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Researching Environmental Issues in the Central Valley
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Identifying Scientific Research Articles
- Academic Search Elite
- - multidisciplinary database covering key academic journals and news magazines
- - Subject search browses a list of pre-assigned subject headings
- - Keywords search retrieves search terms anywhere in description of the article
- - able to limit to refereed (i.e. peer-reviewed, scholarly) journals
- - To find the full-text of an article listed in Expanded Academic:
- - On the results screen, look for the first link under each entry.
- If present, Text links to the full-text of the article.
- In other cases,
click check availability to
search for the text of the article in another library database or in the library's print collection (via the Library Catalog).
- Biological Abstracts
- - identifies/describes articles on biological research
- - able to search by author, title or subject
- - click
button to check for availability of the text of the article in the library's online or print collections. - AGRICOLA
- - identifies/describes articles on agricultural research
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indicates the library may have the article in print - - click button to check for availability of the text of the article in the library's online or print collections.
- Library Catalog
- - identifies books, titles of journals, and other materials available in the CSU Stanislaus Library
- - for books, check the bottom of the full record for the location, call number and availability of an item.
- Science Direct
- - search interface for a variety of scientific journals and databases
- - includes full-text of a variety of scientific journals published by Elsevier
- - to limit search to articles available in full-text only:
- click Journals tab
- in Source: box, choose Subscribed journals
- In Dates: box, choose all years
Local Sources
- Lexis-Nexis: Academic Search
- - full-text of news sources, including the Modesto Bee, the Fresno Bee, and other California papers
- - choose News, U.S. News, and Select Region: Western Regional Sources to search California papers
- - system searches for contents of search box as an exact phrase, use "and" to separate concepts
- e.g. search for "air quality and Central Valley and ozone".
- Great Valley
- - information on the economic, social and environmental status of the valley
- - publications includes reports on the environmental status of the valley
- - resources include links to agriculture, government, and academic and media Websites
- Yahoo Directories of Local Government websites
- Central Valley Cities and Counties
- California Cities
- California Counties
- - government sites are usually listed under the community section for each area
Federal and State Government Sources
- GPO Catalog of Government Publications
- - citations to U.S. federal publications from 1976 - present
- - agencies covered include the EPA and the Department of the Interior
- - CSU Stanislaus is a select depository
- - most government publications held by library are not in the Library Catalog
- - see Government Resources page for more information.
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
- - includes search interface for a wide variety of EPA information.
- FirstGov
- - search interface for U.S. federal government websites
- MELVYL
- - catalog of materials available in University of California system libraries
- - includes excellent coverage of State of California documents
- - CSU Stanislaus Library houses a selection of State of California documents
- - identify a desirable document using MELVYL and check with Reference Librarian to see if available in Turlock.
- California Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES)
- - information by regions, counties, watersheds, organization, subject category, and type of data
- - search interface covers a variety of state government resources
- - regions include San Joaquin Valley, Delta, Sierra, and Sacramento Valley.
Retrieving the Text of Materials
Once you have a citation to an article or book (e.g. from a Biological Abstracts search), see if it's available in print or online in the CSU Stanislaus Library. If it is not, students, faculty and staff may request it via Interlibrary Loan.- Find It! - Check Availability service
- - many of the databases provide a
check availability or link next to a ctiation
- - Find It! attemtps to check if the library has the item online or in print
- - if available in the library's online collection, Find It! will display a link to the article saying
- - if the library holds the book or at least some issues of the journal in the print collection, Find It! will display a link saying
click the link and check the Library Catalog record to make sure library has the volume/year that contains the desired article - - if the item is not in the library's collection, Find It! displays a link to Interlibrary Loan.
- Printed Materials in the Library (Library Catalog)
- Identify the title of the book or journal (not the article!)
- In Library Catalog, choose ALL Library Materials for books or periodicals for journals
- Type title of book or journal and search in Title.
- If library has the title, go to full record and look at Library Holdings at bottom of window.
- Books:
- Check the status.
- Date Due means it's out of the library.
- If In Library, check Location.
- Locations:
- Main - general book stacks.
- Ref - Reference Room
- Reserves or Case or Closed Stacks - see Circulation Desk
- Journal articles:
- Check the library's volume/date holdings versus the volume/date of the article.
- If library has correct volume/date, identify which location has desired issue:
- Location MAIN Per - periodicals collection (large room behind the Reference Desk)
- Location CLOSED or RESERVE - ask for journal at Circulation Desk
- Online Sources: EJournals at CSU Stanislaus
- Get into the library's list of EJournals.
- Click on first letter of the title of the journal (not the article!) to see if library has online access.
- Search appropriate database for your article (e.g. author or title of the article).
- Interlibrary Loan
- If library neither owns journal in print nor has access online, fill out a periodical interlibrary loan request.
- Materials requested via Interlibrary Loan usually take 1-4 weeks to arrive.
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