GreenFILE is a database focused entirely on environmental topics, across many different disciplines. It is an ideal place to begin any research that is concerned with renewable energy or materials, or with sustainability.
Welcome to the Environmental Studies research guide. Use the tabs (above) or quick links on this page to find articles, books, e-books, media resources and websites about local and international environmental issues. Contact the liaison librarian (right) if you have questions about any of these resources.
This guide is designed as a starting point for doing research using UST resources.
Use the tabs to navigate through the guide.
Use LibrarySearch to search across the library's collections. This is a great place to start, especially in an interdisciplinary field like Environmental Studies that pulls from many different fields of knowledge. Because LibrarySearch is a very broad search, you will want to use specific terms so you don't receive too many irrelevant results
Once you've done some searching in LibrarySearch, you may find that you need to use a specific database to find articles in a particular field. These databases also allow you to narrow your results to fit your topic.
Full text for thousands of peer-reviewed journals and general interest sources across many subject areas.
Largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: over 21,500 scientific journals, 130,000 books and conference proceedings, covering all fields of academic study: science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Scopus also includes 8 different citation metrics, analyzing impact at the author, article, journal, and institution levels.
GreenFILE is a database focused entirely on environmental topics, across many different disciplines. It is an ideal place to begin any research that is concerned with renewable energy or materials, or with sustainability.
These are good places to start if you need background information on a topic or concept.
Easy access to full-text science content including encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, websites, pictures, illustrations, audio clips, and video clips.
