To find articles, start by searching in the indexes listed below. An index tells us where and when individual articles were published. Each index is different - in its looks, the type of topics it covers, and access to full text articles. If there's no link to full text in the index, use the link from the citation to the article, if Trent has access to it. See more information on finding articles.

For books, start with a TOPCAT search to see what books are in our library. Use a keyword search, unless you're looking for a particular book. If you know the title or author of a book, search for it that way - usually the first few words of a title will find it quickly. See more information on using TOPCAT.

In the "Other Online Resources" section you'll find links to some of our unique databases, including reference books, statistics, images, and primary resource sites that could be helpful for your topic.

Under "Websites" there are links to free websites that we consider academic and reliable for your research.

Important Scholarly Indexes	Access	Description	Coverage
Proquest Environmental Science Databases - search several databases at once	Trent	description	C& FT
Science Citation Index ( in Web of Science / see the Cited Reference Searching page.)	Trent	description	C
Scholars Portal Journals - search the majority of Trent's scholarly e-journals at once	Trent	description	FT
Other Useful Indexes	Access	Description	Coverage
Academic OneFile a general index with many full text articles	Trent	description	C & FT
Academic Search Elite (EBSCOhost) a general index with many full-text articles	Trent	description	C & FT
Agricola agriculture index		WWW	C
Alt-Press Watch	Trent	description	FT
Annual Reviews e-journals in Biomedical, Physical, or Social Sciences	Trent	description	FT
Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS)	WWW		C
Bioline International	Trent	description	FT
Environmental Science & Pollution Management - included in Proquest Environmental Science Databases	Trent	description	C& FT
Proquest Biology Databases - included in Proquest Environmental Science Databases	Trent	description	C& FT
Canadian Periodical Index (CPI-Q)	Trent	description	FT
CBCA (Canadian Business and Current Affairs)	Trent	description	C & FT
CRIS (USDA) Current Research Information System from the U.S. Department of Agriculture	WWW
GeoBase Abstracts index to articles in Geography	Trent	description	C
HighWire Press e-journals	Trent	description	FT
JSTOR (online journal storage for 1100+ journals in a variety of subjects)	Trent	description	FT
Scirus science-specific Internet search engine	WWW		C & FT
Waves	WWW	description
Other Online Resources
The Birds of North America	Trent	description
Encyclopedia of Evolution	Trent	description
Encyclopedia of Global Change	Trent	description
SourceOECD - reports, books, periodicals, statistics	Trent	description
SpringerLink - Earth and Environmental Science - access all online Environmental content from Springer (e-books and e-journals)	Trent	description
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Alternatives Journal

An independent Canadian environmental magazine (published since 1971 by the University of Waterloo) whose aim it is to promote understanding and dialogue among scholars, professionals, activists, students and other citizens concerned about environmental affairs, and in particular the social and political dimensions of the environmental crisis. Order a subscription or single issues for a fee.

Arctic Circle

Information within the themes of Natural Resources; History and Culture; and Social Equity and Environmental Justice, for the Arctic and Subarctic Region.

biodiversity.ca

"This is the website of the federal, provincial and territorial working group on biodiversity. It profiles biodiversity information, news and events."

Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators  (Environment Canada)

Through the Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators (CESI) initiative, the federal government reports on environmental indicators that track the long-term trends for issues of key concern to Canadians: Air Quality, Air Pollutant Emissions, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Water Quality Indicators, Ecosystem Indicators, Protected Habitats, and Wildlife Indicators.

Environment Canada - International Affairs

Overview of Environment Canada's multi and bilateral relations with the international world. It describes various UN Organizations, regional activities, non-governmental organizations, bilaterals relations, multilateral agreements, and provides links to key Environment Canada partner organizations, as well as a calendar of events.

 GLIN - Great Lakes Information Network

Data and Information, including agencies & organizations and research .

thegreenpages.ca

Provides the latest Canadian (national, provincial and local) environmental news, events, and related activities.Updated daily. See also their Web Resources Library - a collection of Canadian and international environment-related links categorized within such themes as air, economics, land, law & policy, planning & resource management, research & technology, waste, water, etc

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Data Distribution Centre (DDC)

The DDC offers access to baseline and scenario data for representing the evolution of climatic, socio-economic, and other environmental conditions. The data are provided by co-operating modelling and analysis centres. It also provides technical guidelines on the selection and use of different types of data and scenarios in research and assessment. The DDC is designed primarily for climate change researchers, but materials contained on the site may also be of interest to educators, governmental and non-governmental organisations, and the general public.

National Climate Data and Information Archive

From Environment Canada, basic access to over a century and a half of historical climate and weather observations is now available. Check the weather on the day you were born or some other time and place.

Natural Resources Canada

This federal government department specializes in the sustainable development and use of natural resources, energy, minerals and metals, forests and earth sciences.

 Northern Climate ExChange

The mission of the Northern Climate ExChange is to provide a credible independent source of information, develop shared understanding and promote action on climate change in northern Canada.

 

 

 

Biodiversity Hotspots

From Conservation International, information on the 25 most biologically rich areas in the world under significant threat of destruction. These areas support nearly 60 percent of the world's plant, bird, mammal, reptile, and amphibian species.

