Articles & Databases : Earth Sciences

Academic Search Premier [EBSCO]
This database covers many subjects and provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including nearly 3,900 academic (peer-reviewed) titles.

Access Science
An online encyclopedia of science and technology.

Biology Journals [ProQuest]
Abstracts and full-text articles from journals in the biological sciences.

Country Background Notes
Facts about foreign countries, published by the U.S. Department of State.

CountryWatch
Up-to-date news and information on the countries of the world.

DemographicsNow [Gale] Database Subscription Ends 6/30/13
A good source for data about people in the United States for business and market research purposes. Locate data that is broken down by geographical areas (state, city, and zip code) and by personal characteristics such as age, income, education, and race.

Films on Demand
Topics include Humanities and Social Sciences, Business and Economics, Science and Mathematics and Health and Medicine.

General OneFile [Gale]
A one-stop source for popular, scholarly, and trade publications in all formats: newspaper, magazine, journal, and newsletter, etc.

GreenFILE [EBSCO]
Information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment such as global warming, green building, sustainable agriculture, and more. Includes academic, government and general-interest articles.

Highwire Press
A division of the Stanford University Libraries, HighWire Press hosts a large repository of peer-reviewed content, much of it available for free. Free content is clearly marked in search results. Also, a listing of their free titles can be found here.

MasterFILE Premier [EBSCO]
A database containing full text articles of general interest to the public. Includes reference books, primary source documents, and an image collection with photos, maps, and flags.

Science in Context [Gale]
Science in Context provides detailed coverage of popular subjects from earth science and life science, to space, technology, mathematics and science history. Sources include Gale Encyclopedia of Science, Chemical Elements, Science in Dispute and Macmillan Science Library.

World Factbook
Facts about the countries of the world, published by the CIA.