TESC 310 Environmental Research Seminar
Finding Popular Press Articles
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
UW Restricted
- A database that crosses many subject disciplines. It allows you to run a search and narrow your results to magazines/popular press items.
- Newsbank Washington Newspapers UW Restricted
- This is an excellent starting point for recent, local news articles.
- If you try a term or combination of terms and have too many results, try limiting your search to the Lead/First Paragraph rather than All Text (look in the drop down boxes).
- If you're looking for longer articles, you can also limit your results by Word Count (look in the drop down boxes).
- You can also expand your search to cover major metropolitan newspapers.
- This is an excellent starting point for recent, local news articles.
- New York Times Science Section
- Check out links to current science stories
Finding Primary and Secondary Journal Articles
- Web of Science UW Restricted
- One of the best databases to search for primary scientific research.
- View a Web of Science handout containing search tips.
- Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management UW Restricted
- Interdisciplinary database that provides coverage of a broad range of environmental science resources.
Finding Grey Literature
- Science.gov
- A gateway for searching up to 36 different scientific government databases and over 1800 selected websites. Access to research reports from a variety of U.S. agencies.
- Worldcat [UW Beta-test Catalog]
- Run a keyword or subject search and then try to narrow down by the topic "government documents" (see screen shot below) .
Finding Books
- UW Libraries Catalog - Books, journals, videos, and other materials
- Tip - you can narrow your search down to UW Tacoma books if you're in a hurry and can't wait to order from any of the other UW libraries.
- Tip - you can narrow your search down to UW Tacoma books if you're in a hurry and can't wait to order from any of the other UW libraries.
- Worldcat [UW Beta-test Catalog]
- Discover books, articles, videos and materials from libraries around the world. Easy to request items not located in the UW Libraries!
Helpful Research Resources
- Connect to UW-restricted resources from off-campus
- Guide to Scholarly Journals versus Popular Magazines
- Guide to understanding the differences between primary and secondary scientific articles.
- Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
- Allows you to identify whether a journal is popular, scholarly and/or peer-reviewed.
- UC Berkeley Checklist for Evaluating a Webpage
- Contact your librarian
- Email Serin Anderson or Phone 253-692-4815.
