Recommended Resources
Databases
The following databases are will be useful this course, but please see our databases page for more choices.
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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
This multi-disciplinary database has records for nearly 18,000 periodicals - journals, magazines, and newspapers - of which nearly 16,000 are peer reviewed. It provides full text for more than 5,000 journals, and you can use Journal Finder to locate articles that do not have a PDF readily available.
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All About Birds: Bird Guide This link opens in a new window
Searchable field guide to the bird species of North America, with keys to identification. Maintained by the Cornell University Lab of Ornithology. Includes sound and video clips.
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Cell Image Library This link opens in a new window
Sponsored by the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), this open-access crowdsourced collection of images and multimedia files is browsable by cell process, cell component, cell type, and organism. The database also provides basic- and advanced-search options, and a free “Cell Library” app for iPhone and iPad users.
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GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowContains a comprehensive backfile (current issues not available) of scholarly journals, current open access articles, and select current scholarly journal subscriptions spanning more than 20 disciplines including business & economics, education, science, history, and language & literature - all in full text
Journals
The following journals are recommended for this course and have subscription access through the library. Search for these titles using Journal Finder
- The American Naturalist (4 year embargo)
- BioScience (1 year embargo)
- Conservation Biology (current issues)
- Diversity and Distributions (current issues)
- Ecology & Society (open access)
- Ecology & Evolution (open access)
- Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (3 year embargo)
- Journal of Applied Ecology (1 year embargo)
- Journal of Environmental Planning & Management (back issues online)
- Journal of Wildlife Management (3 year embargo)
- Nature (4 year embargo)
- Science (6 year embargo for online, current editions in print only)