This guide provides a set of resources useful for introductory undergraduate research in Environmental Research at the Cabot Science Library. This list is not intended to be exhaustive or comprehensive. Cabot Library holds the general science collections for the university; additional resources are available at the Environmental Research Center. Please consult the HOLLIS catalog and the E-Research @ Harvard site for all of Harvard’s holdings.
General Reference Sources
Making Sense: A Student's Guide to Research and Writing: Geography & Environmental Sciences / Northey, M. & D.B.Knight ; Cabot REF G74 .N67 2001 [Writing Aids Shelf]
Concise Dictionary of Environmental Terms ; Cabot REF GE10 .C655 1997
Environmental Literature: An Encyclopedia of Works, Authors, and Themes ; Cabot GE35 .E58 1999
Exploring the Web Of Life
Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World / Lunine, J.I. ; Cabot QB631 .L836 1999
The Variety of Life: Survey and a Celebration of All the Creatures that Have Ever Lived / Tudge, C. ; Cabot REF QH83 .T84 2000
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity ; Cabot REF QH541.15 .B56 E53 2001
Ecology / Ricklefs, R.E. & G.L. Miller ; Cabot REF QH541 .R53 1999
Conservation and Human Impact
World Resources : a Report by the World Resources In-stitute and the International Institute for Environment and Development ; Cabot REF HC10 .W287 [latest; earlier in stacks]
Dictionary of Renewable Resources / 2nd ed. ; Cabot REF S922 .D53 2001
Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues ; Cabot GE10 .E52 2000
Encyclopedia of the Biosphere: Humans in the World's Ecosystems ; Cabot REF GF75 .B5613 2000
Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change ; Cabot REF GE149 .E443 2002
Environmental Engineering Dictionary / Lee, C.C., 3rd ed. ; Cabot REF TD9 .L44 1998
Conservation Directory: The Guide to Worldwide Environmental Organizations ; Cabot REF TD169.3 .C64
Handbooks and Datasets
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:iucnredl
In printed form, you can consult:
Beacham's Guide to International Endangered Species ; Cabot REF QL82 .B435 1998 and Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America ; Cabot REF QH77 .N56 B43 2001
Climate Change 2001
http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/
In printed form, in 4 parts in Cabot stacks.
World Development Indicators
http://devdata.worldbank.org/data-query/ (partial)
On CD-ROM at several libraries (e.g.: Lamont)
Environmental Engineers’ Handbook / 2nd ed. ; Cabot REF TD145 .E574 1997
Environmental Contaminant Reference Databook / Prage, J.C. ; Cabot REF TD196 .C45 P73 1995
Handbook of Environmental Data on Organic Chemicals / Verschueren, K., 3rd ed. ; Cabot REF TD196 .Q73 H35 1996
Sax’s Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials / Lewis, R.J., 10th ed. ; Cabot REF T55.3 .H3 L494 2000
Journals
Cabot Science Library has a large collection of current journals on the main floor of the library. We have couches and arm chairs available for comfortable browsing of the collection. Older issues can be found in the basement. For access to electronic copies of journals, look up the journal’s title in the HOLLIS catalog, where an internet link will be available if Harvard owns a subscription. Or you may use the E-Journals list available through the E-Research @ Harvard site. To locate individual articles within the journals, use one of the databases listed in this guide (individual articles are not available in the catalog or the e-journal list).
Databases for Journal Articles
Environment Abstracts (CD-ROM only) (1975-2002)
Use it in the Reference area of the Cabot Science Library (obtain CDs at the Reference Desk); or in Loeb Design Library (1984-). This comprehensive international database covers 800 English-language scientific journals, conference proceedings, reports, etc.
Environmental Issues and Policy Index (1973-)
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:envpbibl
Covers more than 500 technical and general environmentally related journals.
Citation Indexes / Web of Science (1945-)
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:scicitin
Science Citation Index is a multidisciplinary science journals database, with searchable author abstracts; covers 5,700 major journals in >150 scientific disciplines; unique Citation Search searches through articles’ bibliographies by author.
Pollution Abstracts (1981-)
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:poluabst
Pollution Abstracts provides access to scientific research and government policies, from the standpoints of atmosphere, emissions, mathematical models, effects on people and animals, and envir’tal action in response to global pollution issues.
Other journal article databases include:
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) (1915-), describes public policy literature, with emphasis on contemporary issues and the making and evaluating of public policy; CAB Abstracts (1910-), covers agriculture, natural resource management and conservation, and related human health; TOXNET, a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas; Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts (1974-), covers fields of meteorology, climatology, atmospheric chemistry and physics, physical oceanography, hydrology, glaciology, and related sciences; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality (1990-), a subset of the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, it is devoted to research and policy on marine and aquatic pollution, etc.