Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center

UPDATE:   8/19/2020

The Mason Libraries will reopen on Monday 8/24/2020, to serve the needs of Mason faculty, staff and students. For more information, please visit our  FAQ page (https://library.gmu.edu/faq-page) and our Library Services Updates page (https://library.gmu.edu/covid-19-updates)

For Research Help:

• Contact me via email and I will respond within 24 hrs.  OR use the schedule button below.
• As you prefer, we can meet online via Zoom or talk on the phone. I will send you meeting information once the meeting is scheduled.

Take care!

Kim Hoffman

Welcome to the Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center Infoguide.

Use this guide to discover environmental sciences resources available to you at Mason and online.

• Find Environmental Education Resources - Databases, images and online resources
• Find Environmental Research Resources - Databases, journals and reference books
• Find Organizations - Local and national environmental organizations
• Get Help - Chat with a librarian or setup an appointment with the Environmental Sciences Librarian

APA Module

Watch this video on APA Citation Style

Note: Changes in APA formatting:
Summary of notable changes (thanks to  College of DuPage Library  https://www.codlrc.org/APA_7)
·       Website URLs no longer need to be preceded with “Retrieved from:”.
·       Ebooks no longer require type of ebook to be listed (e.g. PDF, Kindle etc)
·       Journal DOIs now displayed as a doi.org URL instead of “DOI:” prefix. 
         For example: “DOI: 10.1109/5.771073” becomes “https⁚//doi.org/10.1109/5.771073”
·       The publisher location is no longer required. 
         For example:  “New York: Macmillan” is now just “Macmillan”.
·       The running head rules are “simplified,” and running heads are 
         not required for student papers
·       The first in-text citation of a work by more than two authors may list 
        only the first author, followed by “et al.”
·       The reference section lists up to 20 authors for a single work
 

Take this APA Quiz

IN-Class materials

The following guides may be useful for doing research in environmental sciences: