Databases by Subject > Environmental Studies

 Databases marked with the MeL logo    are provided to Lawrence Tech
by the Michigan Electronic Library, funded by a statewide sharing initiative

 A-to-Z LISTINGS OF FULL-TEXT PERIODICALS ONLINE 
Links to the electronic periodicals included with LTU’s subscriptions

ASCE DIGITAL LIBRARY ( American Society of Civil Engineers) (2000 - present)
Full-text of the Society's Journals, and now including the proceedings as well.

ASTA (Applied Science and Technology Abstracts) (1983-present)
Science, engineering, technology

BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL INDEX    (1984-present)
Ecology, biology, forestry, and agriculture

DOE INFORMATION BRIDGE  (1992-present; some older documents as well)
Department of Energy's Information Bridge includes citations and full-text PDF documents from a variety of sources.  (free to all, no login required)

ENGINEERING VILLAGE 2   (“Compendex”) (1970-presnt)
Abstracts of world-wide engineering literature, the Engineering Index online.

EXPANDED ACADEMIC ASAP     (1980-present)     
Scholarly journals included in this cross-disciplinary database

GALE GROUP all databases  (all databases at once)    
(formerly Infotrac) Search all at once, or just select several to search
Includes New York Times full-text since 1995

GENERAL SCIENCE ABSTRACTS  (1984-present)
Citations to general and environmental topics

GPO (Government Printing Office Index) (1976-present)    
US government documents excluding NTIS/high tech publications

HEALTH REFERENCE CENTER ACADEMIC (1980-present)   
Articles on topic and issues

INDEX TO LEGAL PERIODICALS   (1981-present)    

INFOTRAC all databases  (all databases at once)    
See Gale Group above

LEGALTRAC     (1980-present)    
Find articles in US and International law reviews, journals, legal newspapers

LEXISNEXIS  (and STATISTICAL UNIVERSE)  (1990-present)
Full-text newspapers, periodicals, newsletters, statistical data

MeL (Michigan Electronic Library)    
Portal for hundreds of informational web sites and for Michigan laws, information, etc.

NETLIBRARY
19,986 online books, all included in LTU online catalog

OPEN J-GATE 
3,000 full-text journals (1,500 peer-reviewed) on all topic areas.

PAPERS FIRST    (1965-present)    
Selective index of papers presented at conferences worldwide

PROCEEDINGS FIRST    (1993-present)    
Index of conference proceedings with listings of papers presented

READER’S GUIDE ABSTRACTS  (1983-present)
The most famous general index to popular magazines, including New York Times

SAE DIGITAL LIBRARY
Paper abstracts since 1900; microfilm 1966-1999; full-text online since 2000

SCIENCEDIRECT 
Full-text of  more than 1,600 journals in the physical sciences, life sciences, and health sciences.  Also includes additional journals with indexing and abstracts.

SCOPUS
15,000+ peer reviewed journals, websites, etc.

SOCIAL SCIENCE ABSTRACTS  (1983-present)
Index to articles in all of the social sciences

WILSON SELECT PLUS (1994-present)    
Everything full-text, covering all subject areas

WORLDCAT    
Worldwide list of libraries and book holdings, works like a giant online catalog

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