ERG 201: Information Resources for the Energy and Resources Group

Finding Books
Finding Articles
Finding Books Online
Finding Dissertations
Finding Environment & Energy Information on the Web
Managing References and Evaluating Sources

Finding Books

Resource	Coverage	Unique Features
OskiCat OskiCat Quick Guide (PDF)	Most UCB libraries (more information)	Renew your books online Find course reserves Request checked out or offsite items Restrict your search to a specific library, online items, or available items only.
Melvyl Melvyl Guide	Most UCB libraries and many libraries worldwide, plus citations to selected articles (more information)	Search libraries worldwide Request items UCB doesn't own Create and save lists and add tags to items Automatically format citations
Electronic Books	Links to Google Books, Open Library, and other e-book resources such as ebrary, ENVIROnetBASE, Knovel Library, and Springer E-books.	Search the full text of relevant materials Full text may be available online

Finding Articles

Links to the databases below can be found on the Bioscience Library Databases page. See Off-Campus Access for information about connecting from off-campus locations. To access the full text of articles, use the button.

Core Databases for Energy and Resources	Years Covered
BIOSIS The most comprehensive biological sciences database; indexes over 6000 peer-reviewed journals, as well as books, book chapters and conference proceedings. (Guide: HTML \| PDF )	1926-present
CAB ABSTRACTS Broad coverage of agriculture, ecology, forestry, economics and social sciences. U.S. and international focus.	1910-present
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND POLLUTION MANAGEMENT All aspects of environmental issues; indexes articles, books, web sites, governmental reports, conference proceedings. Good source for citations to U.S. environmental impact statements and U.S. environmental regulations and policies.	1981-present
PUBMED The major database for articles published in biomedical journals. Use the link above to see a customized version of PubMed that includes links to the University of California’s full text holdings. (Guide: HTML \| PDF)	1945-present
WEB OF SCIENCE Indexes core journals in science, social sciences, and the arts and humanities. Allows cited reference searching, which allows you to identify later articles which cite a given author or article.	1900-present
Related Databases	Years Covered
Access World News Full-text information from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international newpapers. Strong regional coverage of California newspapers, including the San Francisco Chronicle and other Bay Area papers.	Dates vary
AgEcon Search A free open-access repository of full-text scholarly literature in agricultural and applied economics. Includes working papers, conference papers and journal articles.	1920-present
Business Source Complete Full text articles from more than 7400 scholarly business journals. Includes management, economics, finance, accounting, and detailed company profiles for top business companies. Updated daily.	1965-present
EconLit Comprehensive index to over 400 economics journals and articles within some "collected" volumes. Includes working papers, some books and dissertations. Indexing of journal articles from 1868-1968 has just been added.	1868-present
LexisNexis Contains full text and abstracts of news, business, and legal information and provides full-text access to nearly 6,000 individual titles. Users can search foreign and domestic newspapers and wire services; radio and television transcripts; and business, industry, and legislative magazines, journals, and newsletters.	Dates vary
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) Citations to articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, pamphlets, book chapters and statistical sources in the fields of social and political policy.	1915-present
PolicyFile Index to public policy in the areas of economics, politics, the environment, and social issues, taken from reports from a wide range of think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international governmental organizations, and other institutions worldwide.	1990-present
TRID (Transportation Research Information and Documentation) Coverage of all areas of transportation research, produced and maintained by the Transportation Research Board of the U.S. National Academies. More than 900,000 records of references to books, technical reports, conference proceedings, and journal articles.	1883-present

Finding Books Online

Numerous books are now available electronically, licensed for use at UCB. Some are included in publisher packages or as special subject collections. See the Bioscience Library's Electronic Books page for full-text collections such as ENVIROnetBASE, Springer E-books, ebrary, and Knovel Library.

Use Google Books to search within the contents of millions of books from publishers and libraries worldwide, then use OskiCat or Melvyl to find out if UCB owns the title. Full text can be displayed if out of copyright (published pre-1923); in-copyright books can be partially viewed as "previews" or "snippets."

Finding Dissertations

DISSERTATIONS & THESES 1861-present; 1997-present for some full text
Provides access to the full text of all dissertations from UC since 1997. The first twenty-four pages from all other dissertations for which images exist online are also available. Also included, with more than 1.5 million entries, is the Dissertation Abstracts International database.

Finding Environmental Information on the Web

Managing References and Evaluating Sources

RefWorks: The UCB Libraries have purchased a site license to RefWorks. Sign up for a free account, and easily manage your references and format bibliographies with just a few clicks. (Tutorials and Guides)
EndNote: A powerful, full-featured desktop-based program to organize your references and format bibliographies. Available for purchase from the Scholar’s Workstation.
Critical Evaluation of Resources
Zotero: Free Firefox extension that helps you collect and manage references