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Environmental Science Databases

Environment Complete
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Offers coverage in the areas of ecosystem ecology, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, and urban planning. Contains full-text for more than 600 journals and 100 books and indexes over 1,500 journals from 1888 to present. View a tutorial on this database here.
Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection
Contains agricultural science related full-text articles, granular access to figures and tables within articles, and the entire range of bibliographic records from AGRICOLA. Covers resources from 1970 to present. View a tutorial on this database here.
Web of Science: Core Collection
Contains citations and searchable author abstracts, covering scholarly literature in journals, books and conference proceedings. Includes: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Book Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, Index Chemicus, and Emerging Sources Citation Index. Additional resources available by selecting from the dropdown list next to the Core Collection heading.
Zoological Record Plus
Provides extensive coverage of the world's zoological and animal science literature, covering research from biochemistry to veterinary medicine. Backfiles available to 1864.
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Multidisciplinary Databases

Global Health
Provides information on international health, biomedical life sciences, non-communicable diseases, public health nutrition, food safety and hygiene, and more. Contains more than 1.4 million records dating back to 1973.
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Social Sciences Citation Index
Indexes more than 3,000 journals across 55 social science disciplines, as well as selected items from 3,500 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Covers from 1900 to the present. Part of Web of Science.
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Academic Search Complete
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Provides full-text, peer-reviewed journals, as well as indexing and abstracts for monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. Features content going back as far as 1887.
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Environmental Policy Resources

ECOLEX is a database providing a global source of information on environmental law. It is operated jointly by FAO, IUCN and UNEP.

Policy File Index
Access domestic and foreign public policy research and analytical papers on governmental and legal topics, representing the work of think tanks, research groups, and academic institutes from 1990 to present. View a tutorial on this database here.
ProQuest Congressional
Offers access to congressional publications dealing with the wide variety of topics addressed by Congress. Includes U.S. Serial Set, Congressional Hearings and Testimony, Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports, Congressional Record, Legislative Insight, and U.S. Bills and Resolutions; as well as Executive Branch Documents (1789-1948), and Executive Orders and Presidential Proclamations. View a tutorial on this database here..
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Provides a wide range of scholarship in international affairs from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, conference proceedings, books, journals, and policy briefs. Also includes teaching materials such as case studies and course packs of background readings. Contains links to international affairs centers, institutes, and other resources; U.S., international, and foreign government sites; environmental studies web pages; and news media services. All sections updated monthly.

GlobaLex International law research by country, published by the Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law
Environmental Law Institute Information and advocacy on law and policy for the environment. Topics cover climate & energy, environmental governance,environmental health, freshwater and ocean, international programs and land and biodiversity.

International Newsstream
Provides the most recent news content from outside of the U.S. and Canada with archives that stretch back decades. Features newspapers, newswires, transcripts, and digital-only news sites in full-text format, including more than 800 of the world's top news sources such as The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications.
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World News Connection
Online news service that offers an extensive array of translated and English-language news and information compiled from thousands of non-U.S. media sources, including news agencies, newspapers, and radio and television stations. World News Connection covers content from 1995-2013. For earlier coverage, see Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1975-1996.

Commission for Environmental Cooperation Collaborative programs for the environment sponsored by Canada, Mexico and U.S.
Convention on Biological Diversity Over 160 countries convene to establish strategic goals for global biodiversity. Country profiles include biodiversity trends and action plans
Sustainable Developmental Goals Knowledge Hub Online resource center for the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
EPA Policy & Guidance Policy documents represent EPA's official interpretation or view of specific issues. Guidance documents are published to further clarify regulations and to assist in implementation of environmental regulations.
US Endangered Species Act Summaries of major policies for administration of the Endangered Species Act by US Fish and Wildlife and NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) experts are organised into six commissions dedicated to species survival, environmental law, protected areas, social and economic policy, ecosystem management, and education and communication.

Environmental Science Policy links

EcoLex A database providing the most comprehensive, global source of information on environmental law. It is operated jointly by FAO, IUCN and UNEP.
Faolex A multilingual team summarizes and in many cases translates laws and regulations on topics falling within FAO's mandate - agriculture, cultivated plants, environment, fisheries, food, forestry, land and soil, livestock, water and wild species and ecosystems. Legal information is received by FAO from Member Nations pursuant to Article XI of the FAO Constitution.
Environmental Performance Index (EPI) The EPI utilizes a proximity-to-target methodology focused on a core set of environmental outcomes linked to policy goals.
EPA Policy & Guidance Policy documents represent EPA's official interpretation or view of specific issues. Guidance documents are published to further clarify regulations and to assist in implementation of environmental regulations.
National Environmental Policy Act NEPA of 1969 was created to ensure federal agencies consider the environmental impacts of their actions and decisions. Federal agencies are required to systematically assess the environmental impacts of their proposed actions and consider alternative ways of accomplishing their missions, which are less damaging to and protective of the environment.