Ecology & Environment: Databases
Databases & Special Resources
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowAcademic Search Complete is a very good place to start, especially if you have limited or no knowledge about the subject in which you are interested. From here, you can find key concepts, keywords, and other background information.
- AGRICOLA This link opens in a new windowThe U.S. National Agricultural Library's bibliographic database to identify journal articles, government documents, technical reports, books, patents, and audiovisual resources from agricultural sources, including botany, ecology, environmental science, freshwater and marine sciences, and forestry from 1970 to the present. More InfoPUBLIC
- Compendex (Engineering Index) This link opens in a new windowEngineering & applied science-related research. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- Environment Complete This link opens in a new windowDeep coverage in environmental studies. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- Environmental Studies (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new windowCoverage of environmental research, issues, policy, and decision-making in the form of full text journal articles, news stories, interactive maps, statistical data, refereed case studies, podcasts, and more. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- SciFinder-n This link opens in a new windowCore scientific database encompassing the literature, substances and reactions of chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering and related fields. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowOne-pass searching of Web of Science citation indexes, BIOSIS Citation Index, Derwent Innovations Index, MEDLINE and more. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
- Zoological Record This link opens in a new windowThe world's leading taxonomic reference. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
Environmental Law Research Guide
Provides a general guide to conducting legal research in areas related to the environment with a focus on hazardous and toxic chemicals and related environmental issues.
Use this guide to:
- learn about state and federal sources of law from the courts, administrative agencies, and legislature,
- search through legal periodicals and indexes related to environmental law, and
- access links to our many resources in the law library's collection related to environmental law.
Toxicology--In-depth Resource Guide
This guide is designed to assist patrons who need to do an in-depth search of the detailed toxicology of a particular substance or make an extensive review of a topic related to toxicology such as endocrine disrupters. If a concise overview of the toxic effects of a particular substance or a brief listing of major toxicological databases is needed, start by searching the TOXNET site (see above) that searches numerous National Library of Medicine databases providing a wealth of toxicological information on reasonably common compounds.
UB Libraries Special Collection on Love Canal, one of the most comprehensive inventories of resources on the most notorious chemical waste site in the United States
Love Canal Area Revitalization Agency (LCARA) Records, 1980-2003
Selected records and documents of and relating to the Love Canal Area Revitalization Agency (LCARA).
Love Canal Collections at the University at Buffalo
The University Archives is the repository of numerous collections related to environmental issues in Western New York. Particular attention has been paid to the environmental disaster Love Canal.
This website includes an introduction to the history and background of the events that occurred at Love Canal, two chronologies of events, scanned documents of the Ecumenical Task Force, database of Love Canal articles, and a glossary of definitions for individuals, organizations, businesses, government agencies, chemical waste dump sites, and major issues relating to Love Canal and other local environmental disaster areas.
Love Canal Newspaper Clipping File, 1978-1990
The Love Canal newspaper clipping file contains articles culled from the Ecumenical Task Force of the Niagara Frontier Love Canal Collection. Taken from local and national newspapers from 1978-1990, some articles may be restricted for study by copyright issues. There is a searchable database of the articles available online.
Love Canal Repository Grant Records, 1978-2002, (bulk 2000-2001)
Kathleen DeLaney's records pertaining to the grant funded by the Niagara County Environmental Fund in 2000 to collect information on area institution's historic Love Canal disaster area document collections.
