FINDING ARTICLES

Databases and indexes are collections of citations to articles. Select a database that covers the subject area you are researching. Avoid databases with popular literature (i.e. Article First), if you need to find scholarly articles.

Consult the Help and About sections of each database for the most recent information about topical coverage and the types of information included.

Use lessons in the Information Literacy Tutorial created by the Five Colleges of Ohio for further suggestions.

When you find citations to articles in journals that are not owned by Kenyon College nor available online, you must make an InterLibrary Loan request. It may take 7-10 days for an article to arrive. You will be notified by E-mail when you may pick up the article at the library Circulation Desk. Request an article.

Indexes and Databases

• AGRICOLA (1970 - present)
  Includes over 2.9 million records covering every major agricultural subject. It is updated monthly and is compiled by the National Agricultural Library of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
• BasicBIOSIS
  Designed for undergraduate students taking introductory biology courses and non-Biology majors. Database includes popular and scholarly journals. Database includes articles from the current year and most recent four update years.
• Biological Abstracts (1980 - present)
  The primary index to the life science journal literature. Over 5,000 journals are indexed, covering such subjects as agriculture, biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, botany, ecology, microbiology, pharmacology, and zoology.
• Biology Digest (1983 - present)
  Designed specifically for college undergraduates, provides coverage of all life science disciplines, with detailed citations and comprehensive abstracts, written in a nontechnical style for students and interested nonscientists.
• CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online (1991 - present)
  Publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes policy briefs, working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, journal articles, book chapters, economic indicators, maps and country data, and proceedings from conferences.
• Congressional Universe
  Indexes and abstracts congressional publications, such as hearings, reports, and committee prints, from 1970 - present. The full text of many recent congressional publications are provided.
• EconLit (1969 - present)
  Bibliographic citations covering the literature of economics as found in journals, books, and collective volumes. Entries are compiled from the Journal of Economic Literature and the Index of Economic Articles.
• Geobase (1980 - )
  Contains citations with abstracts covering worldwide literature on geography, geology, ecology, international development, and their related disciplines.
• GeoRef (1785 - present)
  Provides access to citations from 22,000 journals covering geology and earth sciences. Coverage dates to 1785, with international coverage beginning in 1983.
• Science Citation Index (1980 - present)
  Indexes 5,300 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines, with all cited references captured. It contains searchable, full-length, English-language author abstracts for approximately 70% of the articles in the database.
• SIRS Researcher (Social Issues Researcher)
  General full-text covering social, scientific, health, historic, economic, political and global issues.

Selected Journals

• Electronic Journal Center
  Full content of nearly 3000 journals, from Elsevier, Academic Press, Springer-Verlag, Kluwer Academic and Project Muse. The coverage dates from 1995. Search by subject:
  Business, Economics, and Management | Chemistry and Chemical Engineering | Earth Sciences | Engineering | Health Sciences and Medicine | Life Sciences | Social Sciences
• JSTOR
  Electronic access to the full content of the complete backfiles of scholarly journals. Coverage dates back to the 19th century for some titles. Browse by subject:
  Anthropology | Botany | Ecology | Economics | General Science | Philosophy | Political Science | Sociology

INFORMATION LITERACY

Select lessons from the Information Literacy Tutorial. Lessons are designed primarily for first-year students and will assist with selecting and refining a topic; developing a research strategy; identifying useful reference sources; performing efficient searches in the library catalog, databases and web pages; understanding and writing citations and evaluating information.

INTERNET RESOURCES

• Amphibia Web
  An online system that allows free access to information on amphibian (frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders) biology and conservation.
• Bureau of Land Management: Historical Photographs, 1890s-1980s
  The database contains more than 3,500 historical digital images which document the nation’s westward migration and highlight the activities of the General Land Office and the Grazing Service, which were later consolidated to form the BLM.
• Canyons, Cultures, and Environmental Change: An introduction to the land use history of the Colorado plateau
  Provides an introduction to the environmental history of the Colorado Plateau.
• Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)
  A source of global change data, references, project directories, as well as answers to frequently asked questions about global change, as well as issues of regional climate changes, rising sea levels, and coastal threats.
• EarthDay.gov
  A portal of U.S. Government information and events relating to Earth Day (April 22nd).
• Ecoport
  The project documents the biodiversity of planet Earth and the factors that affect our planet's ecological balance.

