Guides: Environmental Studies: Find Articles

Core databases

Looking for articles on environmental topics? Try these specialized databases:

Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection (ProQuest)
Aims to provide comprehensive coverage of the literature relating to environmental sciences. Coverage ranges from 1967-present, and includes scholarly material, as well as a variety of grey literature publications
GreenFILE (EBSCO)
Multidisciplinary coverage of literature relating to the human impact on the environment. Topics covered include green issues, global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

See search tips, including which symbols to use for truncation and wildcards, and searching with proximity operators, for EBSCO databases (such as GreenFILE) and ProQuest databases (such as Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Collection).

CEEDER Database

CEEDER is an open-access evidence service that collates all forms of evidence reviews and syntheses relevant to environmental management and policy interventions and anthropogenic impacts on the environment.
Environmental Issues Online (Alexander Street)
Brings together multimedia materials (text, archival, primary sources, video and audio) around key environmental challenges, including climate change, water/air pollution, biodiversity, conservation, agriculture, deforestation and more. Reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of the field of Environmental Studies, content is drawn from discipline perspectives including: Anthropology, Diplomacy, Ecology, Economics, Geography, History, Law, Medicine, Politics & Policy, Sociology, and Photography.

Multidisciplinary databases

Scopus (Elsevier)
Large multidisciplinary science and social sciences database that is capable of backward and forward citation linking and includes citation counts. It also offers author profiles with affiliations, publication number and bibliographic data.
Web of Science Core Collection (All Indexes)
Large multidisciplinary science and social sciences database with coverage from 1900 and that is capable of backward and forward citation linking and includes citation counts. It also offers citation reports.

Includes Citation Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1900-present), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present), Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science (1990-present), Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities (1990-present), Book Citation Index– Science (2005-present), Book Citation Index– Social Sciences & Humanities (2005-present), Emerging Sources Citation Index (2005-present). Chemical Indexes include: Current Chemical Reactions (1985-present, plus Institut National de la Propriete Industrielle structure data back to 1840), and Index Chemicus (1993-present).
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
A scholarly, multidisciplinary database providing indexing and abstracts for over 10,000 publications, including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and others.

See search tips, including which symbols to use for truncation and wildcards, and searching with proximity operators, for Scopus and Web of Science.

Other related databases

Annual Reviews
Collection of journals of critical reviews of a variety of topics. Of particular interest is "Annual Reviews of Environment and Resources"
CAB Abstracts
Aims to provide comprehensive & international coverage of English-language applied life sciences literature (includes, for example, climate change, environmental science, invasive species, natural resources management, conservation, etc.). Includes scientific publications, as well as grey literature, spanning 1973-present
CAB Abstracts Archive
Historical coverage of CAB Abstracts: 1910-1972
Canadian Research Index (ProQuest)
"The Canadian Research Index (CRI) provides detailed citations to monographs and serial publications of lasting reference value from Canadian government and institutional sources. Federal, provincial and municipal levels of government are covered. At the federal level, both depository and non-depository publications are included." Dates of coverage are 1900-2018
PAIS Index (ProQuest)
Formerly "PAIS International". Covers global public policy, social issues, demography, environmental studies, general social sciences.