Books & Audio-Visual
AlleyCat
Use AlleyCat, the CCAC online catalog, to find materials at any of the CCAC libraries
Reference & Overview Sources
Full Text? Database Name Vendor Help
yes AccessScience McGraw Hill info
yes Credo Reference / Xreferplus - Science Credo info
yes Encyclopedia of Ecology and Environmental Management Credo info
yes Issues & Controversies Facts.com info
yes Opposing Viewpoints Gale info
yes Science On-Line FactsOnFile info
Magazine & Journal Articles
Full Text? Database Name Vendor Help
yes Academic Search Premier EBSCOhost info
yes MasterFILE Premier EBSCOhost info
no Biology Digest FirstSearch info
no GEOBASE FirstSearch info
some GreenFILE EBSCOhost info
Web Sites
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.
Topical Search Engines
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.