LibGuides: ENVS 0110 Humans, Nature, and the Environment: Addressing Environmental Change in the 21st Century: Find Sources

Environmental Science Research and News

BruKnow This link opens in a new window
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BruKnow is the Library's platform for searching books, ebooks, databases, articles, multimedia, digital collections, and special collections, current
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Broadly search for scholarly literature. Connect Brown University in Google settings to access full text, current.
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research. Google Scholar includes much of Brown's library materials as well. Look for the "FindIt@Brown" button.
Web Of Science This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to scientific, social science, and humanities research; along with forward and backward citation searching capabilities, 1900-present
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
Provides image and full text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics and other fields of the humanities and social sciences. Consult the online tables of contents for holdings, as coverage varies for each title.

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If you need assistance, please contact the CIS Help Desk or eresources@brown.edu.
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
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Indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, covering all aspects of human impact to the environment, current.
Current; GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet.
AGRICOLA This link opens in a new window
Offers citations for journal articles and bibliographic records on all aspects of agriculture
1970-present; articles, book chapters on agriculture, animal sciences, plant sciences, nutrition. [This resource is publicly available.]
PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more, 1914-present.
1914-present; includes periodicals, books, hearings, reports, gray literature, government publications, and Internet resources. Subjects include politics, public policy, government, international relations, law and ethics, human rights, economics, business, finance, and other social sciences.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
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Nexis Uni is a source for information on U.S. and international companies and executives. Includes print and online journals, television and radio broadcasts, newswires and blogs; local, regional, national and international newspapers; legal sources for federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790.
1790-present; Nexis Uni has more than 15,000 news, legal and business sources including:

Print and online journals, television and radio broadcasts, newswires and blogs
Local, regional, national and international newspapers with deep archives
Extensive legal sources for federal and state cases and statutes, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions since 1790
Business information on more than 80 million U.S. and international companies and more than 75 million executives

Newspapers

New York Times - Academic Pass
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Access to the New York Times with the Academic Pass to get access to content through the New York Times website and apps.
Information on how to register for an Academic Pass through Brown, which provides unlimited access to content. The pass must be renewed annually.
Wall Street Journal - Academic Pass This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to the business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper, current.
Information on how to register for a Brown-sponsored Wall Street Journal membership, which provides unlimited access to content. The pass must be renewed annually.
Access World News This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to more than 7,000 local, regional, national, and international news sources, current
Access World News Research Collection is a full text news resource consisting over 7,000+ local, regional, national and international sources. Updated daily, it offers researchers and students primary source information on todays issues and events from newspapers, newswires, transcripts, video clips, web only, and blogs. Provides comprehensive news and information on different perspectives on a wide variety of topics, including economics, business, political science, environmental issues, health and welfare topics, social problems, consumer affairs, education, local government, international affairs and defense, laws, sports and much more. Offering a variety of perspectives from all over the world, the important news sources in this collection are ideal for comparing and contrasting views on both local and global issues. New home of the Providence Journal.