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This guide was designed by Eleanor L. Lomax to help identify resources on Environmental Science and related topics in the FAU Boca Raton Library. The electronic resources are available from the FAU Libraries home page by following the links entitled Indexes/ Databases or Articles. Some of these resources have full-text articles available online. To access these resources from off campus, use the EZ Proxy link and log in using your 14-digit Owl Card number. For further assistance, please contact the Reference Desk by telephone (561-297-3785) or send e-mail lyref@fau.edu.

The following is a partial listing of subject headings that can be used to locate publications on environmental sciences the FAU Libraries Catalog.

AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY ECOLOGY ENVIRONMENTALISM

ANIMAL ECOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY HUMAN ECOLOGY

APPLIED ECOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING MARINE ECOLOGY

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PLANT ECOLOGY

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

Applied Science & Technology
Indexes the latest findings in every area of science, engineering, and technology covering trade and industrial publications, journals issued by professional and technical societies, and specialized subject periodicals. Abstracting coverage begins with periodicals published in March 1993. Full Text coverage begins in 1997.

BasicBIOSIS - FirstSearch
A subset, by journal title and year, of BIOSIS Previews. Provides information on recent developments in the biological and biomedical sciences from core life science journals. Coverage from 1994.

Biological & Agricultural Index
This database includes abstracts and full text coverage for selected journals. Periodical coverage includes a wide range of scientific journals, from popular to professional, that pertain to biology and agriculture. About 45 percent of the focus is on agriculture. Full text coverage begins in January 1997.

Biology Digest - CSA
Covers all of the life sciences. Designed especially for undergraduates and high school students. Coverage from 1989.

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - FAU Libraries Electronic Collection.
These databases cover a broad range of specific subjects in the following scientific disciplines: aquatic sciences, medical and biological sciences, environmental sciences, computer sciences and engineering specialties, and materials sciences. Coverage varies by database.

Current Contents Connect.
A weekly service that includes seven content databases covering approximately 6,600 unique journals in the areas of science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Current 12 months.

Elsevier Science Direct - FAU Libraries Electronic Collection and WebLUIS
This database contains the electronic full-text version of approximately 650 of Elsevier's traditional research journals. These journals are primarily in the scientific, technical and medical disciplines. Coverage from 1997.

Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management - FirstSearch
A database of key areas of environmental science, including toxic hazards of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and other substances; air, marine, and freshwater pollution as well as biochemical applications in water treatment and pollution are covered. Coverage from 1981.

General Science Abstracts
This database covers such areas as astronomy, atmospheric science, biology, botany, chemistry, conservation, earth science, environment, food, genetics, health, mathematics, medicine, microbiology, nutrition, oceanography, physics, physiology, and zoology. Full text coverage begins in January 1995.

GEOBASE - FirstSearch
Contains citations with abstracts covering the literature on geography, geology, ecology, international development, and related disciplines. Subject coverage includes climatology, energy, environment, hydrology, sedimentology, geochemistry, petrology, and much more. Coverage from 1980.

GeoRef - FirstSearch
Contains over 1.5 million records from GeoScience publications. Covers North America since 1785 and other areas of the world since 1933.

GPO Monthly Catalog - FirstSearch.
Consists of records published by the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) since July 1976. Includes references to congressional committee reports and hearings, debates, documents from departments and agencies of the federal government and more.

Kluwer Online Journals - FAU Libraries Electronic Collection
Full text of scholarly journals in business, law, medicine, humanities, science, and social science disciplines. Coverage varies by title.

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) - FirstSearch
Indexes public policy and social issues literature from all over the world and in all formats (books, periodical articles, government documents, company reports, etc.). Coverage from 1972.

Science Citation Index Expanded/Web of Science - FAU Libraries Electronic Collection.
Multi disciplinary index to the literature of the sciences from 3,300 major journals across 100 scientific disciplines. Coverage from 1977.

INDEXES & ABSTRACTS

REF QH301 .B37 Biological Abstracts. 1927-1997.

REF Z5321 .B672 Biological Abstracts/RRM. 1980-1997.

REF Z5851 .E52 Engineering Index. 1950-1992.

REF Z7171 .E592 Environment Abstracts Annual. 1980, 1982-1990.

REF Z7163 .P9 PAIS Bulletin. 1985-1990.

REF Z7401 .S365 Science Citation Index. 1945-1995.

DOC GP3.8: U.S. Government Publications Monthly Catalog. 1940 to date.

ALMANACS/HANDBOOKS

REF TD174 .E575 Environmental Data Report. 3rd ed. 1991/1992.

