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Jeff Corrigan

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Articles & Databases

Highly Recommended

Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection
Comprehensive coverage of agriculture and the environmental sciences.
Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Collection
(Includes Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts) Comprehensive coverage of marine and aquatic sciences, both biological and physical
GreenFile
Scholarly, government and general-interest titles on all aspects of human impact to the environment.

Others Resources To Consider

ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Covers life and physical sciences
SpringerLink Journals This link opens in a new window
Search for peer-reviewed journals in life and physical sciences
Wiley Journals This link opens in a new window
Provides access to journals in a variety of disciplines in both the hard and social sciences
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google's search interface for finding information of an academic or scholarly nature, both on the web and in the library's collection.
Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary index to journals with full text of most articles.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary index to journals with full text of most articles.
Annual Reviews Backfile
Authoritative scientific review articles synthesizing prior research.
JSTOR
Scholarly journal articles at least one to five years old on a wide variety of academic topics.

Browse Selected Journals

Biological sciences journals available through the CSUMB Library

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Books

Books at the CSUMB Library

OneSearch enables searches to discover books and videos in the CSUMB Library's collection.

Use these keywords/terms for lists of CSUMB Library holdings on:

environmental ethics

environmental justice

environmental policy

environmentalism and environmental movements

ecofeminism

human and social ecology

biodiversity

endangered species

global warming and climate change

sustainability

Books At Other Libraries

CSU OneSearch
Search for books at any of the 23 CSU campus libraries.
MOBAC Monterey Bay Regional Library Catalogs
Search for books at other libraries in the Monterey Bay region.

WorldCat This link opens in a new window
Search over two billion items from more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.

CSUMB students, faculty and staff may use CSU+ Resource Sharing (a service integrated into OneSearch) for ordering books and media held at other CSUs and institutions.

Current CSUMB Students, Staff, and Faculty are welcome to check out Course Reserve items. For more information, click here.

Search our online encyclopedias

When beginning research on a topic, these resources can provide excellent overviews for subjects of interest.

Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America

Climate Change: In Context

Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy

Encyclopedia of Sustainability

Environmental Encyclopedia

Environmental Issues: Essential Primary Sources

Environmental Justice: A Reference Handbook

MacMillan Encyclopedia of Energy

Pollution: A to Z

Renewable and Alternative Energy Resources: A Reference Handbook

Waste Management: A Reference Handbook

Water: Science and Issues

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals

Websites

California and West Coast

CERES- California Environmental Resources Evaluation System

California Coastal Commission Publications a variety of web documents on coastal issues of regional relevance

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary a wealth of local information on aquatic and marine topics

Former Fort Ord Environmental Cleanup website

California Natural Diversity Database from California Department of Fish and Game

California Department of Conservation

California Energy Commission Climate Change Partnerships

Center for Environmental Public Policy (CEPP) at UC Berkeley

California Climate Action at UC Berkeley Law School

California Environmental Protection Agency

West Coast Governors' Alliance on Ocean Health (WCGA) California, Oregon and Washington

National

Science.gov portal to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies

Congressional Research Service Reports

Resources for the Future issue papers

The Global Council for Science and the Environment (GCSE)

The Encyclopedia of Earth

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

ECOTOX Knowledgebase provides single chemical environmental toxicity data on aquatic and terrestrial species

Environmental Justice Resources (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information

USGS Ecosystems Mission Area

USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

National Agricultural Library (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Ocean Conservation (Pew Charitable Trusts) reports and analyses on marine resource management

Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON) project is the foundation of Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) national data portal from USGS

Environmental Science & Studies Research Guide