Library Student Employees: Discipline 911: Earth/Env Systems

• Academic Search Complete - A general-interest EBSCO academic database which includes a lot of info on geography, meteorology and climatology.  
•  Earthshots - Produced by the US Geological Survey,Earthshots uses Landsat data to document how people and nature are changing the surface of the planet.  Each Earthshot page outlines the changes revealed by the satellite images to a particular location.  The data go back to 1972.
• JSTOR - Great for older materials!  Coverage extends back into the 19th Century and even earlier.  Use "Advanced Search" and select "Environmental Science" journals. You may find other subject headings relevant as well.
• GeoRef - Closely related to GeoScienceWorld (below), this ProQuest database contains links to numerous articles on geology and geophysics.  Many citations appear in both GSW and in GeoRef.  Coverage is from 1785 to the present.
• GeoScienceWorld - Prefer the "advanced search." You can search by keyword, title, author or by a term in the GSW thesaurus.  There are also options to limit your search by latitude and longitude.  Some articles date back to 1669!  This databse has a lot of overlap with GeoRef.
• GreenFILE - This EBSCO database covers how humans affect the environment.  You can use its subject terms to narrow your search, and you can limit your results to scholarly articles as well.  It addresses the environment's connections to other discuples such as agriculture, heath and technology.  It indexes more than 200 journals, government documents and reports. 
• GREENR- The Global Reference on the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources, as its name implies, considers these topics from a worldwide perspective.  It indexes scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, videos and other resources.  An unusual feature is its interactive world map which permits you to focus on a particular area.  This is a fine source for sustainability issues.
• eHRAF Archaeology - "eHRAF Archaeology focuses on in-depth descriptive documents of archaeological traditions from around the world. eHRAF is unique in having subject indexing at the paragraph level. This allows detailed and precise searching for concepts not easily found with keywords." Searching this database is not very intuitive, but the wealth of information makes it well worth getting to know.  Fortunately, it has help screens. 
• Human Relations Area Files (eHRAF): World Cultures - "eHRAF World Cultures contains ethnographic collections covering all aspects of cultural and social life. eHRAF is unique in having subject indexing at the paragraph level. This allows detailed and precise searching for concepts not easily found with keywords."  Searching this database is not very intuitive, but the wealth of information makes it well worth getting to know.  Fortunately, it has help screens. 
• ProQuest Environmental Science Collection - This collection includes environmental science-related full-text articles, along with figures and tables, environmental impact statements, and other environmental information. 
• Sycamore Scholars - A data repository featuring the work of faculty, staff and students at ISU.  This is a great place to look for recent ISU theses and dissertations.
• USGS Map Locator & Downloader - A place to find and download maps.  Some are free; some are not. 
• Water Resources of the United States - Maintained by the US Geological Survey, its mission is to "collect and disseminate reliable, impartial, and timely information that is needed to understand the nation's ater resources."
• Web of Science (also called the Web of Knowledge) - This database is especially valuable for determining who's citing an article you found useful.  Chances are, the articles which cite an article you like will be useful for your research, too.  You can search by topic, author and more.  Coverage goes back to 1984. 

The Earth & Environmental Systems Department offers bachelor's, master's and doctor's degrees.  Students pursue topics in anthropology, environmental studies, geography and geology.  If you get a complicated question, don't hesitate to contact the EES Liaison, Steve Hardin.  

• Anthropology.
• Anthropology, Cultural.
• Anthropology, Prehistoric. 
• Anthropology of religion.
• Cartography.
• Civilization, Ancient.
• Climate change.
• Climatic changes.
• Earth--Internal structure. 
• Earthquakes.
• Ecology.
• Environment.
• Environmental archaeology.
• Environmental chemistry. 
• Environmental ethics.
• Ethnology.
• Excavations (Archaeology)
• Forensic anthropology.
• Geographic information systems. 
• Geography.
• Geology. 
• Geomorphology.
• Global positioning system. 
• Global warming.   
• Human ecology.
• Human geography.
• Human remains (Archaeology)
• Ocean.
• Oceanography.
• Landscape archaeology.
• Physical geography. 
• Remote sensing. 
• Rocks.
• Soils.
• Visual anthropology.