NSCC Library: Sustainability and the Environment: Databases

Subject Databases

These databases focus on specific subject areas. Each of these resources covers environmental issues related to the purview of the database.

In order to access the Library’s databases off campus:

Environmental Issues & Policy Collection
Over 200 journals offering multiple viewpoints of this volatile field, including perspectives from the scientific community, government, and corporate interests.
GreenFILE
Covers human impact to the environment, drawing on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
Science in Context
Contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics.
Agriculture Collection
Broad agricultural coverage including spans practical farming and recent scientific research in horticulture.
Communication and Mass Media Collection
From marketing professionals to students studying for advanced degrees in linguistic theory, this collection provides current and accurate information from more than 100 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field including advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and more.
Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Collection
Coverage of both the historical and current state of affairs in the hospitality and tourism field, including cultural aspects of travel, leisure activities, economic aspects of tourism, and more.

These general databases cover a variety of topics and formats. Each of these includes information on environmental issues.

In order to access the Library’s databases off campus:

Academic OneFile
Academic journals; podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and CBC; full-text New York Times back to 1995.
Academic Search Complete
Wide range of full-text journals including peer-reviewed content for STEM research, the social sciences and humanities. Scholarly content includes anthropology, engineering, law, sciences and more. Also includes over 60,000 videos from the Associated Press, 1930-current
Global Issues in Context
International viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Access pro/con articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
New York Times
1980-current.
Kanopy streaming video
Access to a unique collection of films, including documentaries, training films and theatrical releases on every topic. NOTE: use requires a one time account setup (email and pw) on Kanopy's site.
Swank
Academic streaming portal