Lamson Library: Environmental Science & Policy: Home

Books

Browse print books on environmental science and policy topics.

Browse our eBooks on environmental science and policy topics.

If you have a citation to an article, type the journal title into the library catalog to find out what years of the journal are available at PSU.

For help decoding journal abbreviations check out the CASSI Journal Abbreviations search tool.

Books related to ecology can be found in several sections of the library, primarily in the GEs and GFs.

In one of these library databases

Web of Science
This citation index helps you search over 10,000 journals and over 150,000 conference proceedings. You’ll find both current and past coverage. WoS also lets you explore the relationships between articles on a topic.
GreenFILE
A good place to find green industry trade publications and popular magazines that address human impact on the environment.
Academic Search Premier
Large collection of articles from both scholarly and popular sources on a wide range of subjects.
JSTOR
Full text access to 625 core journals spanning most subject areas, including over 200 in the fields of botany, zoology, ecology, and cell biology. Specializes in past issues. For the latest issues, see Project MUSE.

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See also: Project MUSE
PubMed
A service of the National Library of Medicine, PubMed includes over 22 million citations for many types of biomedical literature. PubMed incorporates all citations from the MEDLINE database, with additional life science journals.
Google Scholar
Searches scholarly literature indexed by Google.

Setup Scholar for off-campus
NERC Open Research Archive
Repository of research conducted by staff of the National Environmental Research Council (UK). Some full text available.

In one of these collections

Dissertation Abstracts Online
This database contains citations and abstracts for over 2 million dissertations.

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In most cases, you can read the first 25 pages of a dissertation. The "Order a Copy" option does not link to the PSU Interlibrary Loan System. To request a full dissertation go to the Interlibrary Loan Page and fill out a request form.
Open Access Theses and Dissertations
Search theses and dissertations that are freely available online from over 800 colleges and universities.
OpenDOAR
This portal lets you search the contents of digital repositories including dissertations and theses.

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These repositories may include many types of documents. To limit your search, try including the phrase "thesis or dissertation" in the search box.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
Full text collection of over 800,000 dissertations from many disciplines.

If you need a book or article that PSU does not have you can request the article through Interlibrary Loan.

This service is free to all PSU students, faculty, and staff.

Go to the Interlibrary Loan Page.
On the left side of the screen, under New Request choose the material type you want, then fill out the request form.
Articles are delivered to your interlibrary loan account in PDF format, usually in 2-5 business days.
Books are delivered to Lamson and can be picked up at the information desk in 1-2 weeks.

EasyBib can help you create, manage, and save citations in a variety of citation styles.

Below are links to the style manuals for some other common citation styles.

The Purdue OWL has great information on APA, MLA, and Chicago.

ProQuest National Newspapers
Dozens of national newspapers, from the mid 1980s to the present.
Newspaper Source
Several hundred regional and national newspapers, from the early 2000s to the present.
New York Times Digital Archive
Full text of the New York Times from 1851-2007 (for 2007 to the present, see Proquest National Newspapers.)