Princeton Specific Resources

          Lexis Nexis Academic Provides full text of many major national and regional newspapers.
          Includes many University news wires, including the Daily Princetonian

          Step One: Select a news category -- Entry Required
              University News
          Step Two: Select a news source-- Entry Required
              University Wires

Web Sites

• Envirolink Includes links to educational resources, government resources, and environmental news.
• Environment at Harvard Gateway to Harvard University's environmental education, research, and outreach enterprise.
• National Library for the Environment Features a collection of full-text reports from the Congressional Research Service dealing with environmental issues.
• Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy "Draws on resources throughout Yale University to develop and advance environmental policy..."

Journal Articles in Databases

• For access to Princeton databases, see: http://library.princeton.edu/catalogs/articles.php
  
• PUL QuickSearch http://search3.webfeat.org/clients/princeton/princetonqs.asp
  • A service which allows you to search multiple databases simultaneously.

Environment and Science Databases

• Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management  (1967+) This database is a compilation of 12 subfiles, including Water Resources Abstracts and Pollution Abstracts, containing journal articles and technical reports.
• Environmental Issues and Policy Index (formerly Environmental Knowledgebase)  (1973+) Provides abstract/index information for over 1000 titles in the area of environmental policy and studies
• Lexis-Nexis Environmental includes abstracts of journal articles and conference papers and selected full text ; full-text news, journals, federal and state codes and federal agency regulation; federal and state case law and agency decisions; federal and state waste site data and hazardous materials information.
• Web of Science (ISI)  (1945+) Provides thorough coverage of 5900 major journals in the social sciences and the humanities
• Science Direct  full-text online science journals; covers articles on the environment

Public Policy Databases

• PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service  (1915+) Provides citations to articles, books, reports, and select government documents on U.S. and international public policy issue. Generally considered to be a comprehensive index to policy literature.
• PolicyFile  (1990+) Draws its content from public policy think tanks, university research programs, research organizations, and publishers. Covers all aspects of public policy.
• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (1975+) Provides access to the international literature in political science, including journal articles, books and book chapters, dissertations, and reviews. It also covers such areas as international relations, law, sociology, economics, and public policy

General/Multidisciplinary Databases

• Academic Search Premier (1975+) Multi-disciplinary database providing abstract and indexing with select full text for many core scholarly journals as well as popular press periodicals
• ProQuest Research Library (Mid 1970s+. (Highly selective earlier coverage))
  Description
  Abstracting, indexing, and select full text of many core scholarly journals, magazines and major newspapers for information on a broad range of subjects.

Newspaper articles

Major news sources can be found at this site: http://libweb/catalogs/articles.php?typeID=20

• News: Proquest Newspapers Provides full text access to the New York Times (1980+) , the Wall Street Journal (1984+), and the Chicago Tribune (1985+)
• Lexis Nexis Academic Provides full text of many major national and regional newspapers, including the full text of the New York Times
• Newsbank Provides full-text of many major national and regional newspapers.
• Factiva   Full-text of many major national and regional newspapers, including the full-text of the Wall Street Journal an Barron's. Some titles are abstracted only. Includes selected full-text and abstracts of many industry and general interest publications

 

Data Resources on the Environment

• Princeton University Library: Economics FAQ on the environment
  
• World Development Indicators Offers environmental data including land use and agricultural production, energy production and use, and emissions. Data as early as 1960.
• International Energy Agency Detailed international data on coal, electricity, natural gas, oil, renewables, carbon dioxide emissions from fuel combustion, energy prices and taxes, energy technology research and development, world energy statistics and balances, and forecasts of energy policies.
• SourceOECD  Includes statistics as well as full-text books, periodicals, and working papers published by the OECD, Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, European Conference of Ministers of Transport, International Energy Agency, and more.
• World Bank. Data and Statistics. Environment. Various international, regional, and country data on various aspects of the environment including The Little Green Data Book (excerpts from World Development Indicators regarding the environment) and IPPS Pollution Intensity and Abatement Cost Datasets.
• UNEP.net (United Nations Environment Programme Data portal) Portal to a wealth of international and regional data on many aspects of the environment including agriculture, air quality, biodiversity, ecosystems, endangered and threatened species, emissions, erosion, forests, human settlements, land use, ozone, pesticides, and weather.
• United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Includes Envirofacts, a portal to various environmental data sites and Air Data, which provides monitoring and emissions data.
• Statistics from the DOE

