Selected Resources in
ENGL234—Environmental Literature
February 7, 2002
PLU Library--Gail Egbers
535-8869/egbersgl@plu.edu

FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Periodical indexes provide the most efficient subject access to journals, magazines, and newspapers.  Some of these indexes are print and some electronic.  Access the electronic resources from the PLU library home page:  (http://www.plu.edu/~libr).  Some electronic resources require a username and password.  To locate articles on your topic use:

Arts & Humanities Search:  A citation index referencing 8795 of the world’s leading and humanities journals.   Requires PLU ePass username and password.

JSTOR is an archival database with 117 core scholarly journals in the arts, social sciences, sciences and 7 general science journals starting with the very first issues, many of which date from the 1800s and some even to the 1600s.  JSTOR provides the full text (in PDF format) of all journal content. You can retrieve specific articles, browse individual journals, or search by topic. As this is an archival service, current issues (usually the latest 3 to 5 years) are NOT available. Off-campus access requires PLU ePass username and password.

MLA:  Modern Language Association's index to international journals and books on literature, languages, linguistics, folklore, from 1963 to present. No book reviews!  Off-campus access requires PLU ePass username and password.

EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite provides full text for over 1,300 arts & humanities, academic,
social sciences, general science, education and multi-cultural journals, magazines, and newspapers. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 3,000 titles. Full text backfiles go as far back as January of 1990, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as January of 1984.  Off-campus access requires PLU ePass username and password.

Philosopher's Index:  Provides "indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language."
 
 

LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:  Use Journals at PLU to obtain the call number of the journal you need.  Current issues of journals are shelved on the first floor.  Older issues (bound volumes and microfilm) are on the second and third floors, shelved with the books. Journals at PLU also gives you access to our full-text periodicals.

REFERENCE BOOKS

American nature writers (ref. PS163.A6 1996)
Beacham's guide to international endangered species (ref. QL82.B435 1998)
Complete Guide To Environmental Careers In The 21st Century (ref. GE60.D69 1999)
Conservation Atlas Of Tropical Forests: The Americas (ref. G1101.K3C6 1996)
Conservation Directory, 2000: a guide to worldwide environmental organizations
      (ref. S920.C64 2000)
Dictionary Of Ecology (ref. QH540.4.C66 1998)
Dictionary of environmental quotations (ref. PN6084.N2D53 1992)
Earth Works: recommended fiction and nonfiction about nature and the environment for
      adults and young adults (ref. GE105.D95x 1996)
Encyclopedia of Endangered Species (ref. QH75.A1E53)
Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues (ref. GE10.E52 2000)
Encyclopedia of Environmental Pollution and Cleanup (ref. TD173.E53 1999)
Encyclopedia of Environmental Science (ref. GE10.E53 1999)
Environment and the law: a dictionary (ref. KF3775.A68P38 1995)
Environmental Disasters: a chronicle of individual, industrial, and governmental carelessness
     (ref. GE140.D383 1998)
Environmental Encyclopedia (ref. GE10.E58x)
Great events from history II. Ecology and the environment series (ref. GE150.G72 1995)
Wilderness preservation: a reference handbook (ref. QH76.R66 1994)
Wiley encyclopedia of energy and the environment (ref. TJ163.235.W55 1996)
World directory of environmental organizations (ref. S920.W67)
 
 

INTERNET RESOURCES

Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (http://www.asle.umn.edu/)
Ecofeminism (http://ecofem.enviroweb.org//ecofem.html)
Ecofeminist Resources (http://www.ecofeminism.net/)
EnviroLink Network (http://envirolink.netforchange.com/)
HerbWeb (http://www.hedweb.com/hedweb2.htm)
Institute for Deep Ecology  (http://www.deep-ecology.org/)
Nature Links (http://www.connix.com/~fmusante/nature/nature_links.htm)
 
 
 

BEYOND PLU

PLU belongs to a consortium of small private colleges and universities.  This consortium includes: St. Martin's College, Northwest University, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle University, and University of Puget Sound.  You may check materials out from these libraries using your PLU ID.

You may also order articles and books from PLU's Interlibrary Loan (Most libraries won't loan reference books).  Staff at the Reference Desk will assist you with your ILL orders.
 
 
 

If you have questions while doing library research, ask for help at the reference desk or make an appointment with me for personal research assistance.  My office hours for spring are:  Mondays 1-2, Tuesdays 9-10, Thursdays 1-2 .  Feel free to call for other times!

 
 
 

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