Research & Subject Guides: EDP 404: Environmental Design: Research Starters

Environmental Design Research

ENVIROnetBASE
Fulltext. Collection of e-books that gather critical research, analytical, and policymaking reference works on subjects ranging from ecological risk assessment and environmental toxicology to GIS, remote sensing, and industrial hygiene.
ScienceDirect
Fulltext access to selected scholarly journals and e-books. Citations and abstracts for books and journals outside of SBU's fulltext subscription. Covers all disciplines with emphasis in the sciences (including medicine) and social sciences.

Access Note: SBU only subscribes to some titles in this collection.

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Environment Complete
Date coverage varies back to the 1940s. Some full-text. Deep coverage in areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more.
Gale OneFile: Environmental Studies and Policy
Providing robust coverage of the field of environmental issues and policy, this collection, which includes nearly 200 journals, provides instant access to the multiple viewpoints of this volatile field of study, including perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy makers, as well as corporate interests.

C40 Cities: Climate Leadership Group
C40 is a network of the world’s megacities taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. With a unique set of assets, the C40 works with participating cities to address climate risks and impacts locally and globally.
Appropedia
Appropedia is a website for collaborative solutions in sustainability, appropriate technology and poverty reduction.

BioOne
2000s-present. Fulltext. Over eighty high-impact publications across the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.

Environmental Encyclopedia, 3rd Ed.
eBook encyclopedia for Environmental Studies & Sustainability
Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability
Analyzes myriad human-initiated processes and tools developed to foster sustainable natural resource use, preservation, and restoration. It also examines how humans interact with plant, marine, and animal life in both natural and human-altered environments.

eJournals

A selection of eJournals for research in sustainability and environmental studies. Many eJournals are available in multiple databases; for complete holdings information, use the eJournals search tool to the left of this list.

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment publishes scientific articles dealing with the interface between agroecosystems and the natural environment, specifically how agriculture influences the environment and how changes in that environment impact agroecosystems.
ONLINE: 01/02/1983 - Date, ScienceDirect
Bioresource Technology
Bioresource Technology publishes original articles, review articles, case studies and short communications on the fundamentals, applications and management of bioresource technology.
ONLINE: 12/01/1995 - Date ScienceDirect
Capitalism Nature Socialism
ONLINE: 1997 - Date, InformaWorld. An international journal of theory and politics. Key themes are the dialectics of human and natural history; labor and land; workplace struggles and community struggles; economics and ecology; and the politics of ecology and ecology of politics.
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
The views of experts on current advances in environmental sustainability in a clear and readable form.
ONLINE: 10/01/2009 - Date, ScienceDirect
Environment (Washington, D.C.)
ONLINE: 1975 to 1 year ago, Ebscohost
Environmental Design and Construction
2001 to Date. Education for designing, constructing, remodeling, operating and maintaining the sustainable built environment as the official magazine for the LEED professional.
Environmental History
ONLINE: 1996 - Date
Environmental Policy & Law
ONLINE: 1996 - Date, Environment Complete
Environmental Science and Policy
Environmental Science and Policy promotes communication among government, business and industry, academia, and non-governmental organisations who are instrumental in the solution of environmental problems.
ONLINE: 1998 - Date, ScienceDirect
Global Environmental Change
Global Environmental Change: Human and Policy Dimensions is an international, interdisciplinary journal spanning the social and natural sciences. It publishes high-quality original theoretical and applied research and review articles across the entire field of global environmental change.
ONLINE: 3/1/1995 - Date, ScienceDirect
Green and Sustainable Chemistry
ONLINE: 2011 to present, Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal of Environmental Systems
ONLINE: 1999 - Date
Landscape & Urban Planning
ONLINE: 1986 - Date
Nature + Culture
ONLINE: 2006 - Date
Nature Journal Archive
1869-Present. Fulltext and PDF since 1950; Archive in PDF. Covers all fields of science and technology. Most-cited weekly science journal. Features podcasts of a weekly science show, a news blog, and videos in which authors discuss their research.
OECD Environmental Indicators: towards sustainable development
Science
Registered users can select from either Content Awareness alerts or CiteTrack Personal Research alerts with a username and password.
Sustainability
an international and cross-disciplinary, scholarly, Open Access journal of environmental, cultural, economic and social sustainability of human beings, which provides an advanced forum for studies related to sustainability and sustainable development
ONLINE: 2009 - Date, Open Access Journals
Sustainability (New Rochelle, NY)
ONLINE: 02/01/2008 to present, Mary Ann Liebert Online

eBooks

A selection of eBooks for environmental studies, environmental sciences, sustainability, green business, sustainable design and human ecology.

See our guide to eBooks.

Select Government Resources

Select US & municipal government websites for information, news, funding opportunities, policy, resources and research tools

Bureau of Planning & Sustainability
Portland, Oregon, municipal government bureau of planning & sustainability
EPA NEPIS
Site for accessing EPA publications, covering more than 7,000 in stock and 31,000 digital titles. EPA's print publications are available through the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP), and EPA's digital publications are stored in the National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS) database.
Green Jobs - Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information on the BLS green jobs initiative, the status of survey development, the BLS green jobs definition, a link to career information for selected green jobs, and other information.
NASA Science - Earth
"Earth is a complex, dynamic system we do not yet fully understand. The Earth system, like the human body, comprises diverse components that interact in complex ways. We need to understand the Earth's atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, and biosphere as a single connected system."
National Science Foundation
an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…"
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) was created on July 1, 1970 to combine in a single agency all state programs designed to protect and enhance the environment.
NSF Environmental Research & Education
National Science Foundation environmental research, education, news & funding opportunities
NTIS
1964-present. Citations and abstracts. The National Technical Information Service catalog covers: business and management studies, health and safety reports, environmental research reports and site clean-up, technology innovations, international market reports, and training tools and materials.
Suffolk County Planning Department
The Planning Department is responsible for the following:

* serving as staff to the Suffolk County Planning Commission;
* preparation of a comprehensive plan;
* provision of assistance to localities, including demographics and economic research, environmental studies and special studies;
The Planning Department participates on the Environmental Trust Fund Review Board, Dredging Project Screening Committee, County Farmland Committee, the County Sewer Agency and Ag
Sustainability | US EPA
US Environmental Protection Agency programs, research and activities related to Urban Sustainability; Water and Ecosystem Services; Energy, etc.
ToxTown
Environmental health concerns and toxic chemicals where you live, work and play
Science in Energy and Environmental Design (SEED) Awards
The Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) office awarded 14 grants in FY 2010, including the following ten on the topic of Science in Energy and Environmental Design (SEED).
SciTech Connect
SciTech Connect consolidates the contents of OSTI's Information Bridge and Energy Citations Database