Specialized books such as the following titles can provide background information on your topic or help you with definitions of words you may not understand. Bibliographies at the end of each article may refer you to other useful sources.
Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change
Encyclopedia of Environment and Society
Paul Robbins, ed.
--issues, concepts, theories, examples, problems, and policies related to the global socio-environment
--also in print. Location: ref HM856.E53 2007
--Updated annually since 1994, this title provides in-depth worldwide coverage of environmental issues
--152 in-depth essays covering the fundamental scientific principles taught in biology, environmental science and ecology
Encyclopedia of Urban America: the Cities and Suburbs
Neil Shumsky, ed.
Location: ref HT123.E5 1998
Facts
on File Dictionary of Environmental Science
Bruce Wyman, ed., 2001
Location: ref TD 9 .W95
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Environmental Change
John A. Matthews, ed.
Location: ref GE10 .E534 2001
Encyclopedia
of Environmental Issues
Craig W. Allin, ed., 2000
Location: ref GE 10 .E52
Find books on urbanization, water quality, air pollution and so on.
The databases below are subject guides to magazines, journals, or newspapers.
For more choices than those listed below, go to The University Libraries home page, click on Databases, then click on the starting letter of the database or a department name.
--Simultaneously search any combination of more than 20 databases
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
--Considerable full text for 8000+ popular and scholarly journals
--Includes selected journals across all disciplines
--pdf backfiles from 1975
Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
--Most used business research database including economics, finance, and marketing
--Extensive full text for 7600+ journals; full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles
--Some full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998
Environment Complete (EBSCO)
--Deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more
--More than 2 million records from 1,700+ domestic and international titles
--Full text for 680+ journals and 120 monographs
--Dates of coverage: back to the 1940s (including 1,125 active core titles)
GreenFILE (EBSCO)
--Scholarly, government and general-interest titles covering all aspects of human impact to the environment
--Sample topics: global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more
--Indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records
--Some full text articles from 1800 periodicals from a variety of subject areas
--Interdisciplinary
--Dates of abstracts and full text coverage vary by title
PAIS Public
Affairs Information Service
--Provides citations and abstracts on global public policy and social issues,
especially concerning agriculture, economics, defense, international relations,
and the environment
--Covers periodicals, books, hearings, reports, gray literature, publications
from all levels of government, Internet resources, and other publications
from 120 countries and in many languages
Regional
Business News (EBSCO)
--Comprehensive full text coverage for 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States
--Updated daily
--Excellent source for newspaper articles focusing on a particular geographic area
--To see transcripts from radio or TV broadcasts:
--Cover-to-cover full text for 149 national and international newspapers
--Includes full text televisions and radio news transcripts
--Dates of coverage: varies by title but most from late 1990s
--Selective full text for 410 U.S. regional newspapers
Charlotte Observer August 1997+
Greensboro News & Record April 2005+
Durham Herald-Sun March 1998+
Raleigh News and Observer February 2000+
Winston-Salem Journal February 2001+
Wilmington Star-News April 2003+
Chapel Hill News March 2006+
Greensboro News & Record, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. These newspaper databases would be particularly useful for local, state, or national coverage of hurricanes and floods.
How to Find Articles in Scholarly Journals
The Library has a number of relevant publications from the Dept. of the Interior, NOAA, the EPA and so on. Many of these are in the online catalog you use to find books. Ask for assistance at the Reference Desk.
Environmental Information page for the United States
Federal website with lots of information about health effects, regulatory actions, and environmental issues as well as links to additional information and publications.
NC
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
The DENR is the lead stewardship agency for the preservation and
protection of North Carolina's natural resources. The organization administers
regulatory programs designed to protect air quality, water quality, and
the public's health. The agency's activities range from helping to make
sure drinking water is safe to managing state parks and forests for safe
and enjoyable outdoor recreation experiences.
NC
Division of Water Quality
Links to information on water quality rules and regulations, groundwater,
wetlands restoration, well contamination, fish kills, etc.
NC
Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance
This agency's mission is to protect the environment and conserve
natural resources by providing technical assistance on the elimination,
reduction, reuse and recycling of wastes and pollutants.
Guilford
County Forecast
The county-wide plan on land use, environment, and transportation.
City
of Greensboro. Environmental Services Department
Information on the landfill, hazardous waste, solid waste, air quality,
and recycling.
City
of Greensboro. Water Resources
Links to information on storm water management, water supply and
conservation, and the Randleman Dam.
Radon
Information
Information on health risks, testing, home construction, etc.
APA, MLA, Turabian Style Information
APA
Examples
Text
of an electronic journal article retrieved via a DOI number:
Smith, W.C. (1993). Role of early supervisory experience in supervisor
performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78(4), 443-449.
doi:10.1037/002-9432.76.4.482
Text of an electronic journal article using the url:
Painter,
J. (2008). Cartographic anxiety and the search for regionality. Environment
and Planning A, 40, 342-361. Retrieved from
http://www.envplan.com/epa/fulltext/a40/a38255.pdf
Article from a print or microfilm journal:
VandenBos,
G., Knapp, S., & Doe, J. (2001). Role of reference elements in the
selection of resources by psychology
undergraduates. Journal of Bibliographic
Research, 5(2) , 117-123.
Use this to find out whether The University Libraries has electronic and/or print access to your journal or magazine
Finding Individual Journal Articles Using "Journal Finder"
Return to the Library's home page and click on Journal Finder
Enter the journal name (not the article title) such as Environment and Planning in the box and press the Enter key or click Search
If the title appears, click on the icon for the method of access you want
Click
on the computer icon to find full text online access to some articles
The database(s) and dates for full text are displayed
Choose a database and follow any instructions for finding specific journal titles
Click
on the book icon to locate print issues of the journal in the Library
The record shown will provide the holdings and location of the journal
Older years of journals are either bound and shelved by call number with the book collection in the stacks or are on microfilm
Current issues are located on the shelves in the Reading Room on 1st Floor Main
Click
on the mailbox icon for email delivery of articles the library
does not have 
Click
on the car icon to check whether other libraries own this title
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