Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies Subject Guide
Welcome to the environmental studies subject guide.
This guide will show you how to:
In addition, the guide will provide updated information from books, journals, and websites that are relevant for your discipline. Look for the film strip icon for video tutorials on how to use the tools on this guide.
For environmental studies research questions not answered by this guide, contact a librarian on-line. For questions specific to course assignments, contact your professor.
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Climate Change
RSS feed for recent articles on climate change from GeoBase.
Biodiversity and climate change use scenarios framework for the GEOSS interoperability pilot process
Climate Change and Pollution
Recent Articles on the impact of emissions on climate change and global warming.
Environmental Studies
Xerxes search for environmental studies
Polar Ice and Carbon Dioxide -Recent Articles
Articles from Academic Search Premier on polar Ice and Carbon dioxide
The Little Green Data Book
Widget for searching through the Little Green Data Book via Google Books
Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World
This is the Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, from August 26 to September 1, 2007. Contains a wealth of information on climate change.
Find Books
Use these options to search books at the Pollak Library, books within the Cal State system, and books across the world.
Google Book Search
Search through thousands of online books with Google Book Search.
Web Site Evaluation
YouTube Video from the Success series on website evaluation
Earth Search
Earth Search is a custom web search engine that pulls only credible environmental information from both national and international sources
Web Search Strategies in Plain English
Web Search Strategies in Plain English is a video put together by Common Craft. It explains how to narrow your web search results.
Google Government Search
Google Gadget that only searches state, local, and federal government websites
Environmental Studies Websites
The world wide web contains valuable information about Environmental Studies. There are many ways that you can search the web for trustworthy information. If you restrict your searches to government, scholarly, and education-based websites you will likely access unbiased, high-quality information that can be included in your research.
Using these search engines increases the likelyhood of finding information worth including in your paper. Nonetheless, be aware that when using information from the Internet. You will need to act as the reviewer since there are few rules governing what can be published there.
Watch the videos below for guidelines on how to evaluate web content and how to refine your search results.
Global Environmental Change
This is the table of contents from the latest issue of Global Environmental Change.
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The first cuckoo in winter: Phenology, recording, credibility and meaning in Britain
Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:21:19 GMT
“It's so different today”: Climate change and indigenous lifeways in British Columbia, Canada
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:08:32 GMT
Land-use and climate change within assessments of biodiversity change: A review
Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:08:51 GMT
Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:08:51 GMT
Biodiversity in the high ranges of the Alps: Ethnobotanical and climate change perspectives
Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:09:42 GMT
Strategies to adapt to an uncertain climate change
Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:11:13 GMT
The story of phosphorus: Global food security and food for thought
Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:11:51 GMT
Collapse and recovery in a remote small island—A tale of adaptive cycles or downward spirals?
Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:11:51 GMT
Reducing emissions from deforestation—The “combined incentives” mechanism and empirical simulations
Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:48:38 GMT
Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:23:15 GMT
Determinants of corporate adaptation to climate change in winter tourism: An econometric analysis
Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:23:15 GMT
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:23:32 GMT
Addressing human vulnerability to climate change: Toward a ‘no-regrets’ approach☆☆☆
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:23:32 GMT
Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:38:48 GMT
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:11:08 GMT
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Reproduction and the carbon legacies of individuals
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:11:09 GMT
Sun, 28 Dec 2008 05:14:59 GMT
Earth System governmentalityReflections on science in the Anthropocene
Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:33:25 GMT
Climate change: Motivation for taking measure to adapt
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:34:19 GMT
Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:24:59 GMT
Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:24:59 GMT
Vulnerability and adaptation to climate variability and water stress in Uttarakhand State, India
Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:15:48 GMT
Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:15:48 GMT
The effects of land tenure on vulnerability to droughts in Northeastern Brazil
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:16:56 GMT
Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:16:56 GMT
Application of the UKCIP02 climate change scenarios: Reflections and lessons learnt
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:17:18 GMT
Climate change, migration and adaptation in Funafuti, Tuvalu
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:19:14 GMT
Reducing climate risk for micro-insurance providers in Africa: A case study of Ethiopia
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:21:15 GMT
Assessment of the management of organizations supplying ecosystem services from tropical forests
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:31:57 GMT
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:31:57 GMT
Scale mismatches and their ecological and economic effects on landscapes: A spatially explicit model
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:31:57 GMT
Carbon sequestration in Africa: The land tenure problem
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:31:57 GMT
Time and space matter: How urban transitions create inequality
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:31:57 GMT
Beyond the circle of poison: Significant shifts in the global pesticide complex, 1976–2008
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:31:57 GMT
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Leveraging farmers’ strategies for coping with stress: Seed aid in Ethiopia
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:31:57 GMT
South African crop farming and climate change: An economic assessment of impacts
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:31:57 GMT
The impacts of global warming on farmers in Brazil and India
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:31:57 GMT
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:31:57 GMT
Globalisation and environmental governance: Is another world possible?
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:31:57 GMT
Between structure and agency: Livelihoods and adaptation in Ghana's Central Region
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:31:57 GMT
Journal Finder
Below, enter any relevent information about the journal or article you are looking for. This feature will show you if we have the journal, and if we do, where it is located. If we have it electronically you will be linked to the correct database.
Environmental Conservation
Table of contents form the latest issue of Environmental Conservation
Can I get a book from another library?
How Do I Cite Sources Using APA Style?
What is SFX?
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icon. SFX will then look in all of the library's databases to see if the full text is available elsewhere.What is the difference between scholarly and popular literature?
Here are some quick guidelines on how to judge whether a periodical is popular or scholarly:
Popular titles:
Scholarly/Peer-Reviewed:
They look different:


Using scholarly sources will give you the most bang for your buck. The reference list at the end of each article is a valuabel tool. If you find one article that is on topic, you can use the reference list to see what sources the author has found. You can then track those articles down using the journal finder.
How can I tell Google Scholar that I am a CSUF Student?
Go to the Google Scholar Preferences Page. In the Library Links section, enter California State University Fullerton. When the results return, select "California State University Fullerton - Pollak Library Find It!", "California State University - Fullerton - Full Text@IngentaConnect", and "California State University, Fullerton - SFX: Check for Full Text" from the list. Click save preferences.
This will create a cookie on your machine. Google will now recognize you as a student and give you access to proprietary material.