Selected Government Document Sources   

For full Princeton list see: http://library.princeton.edu/catalogs/articles.php?typeID=21

Google Search Tips ( Google Search Guide):  
        http://www.googleguide.com/sharpening_queries.html
        http://www.googleguide.com/cheatsheet.html
     
        example: intitle:"global warming" site:edu
        example: "global warming" site:www.epa.gov

• Most of the resources listed have all been licensed and paid for by PUL. They have been carefully evaluated and selected by subject experts in the library.
• Many of the resources on the web have not been evaluated by anyone. It is important for you to evaluate sites.
  Here are a few sites that can help:
  Harvard University Library http://hcl.harvard.edu/research/guides/evaluatingweb/
  Duke University Library http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/evaluating_web.htm

Tips for Using Google    prepared by J Hernandez

For a useful guide to using Google, see the Google Guide by Nancy Blachman, author of How to Do Everything with Google.  

• Tip #1: Structure your search. Use the search engine much as you would a catalog or database. Break your topic up into concepts and express those concepts with keywords or phrases using logical connectors to combine them. You can approximate many of the same search techniques you would use in the Main Catalog's guided search, or in an article database, to search on Google. You will use different symbols, but the basic approach is essentially the same.

      Try to make your searches as specific as possible, but keep them simple. Unlike an article database, Internet search engines don't deal well with       very complex searches.

      When using multiple search terms, Google automatically searches for variations of keywords, a process called "automatic stemming." In addition,       there are a few other special characters that you can use to enhance your searches: 

•  Tip #2: Know the domain. Different kinds of organizations use different domains on the Internet. Understand how the domain a Web site "lives in" will reflect the nature of the site and the information you will find there. Here are a few examples of the sorts of domains you typically see:

 

• Country Codes
  URLs for official sites of individual countries contain a 2-letter abbreviation of the country's name.
  For example, the United Kingdom uses .uk, France uses .fr, China uses .cn, etc.
  Consult the listing of country codes maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.
  
  U.S. state agency sites use the state's 2-letter abbreviation preceded by .state. and followed by .us.
  For example, the New Jersey State Legislature site is located at: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/.
  
• Limiting domains by site
  In Google, you can limit your search to specific domains or URLS by using the site operator.
  For academic web sites, use edu in the Google search box
  terrorism site:edu
  
• Limit to a specific site
  terrorism site:www.dhs.dhs.gov limits your search on terrorism to the Homeland Security's web site.
  
• Tip #3: Be a cautious consumer. Look out for biased or extreme language that could indicate whether the author or sponsoring organization has a particular slant or agenda. Be wary of pages that do not cite their sources. Be sure the page indicates when it was last updated to see if the information is current. Do you recognize the author? If not, try some separate searches on the author's name to verify his/her credentials. Likewise, see if you can find any indications as to how the organization is regarded elsewhere. Check the catalog and databases to find books and articles by the same authors or organizations. Is there a critical mass that would lead you to trust this source?
  
•  Tip #4: Follow up leads. When you find items that seem to be relevant, exploit their details to help you find related items, just like you would in a catalog or database search. Pay special attention to the author and the sponsoring organization, as these can lead you to potential experts in your topic area. Be sure to make note of any specific terminology that describes your topic and use these terms to refine your search. Also, look out for references or bibliographies that could lead you to additional sources of information.
  
•  Tip #5: Treat links like citations. When you find a page that interests you, be aware of the other pages this page links to. This is somewhat analogous to looking at the list of references at the end of an article- you want to see what other sources contributed to the information on this page, as well as what other sources the author thinks are relevant to the topic. Google allows you to see who else has linked to the page in question by using the link: operator followed by the URL of the page. For example, to see who has linked to the Web site of the Council on Foreign Relations enter: link:http://www.cfr.org.

Citing Sources
        http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Style.html
        Also try: http://www.refworks.com

Need Assistance? Ask a librarian:

• Nancy Pressman Levy, Interim Head, Stokes Library: pressman@princeton.edu
• Elana Broch Assistant Population Research Librarian: ebroch@Princeton.EDU
• Joann Doniatello Population Research Librarian: jdonatie@princeton.edu
• Librarians at the Social Science Reference Center
  
  prepared by Nancy Pressman Levy 3/8/07