Arts & Humanities Library
W321 Pattee Library
Penn State University
814-865-1014
Reference works are helpful at two points in your research: when starting out (by offering overview articles), or later when you encounter unfamiliar terms during your research.
Chronology of Twentieth-Century History. Ecology and the Environment. 2nd floor Paterno, Call # GE50.C56 1997. Essays on landmark events, cases, and people in the environmental movement. Entries are arranged by year and include a list of sources for further reading.
Gale Virtual Reference Library. Includes essays on environment topics including air pollution, national parks, oil spills, solar power, smog, and urban planning.
Environmental Resource Handbook. Life Sciences Library Reference Collection, 4th Floor Paterno. Call # TD169.6.E69 2005. A convenient compilation of facts, dates, and people.
To find books and other materials at Penn State use the library’s catalog, The CAT. Use “I Want it” to request items from other campuses.
In some cases you will discover Penn State does not have the book you need. Use WorldCat to search for materials in libraries worldwide. Use the “Request via ILL” link in WorldCAT to have items delivered to you. For additional options see our "Interlibrary Loan" page
Book Reviews (Research Guide to finding Book Reviews)
Online Books
Google Book Search — This digital index to the contents of over 10 million English language books is created from the contents of CIC university libraries and others.
Hathi Trust Digital Library — A digital catalog and repository created by research libraries.
Subject |
Call Number |
Primary Location at University Park |
|---|---|---|
Environmental Sciences |
GE |
Earth and Mineral Sciences Library 2nd Floor Paterno Library |
Human Ecology |
GF |
3rd Floor Paterno Library |
Green Politics |
JA75.8 |
2nd Floor Paterno Library |
Environmental Law – U.S. |
KF3775 |
3rd Floor Paterno Library |
Environmental Health |
RA565-600 |
4th Floor Paterno Library |
Conservation of Natural Resources |
S900-972 |
4th Floor Paterno Library |
Environmental Engineering Environmental Technology |
TA170-171 TD |
Engineering Library, 325 Hammond 3rd Floor Paterno Library |
The U.S. Government issues thousands of reports on legal, social, and political issues. Most are in the Social Sciences Library, 2nd Floor, Paterno. Some government documents appear in The CAT, others require specialized access tools.
Congressional Debates and Reports LexisNexis Congressional contains the debates on the floor of Congress, laws, hearings, and reports on legislation. The CRS (Congressional Research Service) Reports provide helpful overviews of public policy issues.
Executive Branch Documents (Environmental Protection Agency, Dept. of Energy etc.) are often listed in The CAT. Search by topic, or agency. Search the President as AUTHOR in The CAT to find other documents. Presidential Speeches and Documents are found in the Public Papers of the Presidents,and Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1965-present in print; 1993-present ONLINE
Court Decisions and Laws are online via , Lexis Nexis Academic.
Statistics the Government collects large quanitities of data. To locate data by subject use our Statistics Guide
Increasing amounts of government information are on the Internet. See GPO Access Resources by Topic: The Environment for a list of resources on the web.
Chicago Tribune Historical (1849-1986)
Daily Collegian (1887-1987) The full text of the Penn State student paper. Other student newspaper archives are online. A partial list is here
Google Magazines Full color magazines, including Life Magazine, and selected years of other popular magazines.
Google News Archive Contains a mix of free and "pay per view" historical news sources.
ICON: Newspaper Digitization Projects A helpful list of digital newspapers by state some from the 1970s
New York Times Digital Archive, 1851-
Reader's Guide Retrospective, 1890-1982 An index to popular U.S. magazines. The best source for the period from roughly 1910 to 1980.
Television News Archives (selected footage from news programs back to 1969)
News and Magazines articles published after 1970
Access WorldNews (full-text local, national, and international news sources. the earliest are from the late 1970s)
Ethnic Newswatch (recent articles - since the mid 1980s - in ethnic news sources. Includes full-text of Hispanic-American and African-American news)
LexisNexis Academic--News Sources (full-text news sources, some back to the late 1970's)
Newspaper Photos (photos from the Associated Press)
Television News Archives (selected footage from news programs back to 1969)
Google News Archives searches many newspaper titles. In some cases the full-text is available, but usually there is a fee. Ask for help locating a free copy in the library.
Alternative Press Index. Call # HN1.A48, Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Paterno. An index to articles published in “left-wing” magazines since 1969. (CAT record)
Chicano Periodicals Index. Articles in Chicano publications from 1967-1987. Call # Z1361.M4 C47, Arts & Humanities Reference, 2nd Floor Pattee. (CAT record)
Editorials on File.& Reprints of newspaper editorials from 1970-2003. Call # D410 .E4, Pattee Stacks Level BA (1970-1992), and Pattee Stacks 2 (1993-2003). (CAT record)
Index to Periodical Articles by and About Blacks. Call # Z1361.N39 I6, Arts & Humanities Reference, 2nd Floor Pattee Covers articles in African-American publications since1950. (CAT record)
Right Wing Collection of the University of Iowa Libraries, 1918-1977. Call # FILM D289, News & Microforms, Ground Floor, West Pattee. Search The CAT for a list of titles. (CAT record) or use the collection guide (Call # Z7163.I7). (CAT record)
Underground Newspaper Collection (left-wing newspapers from 1960’s & 1970’s). Call # FILM A158, News & Microforms, Ground Floor West Pattee. Search The CAT for a list of titles or use the collection guide.
In addition, the library has many newspapers on MICROFILM in the News and Microforms Library, Ground Floor of West Pattee. To browse newspapers by state or time period use NewsCAT.
America: History & Life (Articles published since 1954 in history journals)
Includes links to full-text journals found in the History Cooperative E-Journals, JSTOR, Periodicals Archive Online, Project MUSE and other full-text journals.
Business Source Premier Covers business and marketing journals. Good source for analysis of the auto and electrical industries.
Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management mostly focuses on the technical aspects of environmental science, with some coverage of politics and activism.
Google Scholar Covers *some*, but not all scholarly journals. A convenient source, but not a replacement for searching library databases.
International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text Use to find articles on African-Americans and the environmental movement.
Periodicals Index Online An index to scholarly sources in many subject area. Especially useful for earlier scholarship not covered in other online databases.
Sociological Abstracts Use to find articles written primarly from a sociological perspective.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts Covers political groups and political aspects of the environmental movements.
Women's Studies International Use to find scholarship on women and the environmental movement.
There are many other Article databases coveringsubjects from Education to Journalism to Law. To idenfity more use: Find Articles by Subject
