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Environmental Issues Research Links |
Databases for Finding Magazine & Journal Articles
Catalog for Finding Books
Links to Selected Web Sites
Article Databases:
Gale PowerSearch databases on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
Excellent general
article database--articles from popular magazines, academic journals,
reference books and newspapers (including
S.F. Chronicle.).
o To narrow searches, combine concepts with AND.
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PLEASE NOTE: When
search results are first displayed, only magazines articles are shown, if
available for your search.
Click on the “Academic Journals” tab to display all journal articles; click
on the "News" tab
to display news articles; click on the "Reference" tab
to display reference articles.
S.F. Chronicle Archives (SFGate)
Free database of
full-text articles from current and back issues of the S.F. Chronicle (back to 1995).
Alt-Press Watch on campus or
off campus w/ library card
Articles from about
175 magazines, newspapers & journals from
alternative and independent presses.
SIRS Knowledge Source on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
Full-text
articles on social, scientific, political issues and on many humanities topics.
The PLS Online
Catalog is the
online catalog to find books in Skyline Library and in all libraries in the
Peninsula Library System.
After clicking on the link above to access the catalog, follow the steps below:
To search for books in all libraries in the PLS system:
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Type
search words (keep your search words broad) in the first search box & click
Submit.
The search results will show books and other materials in all libraries in
the PLS system.
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To Limit your search results to materials at
·
Click
on Modify Search near the top of the screen.
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You
will be brought back to the search screen and your search term(s) will
reappear.
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Scroll
down to the Location selection box (2nd box under Limit
to: below the search boxes),
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select
Skyline College in the Location box,
·
then
click the Submit button.
To search for books only in
·
Type
search words (keep your search words broad) in the first search box.
·
Scroll
down to the Location selection box (2nd box under Limit
to: below the search boxes),
·
select
Skyline College in the Location box,
·
then
click the Submit button.
Links to Recommended Web Sites:
Links to Recommended Web Sites on Environment Topics (from the Librarians' Index to the Internet)
For more specific topics, select from the LII subject links on the left column or
do a key word search using the search box at the top of the LII page.
Good Stuff? A
Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Things We Buy
Answers to
questions about the environmental and social impacts of the products you buy
and use. Tips, facts, and links to help
you make more informed purchases that benefit your health and the environment.
Friends of the Earth
Environmental organization dedicated to defending the
environment and championing a healthy and just world
Save Our
Environment Action Center
Collaborative
effort of environmental advocacy organizations to increase public awareness and
activism on today's most important environmental issues
Greenpeace
International
organization working to address the threat of global warming,
destruction of ancient forests, deterioration of our oceans, and the threat of
a nuclear disaster
Alternative Energy/Fuels:
Alternative Fuels Data Center
Extensive information
on alternative fuels and the vehicles that use them. Includes Alternative Fuels
Comparison Chart. From
the U.S. Department of Energy.
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Official energy statistics from the
Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Information from the
National Biodiesel Board
National trade
association representing the biodiesel industry
Journey to Forever
Biofuels Library
Articles on
biofuels issues from an educational website dealing with environmental and
development issues
Links to Recommended Web Sites on Alternative Fuels
(from the Librarians' Index to
the Internet)
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last revised: 3-31-09 |
