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Information Strategy

Information Strategy Unrestricted Resource
A basic guide for tracking down relevant, high-quality information needed for papers, lab reports, discussions, and other purposes.

Define

Define... Unrestricted Resource
... a topic by gathering background/overview information; help formulate your question.

AccessScience Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
The online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and Yearbooks and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, and more.

Natural Communities Unrestricted Resource
Glossary; Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Oxford Reference Online (ORO) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Provides full text of a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations from 175+ Oxford reference titles, many of which are in-depth, scholarly entries.

Reference Universe Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Some full text. Reference Universe helps you find the right article--the authoritative article--to begin your research, whether it's on your shelves in a reference work or in an online reference database

Identify

Identify Unrestricted Resource
... specific sources of information about the defined topic--to answer your question

Databases

LexisNexis Academic Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
1-popular Useful for coverage of newspapers and some popular magazines 1980's-present; use the Power Search.

Access World News Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Mostly 1990's-present online resource that provides full-text information from over 1,000 United States and international newspapers and news services.

Academic Search Premier Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
2-popular/primary

Greenfile Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only
Information on aspects of human impact to the environment. Scholarly, government and general-interest titles about global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

JSTOR Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Full text access to past years of 100+ journals covering the Biological and General Sciences; years of coverage depend upon the journal but access is not available to the most current 2-5 years of each journal.

Applied Science & Technology Abstracts Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
For another perspective--spanning 1983-present, this database covers topics in areas that include engineering, acoustics, chemistry, computers, metallurgy, physics, plastics, telecommunications, transportation, and waste management.

Business Source Elite Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
For another perspective--spanning 1984-present, this database covers national and international business, finance, banking, and industry, but also emphasizes regional business activities and trends.

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (Annual)
Call Number: Burling 1st Floor, Reference Area--ask at the circulation desk for help locating.
An index of the most popular, general-interest periodicals published in the United States, reflecting the history of 20th century America.

CSA Biological Sciences/Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management/MEDLINE Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
3-primary; search these 3 databases at the same time; a good way to start searching for primary literature about almost any topic in the Environmental Sciences.

AGRICOLA Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Provides citations to the wide range of agricultural literature.

MEDLINE Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
1953-current; FirstSearch interface. One of the premier sources for bibliographic coverage of medicine, medical research, health care, molecular biology, physiological psychology, and more.

United States Federal Government Documents Unrestricted Resource

Energy Citations Database Unrestricted Resource

Google--U.S. Government Search Unrestricted Resource

Foreign Governments Unrestricted Resource
Northwestern University

Grinnell College Libraries Unrestricted Resource
Books, media, Web sites, databases, art work, and more

EconLit Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
For another perspective--spanning 1969-present, this database provides citations for journals, books, dissertations, and working papers on economics from hundreds of sources. Available off-campus via proxy server.

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) International Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
For another perspective--spanning 1972-present, this database includes scholarly and non-scholarly articles, books, government documents, reports and more, covering global public policy and social issues.

Philosopher's Index Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
For another perspective--spanning 1940-current, this database indexes books and journals of philosophy: ethics, aesthetics, social and political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic, philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language. Available off-campus via proxy server.

PsycINFO Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
For another perspective--the database overs psychology and related disciplines including sociology, education, and sport. Worldwide coverage includes references to over 1300 journals, dissertations, and book chapters.

Sociological Abstracts Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
For another perspective--spanning 1952-current, this database includes citations and abstracts for articles in over 1,500 journals, conference papers, books, and dissertations in the social and behavioral sciences.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
For another perspective--this database indexes the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, public policy, and public administration.

PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) Archive Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
1915-1976. Includes scholarly and non-scholarly articles, books, government documents, reports and more, covering global public and social policies and international relations.

Science Citation Index Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only
4-primary Contact Kevin Engel for access to the Science Citation Index. A unique database that allows you to discover who has cited (referred to) a particular article or book since it was originally published.

BIOSIS Previews Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only
5-primary Contact the Science Librarian for use of this database.

WorldCat Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Before 1000 B.C. to the present. The OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other materials held in libraries worldwide. Contains millions of records.

Reference Sources

AP images (Associated Press) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Off-campus access
Provides 24/7 access to over 4.9 million primary source photos from 1825 to the present. Additionally, provides audio, video, graphics and interactives. Constantly updated, AP Images is an important resource for virtually every discipline. This database may be used for educational purposes only. Images may not be posted on the Web or otherwise made available electronically to anyone outside the Grinnell College community. These images may not be republished or distributed in newspapers, newsletters, magazines, brochures, catalogs, yearbooks, calendars, posters, or similar materials.

Sources of Statistics Unrestricted Resource

Environmental Fate Data Base Unrestricted Resource

CHEMFATE Unrestricted Resource

DATALOG Unrestricted Resource

NASA Earth Observatory Unrestricted Resource
Offers high-quality geological, environmental, and geographical information at the planetary scale ... from NASA's extensive repositories of satellite imagery and numeric data; includes color photographs, maps, satellite images, articles, data sets, and more.

TOXNET Unrestricted Resource
Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas; National Library of Medicine.

Trends Online: A Compendium of Data on Global Change Unrestricted Resource
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy.

Ground Water & Drinking Water Unrestricted Resource
United States Environmental Protection Agency

Drinking Water Standards Unrestricted Resource

List of Drinking Water Contaminants & MCLs Unrestricted Resource

Ground Water & Drinking Water Topics Unrestricted Resource

Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater
Call Number: Science Library QD142 .A5

USGS Water Resources Data of the United States Unrestricted Resource

Locate

Locate Unrestricted Resource
... the publications identified above at Grinnell or elsewhere--get your information

Grinnell College Libraries Unrestricted Resource
Books, media, Web sites, databases, art work, and more

Journal Finder Unrestricted Resource
Journals, magazines, and newspapers available through the Grinnell College Libraries.

Interlibrary Loan Unrestricted Resource

Other Library Catalogs

Iowa State University Library Catalog Unrestricted Resource

University of Iowa Libraries Catalog Unrestricted Resource

Evaluate

Evaluate Unrestricted Resource
...the validity, objectivity, and usefulness of the information