TURB 445 Urban Ecology
Interdisciplinary Resources
- Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
UW Restricted
- Scholarly and general interest sources in business, medicine, humanities, social sciences, and science and technology.
- 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.
- UW Libraries Catalog
- The catalog contains over 1.9 million titles held by more than 20 branches of the 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.
- Discover books, articles, videos and materials from libraries around the world. Easy to request items not located in the UW Libraries.
Subject Specific Databases - Environmental Sciences
- Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management UW Restricted
- Provides coverage of a broad range of environmental science topics (1967 - current).
- Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) UW Restricted
- Covers all aspects of marine, brackish, and freshwater environments including biology; ecology; fisheries; aquaculture; oceanography; limnology; resources and commerce; pollution; biotechnology; marine technology and engineering.
- Geobase UW Restricted
- Contains bibliographic citations covering earth science, ecology, geography, environment and marine science (1980-current).
Subject Specific Databases - Public Policy & Law
- LexisNexis Congressional UW Restricted
- Provides daily updated government information, including full text of bills, public laws, House and Senate documents, the Federal Register, and the National Journal.
- PAIS International UW Restricted
- Provides indexing to a selective list of books, articles and government reports relating to public and social policy issues.
News Sources
- Newsbank: Access World News UW Restricted
- Washington State, U.S. and international newspapers.
- LexisNexis Academic UW Restricted
- Extensive array of full-text news (newspapers, wire services, transcripts and newsletters), business literature, industry and company information, legal , biographical, and reference resources.
- Proquest Newspapers UW Restricted
- Washington State and major U.S. newspapers (1980s - present)
- Note: not all Washington state newspapers included are current.
- Washington State and major U.S. newspapers (1980s - present)
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) .
Helpful Research Resources
- Connect to UW-restricted resources from off-campus
- 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.
- Contact your librarian: Suzanne Klinger
- Email: alaura@u.washington.edu
- Phone: 253-692-4443
