Environmental History: Journal and Magazine Articles

Articles in academic journals from all disciplines. Database Guide.

Index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. A comprehensive database of journal articles citations and abstracts, book citations, and dissertations relating to the history and culture of the United States and Canada. Allows searching by historical time period of subject of articles. Selective indexing for 1,700 journals from 1955 to present

Indexes articles from 1913 - 1983 covering events, issues and trends in the history of business and industry, applied science and technology.

Narratives, diaries, journals, and letters of traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, native peoples, and officials.

Access to the hundreds of environmental impact statements issued each year by the federal government. Entries include a clear description of the project, sections on positive impact and negative consequences and legal mandates.

This multidisciplinary database, provides comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences. Abstracts and citations are drawn from over 10,000 serials including scientific journals, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications. Includes these subfiles:
ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality, 1990-present.
Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B), 1982-present
Ecology Abstracts, 1982-present.
Environmental Engineering Abstracts, 1990-present.
Health & Safety Sciences Abstracts, 1981-present.
Human Population & Natural Resource Management, 1995-present.
Industrial & Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A), 1982-present.
Pollution Abstracts, 1981-present.
Risk Abstracts, 1990-present.
Sustainability Science Abstracts, 2003-present.
Toxicology Abstracts, 1981-present.
Water Resources Abstracts, 1967-present.

Access to scholarly, government and general-interest sources that address the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments. Covers the connections between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.

Harper's Weekly, the general interest periodical published from 1857-1912, is a primary source for learning about nineteenth-century events, people, and culture. The HarpWeek Database consists of the pages of Harper's Weekly, scanned as images, together with a series of interactive indexes. It contains many images by Winslow Homer, Thomas Nast, and Mathew Brady. Literature in the database is searchable by title, author and literary genre. In addition, over 30,000 advertisements, categorized by topic and advertiser, are included. Harper's Weekly provides detailed information and insights on major and minor political, military, and social issues and events prior to and during the Civil War as well as The Reconstruction and Gilded Age.

Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, and history of education. Provides selective indexing of historical articles from more than 1,800 journals in over 40 languages back to 1955 as well as the full text of more than 300 journals and over 130 books.

Describes government technical reports from the U.S. and other countries. Good for locating reports that one should be able to obtain for free from NASA, DOD, DOE, EPA and other agencies. NTRL has the full text of more than 800,000 technical reports.

Provides citations and abstracts to articles in air pollution, marine pollution, and waste management.

Search citations to the popular magazines of the day. Many have links to full text.

Provides citations and abstracts to articles on toxicology, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and antidotes.

1960-present.
Citations and some abstracts or full text to research articles, reports, books, etc. relating to the planning, development, operation, and performance of transportation systems and their components. Includes all modes of transportation and all disciplines, including environmental issues.