REF KF3775 .E79 Environmental Law Handbook. 13th ed. T.F.P. Sullivan. 1995.

REF TD171.7 .G56 The Global Ecology Handbook: What You Can Do About the Environmental Crisis. W.H. Corson, ed. 1990.

REF TD193 .H36 Handbook of Environmental Degradation Rates. P.H. Howard. 1991.

REF TD193 .H57 Handbook of Mass Spectra of Environmental Contaminants. 2nd ed. R.A. Hites. 1992.

REF TD176.4 .N56 The 1992 Information Please Environmental Almanac. 1992.

HD30.255 .O28 Integrated Environemntal Management Handbook. P.W. O'Callaghan. 1996.

ATLASES

REF G1046 .G3 L4 Atlas of the Environment. G. Lean. 1994.

REF G1202 .G3 M3 Atlas of the United States Environmental Issues. R.J. Mason and M.T. Mattson. 1990.

G1046 .G3 S4 New State of the Earth Atlas. J. Seager. 1995.

DICTIONARIES

REF GE10 .P36 Concise Dictionary of Environmental Engineering. T.M. Pankratz. 1996.

REF TD173 .C54 Concise Dictionary of Environmental Terms. L. Theodore, J. Reynolds and K. Morris, ed. 1997.

REF QH540.4 .C66 A Dictionary of Ecology. 2nd ed. M. Allaby. 1998.

REF GE10 .E36 Elsevier's Dictionary of Environment in English, French, Spanish and Arabic. M. Bakr, comp. 1998.

REF GE10 .E38 Elsevier's Dictionary of Geoenvironment and Natural Disasters: Russian-English and English-Russian. R.G. Dzhamalov and Y.V. Safronov. 1998.

REF KF3775 .A68 P38 Environment and the Law: A Dictionary. V. Patton-Hulce. 1995.

REF TD9 .L44 Environmental Engineering Dictionary. C.C. Lee. 1992.

REF TD169.3 .E58 Environmental Regulatory Glossary. T.F.P. Sullivan. 1993.

REF GE10 .W45 Historical Dictionary of North American Environmentalism. E.R. Wells. 1997.

REF GE10 .L38 Longman Dictionary of Environmental Science. E. Lawrence, A.R.W. Jackson and J.M. Jackson. 1998.

REF RA566 .D53 VNR Dictionary of Environmental Health and Safety. F.S. Lisella. 1994.

DIRECTORIES

REF TD171.5 .E85 D49 A Directory of European Environmental Organizations. M. Deziron and L. Bailey. 1992.

REF GE80 .E58 Environmental Grantmaking Foundations: Directory. Environmental Data Research Institute. 1995.

REF TD171.5 .G7 M55 The Green Index: A Directory of Environmental Organizations in Britain and Ireland. 2nd ed. J.E. Milner. 1994.

REF TD23 .M67 Morrison Environmental Directory. 1990.

EDUCATIONAL/ CAREER GUIDES

REF GE60 .Q56 100 Jobs in the Environment. D. Quintana. 1996.

REF GE60 .D69 The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in the 21st Century. Environmental Careers Organization. 1999.

REF GE80 .E33 Education for the Earth. Peterson's Guides. 1993.

REF G80 .G85 Guide to Graduate Environmental Programs. Student Conservation Association. 1997.

REF GE60 .P48 Peterson's Job Opportunities in the Environment. Peterson's Guides. 1995.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

REF GE197 .G76 ABC-CLIO Companion to the Environmental Movement. M. Grossman. 1994.

REF QH75 .E49 Encyclopedia of Endangered Species. M. Emanoil. 1994.

REF GE10 .E49 Encyclopedia of Environmental Analysis and Remediation. R.A. Meyers, ed. 1998.

REF QH40.4 .E52 Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology. W.A. Nierenberg. 1995.

REF GE10 .E68 Environment Encyclopedia and Directory. Europa Publications Ltd. 1994.

REF GE10 .L38 Macmillan Encyclopedia of the Environment. S.R. Kellert, ed. 1997.

REF TD170 .P57 Planet Management. M. Williams. 1993.
COPY 2 IN CIRCULATING COLLECTION.

REF TJ163.235 .W55 Wiley Encyclopedia of Energy and the Environment. A. Bisio and S. Boots. 1997.

GUIDES TO THE LITERATURE

REF GE30 .L447 Environmental Information: A Guide to Sources. 2nd ed. N. Lees and H. woolston. 1997

REF T10.5 .I49 Information Sources in Engineering. 3rd ed. K.W. Mildren and P.J. Hicks. 1996.

