Environmental Studies Research Guide

Search all 49 EBSCO databases licensed by the library at once or select particular databases to include in a search.

Comprehensive research platform that indexes high-quality, peer-reviewed journals across disciplines including science, social science, arts, and humanities. It offers powerful tools for citation analysis and enables users to track scholarly references from 1900 to the present.

Catalog of library resources held by institutions around the world. Find materials and place interlibrary loan requests for resources not owned locally.

Index to journal articles, monographs, proceedings, theses, patents, translations, audiovisual materials, computer software, technical reports, U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service literature, and printed works dating back to the 15th century. Subjects include agriculture, botany, forestry, grazing, and range management. Produced by the National Agricultural Library.

Full-text access to a wide range of global publications in environmental science, agriculture, pollution management, and related disciplines from 1960-present. It includes editorially-curated abstracting and indexing resources and incorporates content from: AGRICOLA (agriculture and life science), TOXLINE (toxicology and environmental health), Environmental Impact Statements (EIS), and Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management (ESPM).  

Index of articles from alternative, radical, and progressive publications dating back to 1969, covering topics such as feminism, environmental justice, Indigenous rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy, and other social movements.

Full text of thousands of scholarly journals, trade publications, market research reports, company profiles, and industry analyses. It covers key disciplines such as marketing, management, accounting, finance, and economics. 

Index of journals and monographs covering agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, environmental law, and related disciplines. It includes publications from both U.S. and international sources, with archival content spanning over a century. The database also provides full-text access to more than 1,200 journals and monographs. Developed by the International Academy at Santa Barbara.

Index to education-related scholarly and professional journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, books, and government publications from 1966-present. Project of the U.S. Department of Education. See also the Education Research Index which includes ERIC, as well as supplementary coverage of journals that ERIC will no longer index. 

Full text law journals and full runs of the Federal Register, Statutes at Large, presidential documents, the Congressional Record, and Supreme Court opinions. 

Includes MEDLINE, a leading database of scholarly journal articles in the life sciences, with a strong focus on biomedicine. The resource also features additional life science journals and online books, covering disciplines such as behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering.

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Effective Jun 13, 2025, the U.S. National Library of Medicine has retired TOXLINE and it will no longer be updated. Updated TOXLINE content is available in PubMed by searching with the search string: tox [su]. For toxicology research, see also ProQuest Central. 

Index of international journal articles and book review citations from over 750 core serial publications. Includes abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and working papers in political science and related disciplines such as international relations, law, public administration, and policy. Coverage spans from 1975 to the present.

Full text journal review articles synthesizing current research and understandings in science and social science disciplines. Complete archives-present provided for most AR titles. Note: This Ejournal Package was cancelled beginning Jan 2021. Click more... for details.

Explore over 2,800 academic journals across more than 60 disciplines, including the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Access millions of primary sources from four unique collections: Global Plants, 19th Century British Pamphlets, Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa, and World Heritage Sites: Africa. Discover over 3 million high-quality images from ARTstor, along with a growing library of 10,000+ open access books. Click more… for links to specific collections. 

Full text scholarly journals in the fields of: area and ethnic studies; art and architecture; creative writing; education; film, theater, and performing arts; history; language and linguistics; library science and publishing; literature; medicine and health; music; philosophy; religion; science, technology, and mathematics; social sciences; studies by time period; women's studies, gender, and sexuality.

This Ejournal Package was cancelled beginning Jan 2021. For a list of cancelled titles and ongoing subscriptions from Sage, see Sage Publications. Content published from vol I through 1998 and 2006 to 2020, is available for many journals. Users can request non-licensed articles through interlibrary loan (within 1-4 days) or Article Galaxy Scholar, a rapid delivery service that provides immediate article access. See more… for details. 

The library's ScienceDirect journal package was cancelled for 2024, changes took effect on January 1, 2024. See the Post-cancellation access to Elsevier ScienceDirect articles guide for further details and options for obtaining articles from cancelled journals.

This Ejournal Package was cancelled beginning Jan 2021. For a list of cancelled titles and ongoing subscriptions from Springer, see Springer. Content published from volume I to 1996 and 2006 to 2020, is available for many journals. Users can request non-licensed articles through interlibrary loan (within 1-4 days) or Article Galaxy Scholar, a rapid delivery service that provides immediate article access. See more… for details. 

Full text scholarly journals covering 23 subjects in 3 core areas: science & technology, social science & humanities, and medical. Includes archival coverage dating back to volume 1 for many titles.

Full text of over 1,600 e-journals covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. Coverage is generally 1997-present. The library does not license all content offered on the Wiley site. The 'Full Access' lock icon denotes content available to UM users. Non-licensed content may be requested through Interlibrary loan or Article Galaxy Scholar (AGS) services. See more… for details. 

Catalog of library resources held by institutions around the world. Find materials and place interlibrary loan requests for resources not owned locally.

The library's search tool for discovering materials both on the shelves and online. It also includes millions of full-text articles and citation records sourced from publishers, open access repositories, and most of the library’s licensed databases. To explore content that is not fully searchable in OneSearch, click here to view a list of databases with limited or no coverage.

Note: Subscription cancelled effective July 1, 2025. See Newspapers.com Library Edition: World Collection for historical newspaper content going forward. 

Digital news archive from NewsBank that provides access to thousands of global, national, and local news sources. Coverage dates vary by publication. To explore available titles and their date ranges, use the A–Z Source List.

Published 44 times annually, delivers comprehensive and impartial analysis of political and social issues. It features regular reports on a broad spectrum of topics, with full-text archives available from 1923 to the present.

Full text of five daily publications from E&E News—Energywire, Climatewire, E&E Daily, Greenwire, and E&E News PM—covering energy and environmental policy nationwide and at the federal level, from the past three years to the present. Also includes archives of Land Letter, published from 2009 to 2012.

Full text of current newspapers, magazines, and journals from ethnic and minority presses, along with historical archives of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American publications from 1959 to 1989. Coverage includes a wide range of ethnic groups such as African American, Caribbean, African, Arab/Middle Eastern, Asian/Pacific Islander, European/Eastern European, Hispanic, Jewish, and Native American communities. See also the Diversity Collection to search Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch and Alt-PressWatch in one platform.

Full text of scholarly and popular articles and gray literature titles focusing on the evolution of gender roles in society. Covers topics related to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender studies; family studies; gender studies, and women's studies from 1970-present. See also the Diversity Collection to search Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch and Alt-PressWatch in one platform.

Full text content from over 15,000 sources, including print and digital journals, newswires, blogs, and broadcasts from television and radio. Coverage spans local, regional, national, and international newspapers. Also included are legal resources featuring federal and state case law and statutes, along with detailed business information on U.S. and global companies and executives.

(1851-2021) Full text digitized newspaper offering complete, cover-to-cover access.

Directory of 166,000 foundations, corporate giving programs and grant-making public charities in the U.S. It includes: a database of three million recently awarded grants; a database of one million recently filed IRS forms 990 and 990-PF; and over 10,000 sources to help users find scholarships, fellowships, and individual grants. This help article explains how to effectively search the database for grants available to individuals.

Content now available through Foundation Directory Online.

A web-based platform for managing bibliographic research, writing, and collaboration. Tailored for researchers to collect, organize, store, and share diverse types of information, while also generating properly formatted citations and bibliographies.