Congressional Research Service Reports

Over 1200 full-text CRS publications, part of the U.S. National Library of the Environment.

DOE Information Bridge (U.S.)

The Department of Energy's Information Bridge, provides open access to full-text (from 1995+) DOE research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, renewable energy, and other topics. Search their Energy Citations Database (1948-Present) for bibliographic records.

EIA (Energy Information Administration) : Official Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government

The Energy Information Administration (EIA), created by Congress in 1977, is a statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Energy. Our mission is to provide policy-neutral data, forecasts, and analyses to promote sound policy making, efficient markets, and public understanding regarding energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.

Ecology and Biodiversity

Part of the WWW Virtual Library, this site includes information on endangered species, pollution, habitats, international treaties, etc..

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

From the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), this site provides a portal to the world of energy efficiency and renewable energy information on the Web.

Environmental Resources on the Internet

Resources are categorized under such headings as Air and Water, Energy, Population, Waste Disposal, etc. (from Southampton College, L.I.U.)

Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI)

An online search service for finding information about environmental treaties and national resource indicators. Includes remote sensing image gallery with links to relevant environmental treaties.

 Infotrieve

A research portal which searches over 30,000 journals especially in the scientific, medical, and technical fields. Articles can be ordered for a fee.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been established by WMO and UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation..

IUCN- The World Conservation Union

An international organization focusing on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of habitats and natural resources.

 REPP : Renewable Energy Policy Project

The site for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable technology information and connections.

 

 

Sustainable Development (from the Center for Economic and Social Studies on the Environment - Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Provides links to a number of websites.

 

United Nations Environment Programme

A major resource for up-to-date global environmental information. The North American node of the UNEP Global Resource Information Database provides access to reports, projects, data, etc.

UNEP/GRID-Arendal

The United Nations Environmental Program GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics library is an on-going project to collect and catalogue all graphic products that have been prepared for publications and web-sites from the last 15 years in a wide range of themes related to environment and sustainable development.

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

The EPA is responsible for environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts in the United States. Information is provided under key topics such as air, cleanup, compliance, ecosystems, environmental management, pesticides, etc.

World Bank Group - Environment

Overview of the Bank's work on environmental issues, including specific information on biodiversity, forestry, land and water resources management, global climate change, Montreal Protocol, persistent organic pollutants, and more.

World Bank Group - NIPR

A site for New Ideas in Pollution Regulation, especially in developing countries.

World Directory of Environmental Organizations Online

Over 350 Web pages with thousands of entries and links. From the California Institute of Public Affairs/InterEnvironment in cooperation with the IUCN.

World Environmental Library

A collection of 400 publications (45,000 pages) of ideas and solutions in the fields of Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Impact Assessment, Energy, Health, Natural Resources, Policy, Sustainable Development, Waste Management and Water (from the New Zealand Digital Library).

E-Books
	The Merck Index
	SpringerLink Reference Books for Earth and Environmental Science (description)
	xreferplus An online collection of 100 reference books
General Reference Books
	A dictionary of ecology, evolution, and systematics  QH 540.4 .L56 1998 REF
	A dictionary of environmental economics, science, and policy  HC 79 .E5 G685 2001 REF
	The dictionary of forestry   SD 126 .D535 1998 REF
	Encyclopedia of environmental biology  QH 540.4 .E52 1995 REF
	ENVIROmation    TD 182 .C22 REF
	The environment dictionary   GE 10 .K45 1998 REF
	Environmental encyclopedia GE 10 .E63 2003 v. 1, 2 REF
	Environmental justice : a reference handbook   JC 578 .N485 1996 REF
	The environmental resource handbook GE 20 .E586 2007 REF
	The Facts on File dictionary of environmental science  TD 9 .W95 2007 REF
	The Guide to graduate environmental programs   GE 80 .G85 1997 REF
	Handbook of environmental and resource economics   HC 79 .E5 H3284 1999 REF
	Routledge French dictionary of environmental technology    TD 9 .R67 1997 REF
Bibliographies

	Annotated bibliography on the core protected area concept and natural heritage conservation   Z 5863 .P2 Z67 1994 REF
	Bay of Fundy environmental and tidal power bibliography  Z 5853 .P83 M6 REF
	Ecotourism : an annotated bibliography for planners & managers   G 154.9 .E363 1993 REF
	Encyclopedia of environmental information sources : a subject guide to about 3,400 print and other sources of information on all aspects of the environment   Z 5863 .P7 E54 1992 REF
	Great Lakes pollution prevention bibliography : a reference manual to support pollution prevention activities in the Great Lakes Basin    Z 5862.2 .W3 M38 1994 REF
	Great Lakes shoreline resource management : a selected annotated bibliography    Z 7164 .R33 K55 1987 REF
	International bibliography of acid rain    Z 5862.2 .A26 I57 1987 REF
	Inventory of waste management information materials   Z 5862.2 .R3 I57 1992 REF
	Radical ecological theory : a bibliography   Z 5863 .P6 N67 1993 REF
	Trade, sustainable development and the environment : a bibliography   HF 1379 .G84 1995 REF