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Environmental Sciences

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The Environmental Sciences Research guide is intended to create a pathway to research tools and resources to assist you with your projects and assignments in BIOL 1101, 1301 & 1302.

Many research resources and tools are available to GC students in the library; knowing which resources are available for your program or course and how to use the resources can sometimes be overwhelming. The guide will help you navigate library resources whether you are an online student, dual credit, hybrid student, or attending in-person.

In this guide, you will find:

Books & eBooks

Open Access Resources

Research Databases and Journals (located below)

Streaming Media

Writing & Citation Tools

Associations

Databases
eJournals

Databases

Here is a list of recommended databases for Anatomy and Physiology. For a complete list of databases, please visit the A-Z Databases page.

Note: Not every article is available online. If the article you are looking for is unavailable through Galveston College Library, place a request via Interlibrary Loan.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 9,810 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
AGRICOLA This link opens in a new window
Containing bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library, AGRICOLA provides millions of citations relating to the field of agriculture. Citations are comprised of journal articles, book chapters, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports to support agricultural research. Note: No Full Text
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Business Source Complete provides access to full-text business journals and magazines, covering all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance, and more.
Business Source Complete contains far more active, peer-reviewed, business-related journals than any other database currently available. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back to 1886 are included. In addition, there are searchable cited references provided for more than 1,200 journals.
eBook Central This link opens in a new window
eBook Central provides authoritative, full-text e-books in a wide range of subject areas and powerful tools to find, use, and manage the information.
EBSCO Open Access eBook Collection
Created in collaboration with university presses and scholarly OA publishers such as University of Michigan Press, Taylor & Francis, and Temple University Press this highly curated collection provides libraries and end-users with choice and access to a large selection of discoverable, DRM-Free content, which will continue to grow by the thousands.
GreenFILE
GreenFILEis a free research databasecovering 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.
Health and Medicine (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine contains up-to-date information on the complete range of health care topics. With embargo-free, full-text periodicals, reference books, pamphlets, and hundreds of videos demonstrating medical procedures and live surgeries, Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine ensures that researchers get current, scholarly, comprehensive answers to health-related questions.
With more than 2,500 embargo-free, full-text periodicals, reference books, pamphlets, and hundreds of videos demonstrating medical procedures and live surgeries. Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine ensures that researchers get current, scholarly, comprehensive answers to health-related questions. Exclusive features, including Topic Finder,InterLink, and a mobile-optimized interface, support and enhance the search experience.
OpenStax This link opens in a new window
OpenStax publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbooks that are absolutely free online and low cost in print.
Science & Technology Collection
Science & Technology Collection is a foundational full-text science database. This database provides access to more than 320 active full-text, non-open access journals, and more than 1,900 indexed and abstract journals, covering an array of science subjects, including chemistry, biology, computer technology, and physics.
Science (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new window
Gale In Context: Science is an engaging resource that provides contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. Drawing students in with captivating subject matter, Science showcases how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues ranging from bacteria to obesity and weather.
Integrating millions of full-text articles that include national and global publications, 200+ science experiments, 300+ interactive simulations, other multimedia, and top reference content, Science is updated daily and offers over 600 pages on topics across the curriculum, covering biology, chemistry, earth, and environmental science, physics, and more.
SciTech Premium Collection-(Science & Technology) This link opens in a new window
The SciTech Premium Collection includes the Natural Science Collection and the Technology Collection and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more.
Sustainability Reference Center
Sustainability Reference Center is a robust full-text database covering all aspects of sustainability, including environmental stewardship, corporate social responsibility and federal, state and local regulations. It includes full text journals, magazines, books and trade publications, plus expert analyses, benchmarks and best practices for sustainability initiative management.

eJournals

open access, open and free to use This symbol indicates an open-access resource, and a login is not required.

Directory of Open Access Journals This link opens in a new window
The DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) was launched in 2003 with 300 open access journals. Today, thisindependentdatabase contains over 15 000 peer-reviewed open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities. Open access journals from all countries and in all languages are welcome to apply for inclusion.
JSTOR Open Access This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, eBooks, and primary sources. This database includes content across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The library does not subscribe to JSTOR, this content is accessible through open access.

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In this guide, you will find:

Databases

eJournals