REF GE30 .I56 Information Sources in Environmental Protection. S. Eagle and J. Deschamps. 1997.

REF 10.7 .A87 Information Sources in Grey Literature. 3rd ed. C.P. Auger. 1994.

REF Z7401 .M278 Reference Sources in Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Agriculture. H.R. Malinowsky. 1994.

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	Applied Science & Technology Indexes the latest findings in every area of science, engineering, and technology covering trade and industrial publications, journals issued by professional and technical societies, and specialized subject periodicals. Abstracting coverage begins with periodicals published in March 1993. Full Text coverage begins in 1997.
	BasicBIOSIS - FirstSearch A subset, by journal title and year, of BIOSIS Previews. Provides information on recent developments in the biological and biomedical sciences from core life science journals. Coverage from 1994.
	Biological & Agricultural Index This database includes abstracts and full text coverage for selected journals. Periodical coverage includes a wide range of scientific journals, from popular to professional, that pertain to biology and agriculture. About 45 percent of the focus is on agriculture. Full text coverage begins in January 1997.
	Biology Digest - CSA Covers all of the life sciences. Designed especially for undergraduates and high school students. Coverage from 1989.
	Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - FAU Libraries Electronic Collection. These databases cover a broad range of specific subjects in the following scientific disciplines: aquatic sciences, medical and biological sciences, environmental sciences, computer sciences and engineering specialties, and materials sciences. Coverage varies by database.
	Current Contents Connect. A weekly service that includes seven content databases covering approximately 6,600 unique journals in the areas of science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Current 12 months.
	Elsevier Science Direct - FAU Libraries Electronic Collection and WebLUIS This database contains the electronic full-text version of approximately 650 of Elsevier's traditional research journals. These journals are primarily in the scientific, technical and medical disciplines. Coverage from 1997.
	Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management - FirstSearch A database of key areas of environmental science, including toxic hazards of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and other substances; air, marine, and freshwater pollution as well as biochemical applications in water treatment and pollution are covered. Coverage from 1981.
	General Science Abstracts This database covers such areas as astronomy, atmospheric science, biology, botany, chemistry, conservation, earth science, environment, food, genetics, health, mathematics, medicine, microbiology, nutrition, oceanography, physics, physiology, and zoology. Full text coverage begins in January 1995.
	GEOBASE - FirstSearch Contains citations with abstracts covering the literature on geography, geology, ecology, international development, and related disciplines. Subject coverage includes climatology, energy, environment, hydrology, sedimentology, geochemistry, petrology, and much more. Coverage from 1980.
	GeoRef - FirstSearch Contains over 1.5 million records from GeoScience publications. Covers North America since 1785 and other areas of the world since 1933.
	GPO Monthly Catalog - FirstSearch. Consists of records published by the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) since July 1976. Includes references to congressional committee reports and hearings, debates, documents from departments and agencies of the federal government and more.
	Kluwer Online Journals - FAU Libraries Electronic Collection Full text of scholarly journals in business, law, medicine, humanities, science, and social science disciplines. Coverage varies by title.
	PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) - FirstSearch Indexes public policy and social issues literature from all over the world and in all formats (books, periodical articles, government documents, company reports, etc.). Coverage from 1972.
	Science Citation Index Expanded/Web of Science - FAU Libraries Electronic Collection. Multi disciplinary index to the literature of the sciences from 3,300 major journals across 100 scientific disciplines. Coverage from 1977.

AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY	ECOLOGY	ENVIRONMENTALISM
ANIMAL ECOLOGY	ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY	HUMAN ECOLOGY
APPLIED ECOLOGY	ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING	MARINE ECOLOGY
CHEMICAL ECOLOGY	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION	PLANT ECOLOGY

REF QH301 .B37	Biological Abstracts. 1927-1997.
REF Z5321 .B672	Biological Abstracts/RRM. 1980-1997.
REF Z5851 .E52	Engineering Index. 1950-1992.
REF Z7171 .E592	Environment Abstracts Annual. 1980, 1982-1990.
REF Z7163 .P9	PAIS Bulletin. 1985-1990.
REF Z7401 .S365	Science Citation Index. 1945-1995.
DOC GP3.8:	U.S. Government Publications Monthly Catalog. 1940 to date.

