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- AlleyCat
- Use AlleyCat, the CCAC online catalog, to find materials at any of the CCAC libraries.
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Contains the renowned McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, plus information on recent research developments, biographies of scientists, late-breaking science and technology news. Provided by McGraw Hill.
- Credo Reference
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Contains dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range or subject-specific titles covering everything from accounting to zoology. Provides access to the full text of hundreds of highly regarded and popular reference sources. Provided by Credo.
- Issues & Controversies
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Provides more than 900 timely, in-depth, and objective articles, exploring controversial issues and topics. Provided by Facts.com.
- Opposing Viewpoints: Critical Thinking
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Contains an online library of current event topics; includes viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to web sites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. Provided by Gale.
- Science On-Line
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Presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments. Provided by FactsOnFile.
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- Academic Search Premier
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Provides full text for more than 4,650 journals, including full text for more than 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Provided by EBSCOhost.
- MasterFILE Premier
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Provides full text for nearly 1,750 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and 164,424 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of 440,207 photos, maps & flags. Provided by EBSCOhost.
- Biology Digest
- infoContains indexing and abstracts for life-science information from over 600 publications. Provided by FirstSearch.
- GEOBASE
- infoProvides bibliographic information from over 2000 publications in earth, geographical and ecological sciences. Provided by FirstSearch.
- GreenFILE
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Provides 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. Provided by EBSCOhost.
- Science Full Text Select
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Provides coverage of 320 journals with full text articles, indexing and abstracts; includes all aspects of science. Provided by H. W. Wilson.
- AIRNow
- A cross-agency U.S. Government Web site, AIRnow provides real-time air quality conditions for over 300 U.S. cities and links to related state and local Web sites.
- Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change
- A non-profit organization dedicated to the study of global warming. Format is a weekly newsletter consisting largely of reviews of scientific publications. Reviews are clearly written and informative with complete references to the original source.
- Ecological Regions of North America
- Defines 15 ecological regions of North America. Click on the map to get surface area, descriptions of the physical and biological settings, and human activities. Beautifully illustrated.
- Environmental Protection Update
- Online newsletter of the PA Department of Environmental Protection. Provides news stories from various sources on environmental issues, initiatives, legislation, etc. Back issues from 2005 through the present are searchable by date as well as by subject.
- Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- Founded in 1998, the Pew Center on Global Climate Change is a non-profit, non-partisan, independent organization, whose mission "is to provide credible information, straight answers, and innovative solutions in the effort to address global climate change." This site provides reports and fact sheets on Science & Impacts, Technology Solutions, and Economics, as well as an excellent introduction under Global Warming Basics.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Use the Quick Finder links for information on topics ranging from Acid Rain through Wetlands. Click on Information Sources and then Publications to access over 20,000 archival and current full-text documents.
- Envirolink
- "One of the world's largest environmental information clearinghouses", Envirolink is orgranized under Resources by Topic and Resources by Category. Categories include among others Actions You Can Take, Articles, Educational Resources, Government Resources, Organizations.
- The Environmental Directory
- "Earth's Biggest Environment Search Engine," this site is organized under thirty topics ranging from Agriculture through Wildlife. It is also keyword searchable.
- Environmental Sites on the Internet
- Comprehensive list of Web sites arranged in an alphabetical subject index. The Journals and Newsletters link provides an extensive list of links to online publications.