Environmental Sciences Research: Further Resources
Everything you need to get started finding scholarly journal articles and books.
While ordinary websites are not good sources of scholarly journal articles, the selected government websites below have other types of useful resources such as policies, descriptions of programs, data, etc., which you can explore.
REFERENCE EBOOKS
A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation by ISBN: 0199641668Publication Date: 2013-02-07Thoroughly revised and updated to include the latest research in the field, A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation provides over 9,000 alphabetically arranged entries on scientific and social aspects of the environment, including concise and authoritative information on key thinkers, treaties, movements, organizations, concepts, and theories. For the second edition, Allaby has added over 700 new entries, including "aerial plankton," "cyclone collector," "oasis," and "supertramp." The dictionary also features many useful appendices that provide sources of online data on the environment, international environment treaties, the Beaufort scale of wind strength, a geological time-scale, the chemical elements, and SI units. In addition, readers have access to recommended web links that are listed and regularly updated on a dedicated companion website. The book also includes line drawings to illustrate entries. Covering such key subjects as sustainable development, biodiversity, and environmental ethics, the dictionary provides state-of-the-art information for readers interested in environmental science, conservation studies, and related topics.
CSUSB SCHOLARWORKS
Our digital repository, CSUSB ScholarWorks, features CSUSB master theses and other publications.
INTERNATIONAL ENTITIES
- Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)Since 1989, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) has used the power of law to protect the environment, promote human rights, and ensure a just and sustainable society. CIEL seeks a world where the law reflects the interconnection between humans and the environment, respects the limits of the planet, protects the dignity and equality of each person, and encourages all of earth’s inhabitants to live in balance with each other.
SELECTED NATIONAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Environmental Sciences DivisionThe Environmental Sciences Division (ESD) is an interdisciplinary research and development organization with more than 60 years of achievements in local, national, and international environmental research. Our vision is to expand scientific knowledge and develop innovative strategies and technologies that will strengthen the nation's leadership in creating solutions to help sustain the Earth’s natural resources.
- Los Alamos National LaboratoryEarth and Environmental Sciences
We provide solutions to complex problems in climate and environmental change, sustainable energy, and national security.
OTHER ENTITIES
- Institute for Tribal Environmental ProfessionalsITEP was created to act as a catalyst among tribal governments, research and technical resources at Northern Arizona University (NAU), various federal, state and local governments, and the private sector, in support of environmental protection of Native American natural resources. ITEP was established at NAU in 1992, in cooperation with USEPA. ITEP accomplishes its mission through several programs.
- The Ecological Society of America (ESA)Ecology is the scientific discipline that is concerned with the relationships between organisms and their past, present, and future environments. These relationships include physiological responses of individuals, structure and dynamics of populations, interactions among species, organization of biological communities, and processing of energy and matter in ecosystems.
