Madigan Library
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SCI100 - Environmental Science
Use this course guide to help you find environmental information for your annotated bibliography.
First things first: Print out the worksheet (PDF) where you will record the information you find.
Links to key agencies and bureaus.
These have been added here for your convenience while you work on your assignment. You can always login to your Angel course and have access to the same links.
Find Journal and Magazine Articles
Your assignment calls for you to use three databases to find journal and magazine articles; there are others suggested should you hit a dead end.
With sample search screens on how to set up your searches on environmental topics in the catalog and databases.
Tools you can use...
A selection of style manuals. We keep several different print copies at the reference desk and on reserve. Just ask us.
Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
An excellent guide from Elizabeth Kirk, a librarian at Johns Hopkins University.
Scholarly Journals vs. Popular Magazines
Wondering how you can tell what kind of information you have found? Use this simple comparative chart from Duke University librarians.
Popular and more academic search engines, the Invisible Web, reviews, tutorials and more.
Questions or comments
Georgia Laudenslager, Assistant Professor, Librarian, Reference and Outreach
- LIB 138
- (570) 320-2400, ext. 7828
- glaudens@pct.edu