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Environmental Science definitions, facts, figures and overviews
- Dictionaries help you to define your keywords
- Encyclopedias help you to get an overview of your topic and provide more information than a dictionary
- Handbooks and manuals provide figures and facts
Online dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks
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Chapman and Hall/CRC chemistry dictionaries and handbooks |
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Covers the science, technology, methodologies, experience and management of water resources |
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Includes water sciences, environmental engineering, geology, ecology |
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Reference works include: World's Coasts, Climatology, Environmental Geology, European and Asian Regional Geology, Mineralogy, Sedimentology, Soil Science, Structural Geology and Tectonics |
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Includes a Dictionary of Earth Sciences, Dictionary of Ecology, Dictionary of Geography, Dictionary of the Weather, Oxford Companion to the Earth, world maps, Dictionary of Chemistry |
Print dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks
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Encyclopedia of soils in the environment |
631.403/2 |
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Encyclopedia of soil science: physics, chemistry, biology, fertility and technolog |
631.4/35 |
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Monthly weather review: NSW, WA, VIC, QLD, SA, TAS |
551.65944/1 Serials |
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Seas at the millennium: an environmental evaluation |
577.7/3 |
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Scientific papers and presentations |
501.4/10 |
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Scientist's guide to poster presentations |
808.0665/12 |
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Writing the laboratory notebook |
R 542/30 |
To find additional reference items
- Search the Library Catalogue
- Select advanced keyword search
- Combine a broad keyword AND the word dictionar**
environmental science AND dictionar**
soil** AND encycloped**
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. forest** will retrieve forest, forests, forestry
Need help? Ask a question.
Environmental Science books and more
Search the Library Catalogue to find books, videos, CDs, maps
If you know the exact title
- Select title search
- Type in the exact title
- Check the location, call number and status boxes to find the item in the Library collection
If you don't have an exact title OR only have a topic area
- Select advanced keyword search
- Type in keywords from your topic
- Combine your keywords with AND to find catalogue records that contain all of your keywords
e.g. soil AND salinity
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. forest** will retrieve forest, forests, forestry
Catalogue search tips:
- Too many hits? Add another keyword e.g. soil AND salinity AND Australia**
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Use the limit functions in advanced keyword search e.g. limit by publication date, format, location - Found a useful title? Click on the subject headings to find similar material
- Studying at a different UOW campus? Use an advanced keyword search and limit by location
Need help? Ask a question.
Environmental Science journal articles
Search a database to find journal articles, book chapters, conference papers and research reports
Try these first
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Complete list of Science databases
Found a useful reference?
Some databases do not provide the fulltext of the article. To locate these articles, you will need to search the catalogue to determine if the Library holds the journal title(s) either in print or electronically on another database.
Database search tips:
- Break your topic into keywords and/or phrases. The search strategy worksheet will help you
- Consider alternative keywords or spelling variations
- To narrow your search combine your keywords with AND to find records that contain all your keywords
e.g. soil AND salinity
- To broaden your search combine your keywords with OR to find records that contain either of your keywords
e.g. EIS OR environmental impact statement
- Use truncation to retrieve variations of your keyword.
e.g. forest* retreives forest, forests, forestry
- Found a useful reference? Use the subject headings to find similar material
- Use library database tips or the database help screens for tips on how to search
More information: Finding Journal Articles Tutorial
Need help? Ask a question.
Environmental Science Internet sites
It is important to critically evaluate all information found on the Web.
Search engines
Search engines create databases using computer programs called 'spiders', 'robots' or 'crawlers' that trawl the web and other Internet sites and return results to the database.
Try these first:
- Scirus - scientific search engine
- Google Scholar
- Other search engines and directories
Directories
Directories organise Internet resources by subject. The information provided in directories is created, arranged and maintained by people rather than machines.
UOW sites
Follow Me Printing
Everyone hates to queue. With this in mind, we have introduced Follow Me Printing. You can choose any free printer/copier in the Library or a printer in the Student Central labs to release your print job.
How does it work?