Selected Ecology & Environment Resources

Databases
(*licensed by Rhodes College)

*360Search
Use 360 Search to search the Rhodes library catalog, selected databases and online journals simultaneously.

• *AccessScience
  Full access to 71,000+ articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of research updates in all areas of science and technology.
• *Biological Sciences (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
  Offers abstracts and citations to research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, and ecology.
• *Cambridge Scientific Abstracts 
  Offers abstracts and citations of a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. Research areas covered include the expansive fields of molecular biology and genetics, microbiology (including diseases), virology, toxicology, and neuroscience; the database also features coverage of specialized topics such as chemoreception, calcified tissue, entomology and marine biotechnology. The database focuses on basic research and it particularly useful to researchers seeking interdisciplinary perspectives across the biological sciences. Subscribers also receive the Plant Science database and Biology Digest database.
• ECOLEX: the Gateway to Environmental Law
  ECOLEX is a database providing the most comprehensive, global source of information on environmental law.ECOLEX is operated jointly by FAO, IUCN and UNEP.
• Greenfile
  GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for approximately 295,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,600 records. 
• *MEDLINE
  From the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Covers all areas of medicine, including clinical medicine, experimental medicine, dentistry, nursing, health services administration, nutrition, and much more. Indexes over 3,900 journals (most with abstracts). Now includes a backfile covering 1965-1984, increasing the coverage to 1965-present. Now includes the MeSH thesaurus.
• Plants Database (USDA)
  The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
• *Science Database (Infotrac)
  Over 1600 science journals ranging from "Abstracts in Hematology & Oncology " to "Zoomorphology". Millions of articles are available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions.
• ScienceResearch.com
  Deep Web Technologies is proud to present ScienceResearch.com™ - a free, publicly available web portal allowing access to numerous scientific journals and public science databases.
• SCIRIS
  Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Driven by the latest search engine technology, Scirus searches over 450 million science-specific Web pages.
• *Today's Science
  Updated weekly with a back file from 1992, Today's Science connects science students in the classroom with the science being done today. A wealth of background information, biographies, an embedded glossary, images, indexes and research aids, and extensive hyperlinking round out this complete science resource.
• University of Connecticut Plant Database
• Visual Resources for Ornithology (VIREO)
  VIREO is the most comprehensive bird image bank in the world. Started in 1979 to provide a centralized, well-curated collection of avian photos for scientific and public use. VIREO contains more than 140,000 images representing over 6,650 bird species from around the world.
• *Wilson OmniFile: Full Text Mega Edition
  Electronic access to full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from over 4,000 journals. Includes these Wilson full text indexes: Education, General Science, Humanities, Social Sciences, Legal, Applied Science & Technology, Art, Biological & Agricultural, Business & Readers Guide.

Online Journals
(*licensed by Rhodes College)

• *BioOne
  A collection of full texts of high-impact bioscience research journals.
• *Blackwell-Synergy
  A collection of over 800 online journals from Blackwell Publishers.
• Directory of Open Access Journals - 3,200 free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals, many of them searchable at the article level
• *JSTOR Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Journals
• *Earth & Environomental Journals by Subject (SerialsSolutions)  
• Living on Earth
  Living on Earth with Steve Curwood is the weekly environmental news and information program distributed by Public Radio International.
• Oceanus: The Magazine That Explores the Oceans in Depth (Woods Hole)
• Open Science Directory
  About 13000 scientific journals are now available in the ′Open Science Directory′. When all the special program journals will be included, the Open Science Directory will contain more than 20000 titles.
• *Oxford Journals Online
  A large collection of online full text journals from Oxford University Press.
• PubMed Central
  A digital archive of life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of health.
• *ScienceDirect Journals
  A full text collection of nearly 1,000 journals in the life sciences.
• Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology [pdf]
  A peer reviewed publication of ecological educational materials by the Ecological Society of America. 

Selected Reference Sources
(*licensed by Rhodes College)

• *Blackwell′s Concise Encyclopedia of Ecology
• *Encyclopedia of Ecology and Environmental Management
• *Dictionary of Environment and Conservation
• *Dictionary of Ecology
• *Dictionary of Environmental Health
• *Dictionary of Earth Sciences
• *McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Earth Science
• *Oxford Companion to the Earth
• *Dictionary of Geography
• *Dictionary of Physical Geography
• *Dictionary of Human Geography
• *Encyclopedia of Global Change
• *Global Warming Desk Reference
• *Dictionary of Weather
• *Hutchinson World Weather Guide
• *Guide to the Oceans
• *Air Pollution: a Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References
• Dictionary of Environmental Economics [Print REF: HC79.E5 D53 2001]

Websites

• Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
  The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a federal public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ATSDR serves the public by using the best science, taking responsive public health actions, and providing trusted health information to prevent harmful exposures and diseases related to toxic substances.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Chem-Tox
  Research effects of pesticides and chemicals upon health.
• DMOZ Ecology Resources
• Ecology WWW Pages
• Best of the Web: Ecology
• Environmental Health Topics (NIEHS)
• Enviromental Protection Agency
• Envirohealthaction
  From Physicians for Social Responsibility. PSR’s Environment and Health Program addresses an array of environmental health issues relevant to health professionals and concerned citizens in the United States and around the globe.
• Environmental Health Watch
• EXTOXNET
  The EXTOXNET InfoBase provides a variety of information about pesticides.
• Green Guide
  From National Geographic. "Dubbed the ′green living source for today′s conscious consumer,′ the Green Guide makes living in an environmentally-aware way easy, understandable, and practical."
• National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals (CDC)
• Oceans and the Law of the Sea (UN)
• Ozone Resource Page (NASA)
• SIS / National Library of Medicine
• The Specialized Information Services (SIS) Division of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) is responsible for information resources and services in toxicology, environmental health, chemistry, HIV/AIDS, and specialized topics in minority health.
• WWW Virtual Library - Oceanography
• WWW Virtual Library - Urban Environmental Management
• WWW Virtual Library - Natural Hazards and Risks