REF TD174 .E575	Environmental Data Report. 3rd ed. 1991/1992.
REF KF3775 .E79	Environmental Law Handbook. 13th ed. T.F.P. Sullivan. 1995.
REF TD171.7 .G56	The Global Ecology Handbook: What You Can Do About the Environmental Crisis. W.H. Corson, ed. 1990.
REF TD193 .H36	Handbook of Environmental Degradation Rates. P.H. Howard. 1991.
REF TD193 .H57	Handbook of Mass Spectra of Environmental Contaminants. 2nd ed. R.A. Hites. 1992.
REF TD176.4 .N56	The 1992 Information Please Environmental Almanac. 1992.
HD30.255 .O28	Integrated Environemntal Management Handbook. P.W. O'Callaghan. 1996.

REF G1046 .G3 L4	Atlas of the Environment. G. Lean. 1994.
REF G1202 .G3 M3	Atlas of the United States Environmental Issues. R.J. Mason and M.T. Mattson. 1990.
G1046 .G3 S4	New State of the Earth Atlas. J. Seager. 1995.

REF GE10 .P36	Concise Dictionary of Environmental Engineering. T.M. Pankratz. 1996.
REF TD173 .C54	Concise Dictionary of Environmental Terms. L. Theodore, J. Reynolds and K. Morris, ed. 1997.
REF QH540.4 .C66	A Dictionary of Ecology. 2nd ed. M. Allaby. 1998.
REF GE10 .E36	Elsevier's Dictionary of Environment in English, French, Spanish and Arabic. M. Bakr, comp. 1998.
REF GE10 .E38	Elsevier's Dictionary of Geoenvironment and Natural Disasters: Russian-English and English-Russian. R.G. Dzhamalov and Y.V. Safronov. 1998.
REF KF3775 .A68 P38	Environment and the Law: A Dictionary. V. Patton-Hulce. 1995.
REF TD9 .L44	Environmental Engineering Dictionary. C.C. Lee. 1992.
REF TD169.3 .E58	Environmental Regulatory Glossary. T.F.P. Sullivan. 1993.
REF GE10 .W45	Historical Dictionary of North American Environmentalism. E.R. Wells. 1997.
REF GE10 .L38	Longman Dictionary of Environmental Science. E. Lawrence, A.R.W. Jackson and J.M. Jackson. 1998.
REF RA566 .D53	VNR Dictionary of Environmental Health and Safety. F.S. Lisella. 1994.

REF TD171.5 .E85 D49	A Directory of European Environmental Organizations. M. Deziron and L. Bailey. 1992.
REF GE80 .E58	Environmental Grantmaking Foundations: Directory. Environmental Data Research Institute. 1995.
REF TD171.5 .G7 M55	The Green Index: A Directory of Environmental Organizations in Britain and Ireland. 2nd ed. J.E. Milner. 1994.
REF TD23 .M67	Morrison Environmental Directory. 1990.

REF GE60 .Q56	100 Jobs in the Environment. D. Quintana. 1996.
REF GE60 .D69	The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in the 21st Century. Environmental Careers Organization. 1999.
REF GE80 .E33	Education for the Earth. Peterson's Guides. 1993.
REF G80 .G85	Guide to Graduate Environmental Programs. Student Conservation Association. 1997.
REF GE60 .P48	Peterson's Job Opportunities in the Environment. Peterson's Guides. 1995.

REF GE197 .G76	ABC-CLIO Companion to the Environmental Movement. M. Grossman. 1994.
REF QH75 .E49	Encyclopedia of Endangered Species. M. Emanoil. 1994.
REF GE10 .E49	Encyclopedia of Environmental Analysis and Remediation. R.A. Meyers, ed. 1998.
REF QH40.4 .E52	Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology. W.A. Nierenberg. 1995.
REF GE10 .E68	Environment Encyclopedia and Directory. Europa Publications Ltd. 1994.
REF GE10 .L38	Macmillan Encyclopedia of the Environment. S.R. Kellert, ed. 1997.
REF TD170 .P57	Planet Management. M. Williams. 1993. COPY 2 IN CIRCULATING COLLECTION.
REF TJ163.235 .W55	Wiley Encyclopedia of Energy and the Environment. A. Bisio and S. Boots. 1997.

REF GE30 .L447	Environmental Information: A Guide to Sources. 2nd ed. N. Lees and H. woolston. 1997
REF T10.5 .I49	Information Sources in Engineering. 3rd ed. K.W. Mildren and P.J. Hicks. 1996.
REF GE30 .I56	Information Sources in Environmental Protection. S. Eagle and J. Deschamps. 1997.
REF 10.7 .A87	Information Sources in Grey Literature. 3rd ed. C.P. Auger. 1994.
REF Z7401 .M278	Reference Sources in Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Agriculture. H.R. Malinowsky. 1994.