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ESL Addresses the Environment

This Web file accompanies the Bunker Hill Community College Library workshop on how to find information on the environment and environmental issues.

BOOKS

If you want to find a book use the BHCC online catalog. You may search the catalog by subject or keyword, as well as by author or title. The Keyword option allows you to combine your search terms. For example, you could use "solar and energy". Learning to use the online catalog is simple but you might want to try a brief refresher .

Selected REFERENCE SOURCES found in the BHCC LIBRARY:

ONLINE INDEX SOURCES for MAGAZINE, NEWSPAPER, and JOURNAL ARTICLES

INFOTRAC Web

This will help you find articles from magazines, many with full text online. If you are off campus, you will need your BHCC ID card to access Infotrac and other databases. Check with the library to make sure your ID card will work.

INFOTRAC is an online index that provides seven databases to search for articles on different topics. General Reference Center and Expanded Academic Index are two databases to use for research on the environment and related topics.

EBSCOhost

EBSCOhost is an online index that like INFOTRAC includes articles from different databases. MasterFILE Premier and Academic Search Premier are two databases to use for research on the environment and related topics.

SELECTED ONLINE RESOURCES on the ENVIRONMENT:

  • CNN Sci-Tech -- Use the "Science and Nature" category from CNN's Web site to find current information on U.S. and international environmental topics.
  • ENVIROLINK: the Online Environmental Community -- This site provides a news link service as well as their own library link on the global environment and related issues.
  • Endangered Species -- This site contains U.S. and international lists of endangered species and also includes causes and definitions on endangered species.
  • Global Recycling Network -- Comprehensive Web site which offers a "Reference Library" that includes many aspects of recycling such as a "Glossary of Recycling Terms" and a "Laws and Regulations" section.
  • Rainforest Action Network

    -- This site not only provides factual information on rainforests of the world it also offers ways to participate in the Network.
  • The Sierra Club: Global Warming -- This Sierra Club site provides information on the causes and effects of global warming and it also features information on different facts and issues about global warming

Don't forget to check out the following Web site source on documenting sources:

Use the example and explanation from Duke University called Citing Sources to learn how to make citations properly.

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Last updated October 17, 2001
Last reviewed October 7, 2007