• The Evolution of the conservation movement, 1850 - 1920
  A digital collection of a wide range of documents pertaining to the history and cultural foundations of the conservation movement in the US.
• Farmland Information Center
  A clearinghouse for information about farmland protection and stewardship. It is a partnership between the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and American Farmland Trust.
• Forest AgNIC
  A guide to quality forestry and natural resources information on the Internet with over 1500 links.
• Forest resources of Europe, CIS, North America, Australia, Japan and New Zealand Report on most of the forest resources in 55 industrialized, temperate/boreal countries.
• International Society for Ecological Economics
  The Society facilitates understanding between economists and ecologists and the integration of their thinking into a transdiscipline aimed at developing a sustainable world.
• National Center for Environmental Economics
  A division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency which analyzes relationships between the economy, environmental health, and environmental pollution control.
• NatureServe
  Provides the scientific basis for effective conservation. A network of natural heritage programs which are a source about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems.
• New York Times: College Ecology
  Recent New York Times articles on ecology-related topics.
• NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostic Center
  Provides current information on climate and weather, as well as on the advances of climatology. Site is hosted by National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: National Environmental Publications Information System
  Provides content-based access to the full text of over 10,000 EPA publications for environmental scientists, students, citizens, and the world.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Global Warming
  The Global Warming Site strives to present accurate information on the very broad issue of climate change and global warming in a way that is accessible and meaningful to all parts of society.
• U.S. Geological Survey: Geology
  The geology discipline addresses the needs of the U.S. for accurate and timely information and research on geologic hazards, resources, and geologic processes.
• U.S. Geological Survey: Water Resources of the United States
  Provides reliable, impartial, timely information needed to understand the water resources of the United States.
• Water Words Dictionary
  A compilation of technical water, water quality, environmental, and water-related terms. Site is hosted by Nevada Division of Water Resources, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
• World Directory of Environmental Organizations Online: Who's doing what to protect the earth's resources
  A descriptive directory containing thousands of entries and links with detailed subject and geographic sections, background pages, and numerous cross-references. An expanded online version of a standard reference book produced since 1973.
• World's Water, The
  Provides up-to-date water information, data, and web connections to organizations, institutions, and individuals working on a wide range of global freshwater problems and solutions.

FINDING BOOKS

Use CONSORT to identify books at Kenyon or another CONSORT library (College of Wooster, Denison University and Ohio Wesleyan).

If an item you want to borrow is owned at Kenyon, check the floorplans to find the exact location. If an item is owned by a CONSORT partner, or an OhioLINK partner, follow the link to "Request Item" online. Need help? Try the CONSORT Guide.

REFERENCE SOURCES

ONLINE

• AccessScience: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online
  Contains articles, illustrations, dictionary terms, biographies, research updates, and science news.
• Acronym Server
  Search here for acronyms and for words used in acronyms.
• Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Edition
  Contains almost 51,000 entries and more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references, providing succinct but complete coverage of all areas.
• Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
  Contains the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year.
• Encyclopedia of Human Ecology
  Integrates multiple disciplines; including anthropolgy, biology, environmental science, psychology, and sociology; exploring the many ways people interact with the natural and designed environments in which we live.
• FactSearch
  A guide to statistical statements on current social, economic, political, environmental and health issues. Information is taken from some newspapers, periodicals, newsletter and other documents. Web links to free full text are included frequently.
• Library of Congress, Science Reference Services
  The Science Reference Services of the Science, Technology & Business Division of the Library of Congress provides reference and bibliographic services and develops the general collections of the Library in all areas of science, technology, business and economics.
• Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus
  Contains 35,000 synonyms and over 250,000 cross-references in an easy-to-use format. It also features succinct word definitions and an innovative hyperlinked category index.

PRINT

• Atlas of Global Change, The [Ref. GE149 G4813 1998]
• Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 2nd Edition [Ref. QH540.4 L56 1998]
• Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology [Ref. QH540.4 E52 1995]
• Encyclopedia of Global Change [Ref. GE149 E443 2002]
• McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Environmental Science [Ref. GE10 M378 2003]
• National Wildlife Federation Conservation Directory 2004: The Guide to Worldwide Environmental Organizations
  [Ref. S920 C65 2004]
• World Atlas of Biodiversity: Earth's Living Resources in the 21st Century [Ref. QH541.15 B56 G762 2002]

HELP

LBIS Liaison