Research Guides: Environmental Science: Books & Background Information

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Ebook & Reference Collections

Ebook Central

Ebook Central is NYU's preferred ebook provider. Users can search, read, highlight, and annotate full-text books in many subject areas, including the social sciences and humanities.

We are working with the vendor to resolve chapter download issues for certain ebooks. If you encounter an error when attempting to open a downloaded book chapter, please select "Read Online" and then "Switch to PDF" to perform the chapter download from within the PDF as a workaround.
ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect is a portal for scholarship published in the sciences, engineering, and technology disciplines.
AccessScience
AccessScience is a collection of introductory reference materials relating to the major scientific disciplines. Users will find definitions, articles, images, videos, and curriculum maps drawn from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, the McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology, and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms.
Credo Reference
Online collection of dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical sources, quotations, bilingual dictionaries, and measurement conversions covering topics from the arts to the sciences.
AccessEngineering
AccessEngineering provides reference E-Books and instructional videos on major areas of engineering. It features content from a broad range of engineering publications, including the latest editions of classics such as Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Perry's Chemical Engineers Handbook, Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers, and Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain. This collection also includes some Schaum's outlines.

Review Articles

Reading a review article is a great way to gain a basic understanding of a topic - and the list of references at the end can help you get started on further research. Below are instructions on how to locate review articles in several databases.

Web of Science (formerly Web of Science Plus)
On the search results page, select "Literature Review" from under "Literature Types" in the left-hand navigation. Then click "Refine."
Environment Complete
There are no filters for publication type in this database. You can add the term "review" to your search to limit.
Medline via PubMed
On the search results page, click "Review" under "Article Types" in the left-hand list of filters. Or you can include "Review[ptyp]" in the search bar.

You can also search journals that publish reviews directly. Here's a good place to start.

Annual Reviews
Annual Reviews offers comprehensive, timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists. Annual Reviews volumes are published each year for 29 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences.

News & Ideas

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