Writing about Literature and the Environment

Credo Reference finds context or background information for topics. Interactive Mind Maps identify closely related concepts and keywords associated with a topic.

Broad agricultural coverage spanning practical farming to recent scientific research in horticulture.

Explore topics and events within earth systems, global change, pollution and populations, with diverse perspectives from the scientific community, policymakers, and corporate interests.

Effective July 1, 2025, this database will no longer be available. Access was previously provided by the Massachusetts Library System (MLS) and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC).  As a result of Executive Order 14238, the MBLC has lost funding and will no longer be able to support access to this particular database. For more information, see the MBLC's news release: https://mblc.state.ma.us/news/news-releases/2025/nr250520.php

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Covers applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine science, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts and urban planning.

Covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Scholarly, government and general-interest titles include content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, and recycling.

JSTOR is an excellent source for scholarly, peer-reviewed articles, ebooks and images, covering literature, history, the arts, and more.

In a single search, this tool provides an interdisciplinary approach to your research results. Searches across subject database collections, library locations, and format types.

Search the NSCC Library and HELM Massachusetts college and university libraries for book and media sources.

Access documentaries, training films, and educational films on various subjects. Includes classic films, PBS, Great Courses, California Newsreel, the Criterion Collection, indie films, and world cinema from award-winning filmmakers.

Find videos of documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels. Includes award-winning films, newly released films, and instructional videos.
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Effective July 1, 2025, this database will no longer be available. Access was previously provided by the Massachusetts Library System (MLS) and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC).  As a result of Executive Order 14238, the MBLC has lost funding and will no longer be able to support access to this particular database. For more information, see the MBLC's news release: https://mblc.state.ma.us/news/news-releases/2025/nr250520.php

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Access daily regional, national, and international news stories. Good resource for primary sources (1980-Present)