6. Search tips
Boolean search connectors
Ocean acidification AND coastal water
quality
Combining more than 1 topic
Personal care products and
pharmaceuticals OR PCPP
Combining synonymous terms
10. Getting started
Cook OneSearch
Print books
Limit to Towson location
You can request books from other USMAI
libraries
eBooks
Check Online Availability
EnvironetBASE
Sage Reference
eBrary
11. Getting started
Encyclopedias
Environmental
Encyclopedia
Climate Change:
Encyclopedia of
Science and History
Is there a local
government website
resource?
http://chesapeake.
usgs.gov/
Books on
environmental
policy
Environmental
health law
Environmental
Policy: New
Directions for the
21st Century
12. Finding articles
Journal List
Research databases
Scopus
ScienceDirect
Sci-Finder
Check citations
Forward and Backward
13. Finding articles
Scopus
Add search field
“Refine Results” on the left
Cited by
Related Documents
All Fields – Abstract, Title, Keywords
Bibliography
Built in citation creation
Export Citation – Ref Works
14. Finding articles
If there is an article you can’t access
Request it through Interlibrary Loan
Iliad login needed
15. Government Information
Find the governing body website
http://www.science.gov/
Course Gateway – Policy section
Political Science Subject Gateway
Recommended : CQ Researcher
Google: site.gov
16. RefWorks
Bibliographic management software
Towson University subscription
Off campus: rwtowsonu
Organize citations
Create bibliographies
Import records
17. Questions?
Feel free to contact me:
Laksamee Putnam
lputnam@towson.edu
410.704.3746.
Or any reference librarian:
Visit Cook Library Reference Desk
410.704.2462.
IM – tucookchat