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Environmental database

Looking for environmental information? GreenFILE is a research database by EBSCOhost that focuses on environmental issues. It provides access primarily to magazine and journal articles but also to some government reports and book chapters. Topics include "global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more." Although you could find most of these articles by doing a search of all EBSCOhost databases, the narrow focus of GreenFILE may make it easier for you to find what you are seeking. Also, the "Subject Terms" tab at the top of the database window can be very helpful for identifying words to use in your searches.

Many other sources of information about the human impact on the environment can be found by searching the Library Catalog and the web. A few key resources that keep tabs on the state of the environment include:

• Global Environment Outlook, United Nations Environmental Programme

• ENTRI: Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators, SEDAC, the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

• State of the world : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society. This report on the state of the environment is published annually and the Mundt Library has the years from 1984 to the present. The latest edition is in the Reference Collection -- REFERENCE : HC59 .S82. Older editions are move to the Main Collection

• Teaching Resources, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency