international sources. Includes MEDLINE.
-Records since 1996 include searchable cited references.
-Shortcut: go/scopus (on campus) or http://go.middlebury.edu/scopus (off campus).
Environmental Science Database This link opens in a new window
cross-disciplinary resource of full-text content of global literature across this field and related discipline.such as engineering, biotechnology, bacteriology, atmospheric science, ecology, and biology.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Journal, newspaper, and magazine articles on topics from all major subject areas. Complements LibrarySearch.

Environmental Studies and Policy Collection
1980-current. Gale collection includes over 700 full-text environmental journals and reference works.
Encyclopedias & More section of this guide
Encyclopedias & More includes a variety of reference works including encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, etc. that help provide succinct background information on topics. Also useful for identifying potential sub-topics and identifying key resources.