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These databases can help you find articles, books, book chapters, reports, etc. on global change topics.

Subject-specialized databases:

Agricultural & Environmental Science Database
Find articles, reports, proceedings, and government publications from Agricola, Toxline, ESPM (Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS).
CAB Abstracts
Find citations and abstracts for journal articles, conference proceedings, and books in the fields of agriculture, forestry, human health and nutrition, animal health, and natural resources from 1910 to the present.
Environmental Impact Statements
Find full text for environmental impact statements to learn the effects of actions that significantly affect the environment.
NOTE: This content is now part of the ProQuest Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection.
Environmental Issues & Policy Collection
Find more than 5.4 million articles from over 300 journals and references works regarding environmental issues and policy.
GEOBASE
Find articles in earth and environmental sciences.
Geo Ref
Find geoscience articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses.
GreenFILE
Find articles on the human impact on the environment, global climate change, recycling, renewable energy, green building, and pollution.
Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS)
Find articles, book citations, and government documents on public policy, international relations, and business.
PAIS Archive and PAIS International are searchable as one combined database.
Water Resources Abstracts
Find articles, conference proceedings and technical reports on water quality, conservation, and management. (This content is now part of Agricultural & Environmental Science Database.)
Zoological Record (1864-present)
Find articles on all aspects of animal biology and biodiversity issues.

Interdisciplinary databases:

Academic Search Ultimate
Find peer-reviewed journals, full text periodicals, reports, and books across multiple subjects.
Tutorial
CQ Researcher Plus Archive
Find reports and analysis on a variety of current issues. Includes background information, pro/con debates, and a chronology of the issue.
Google Scholar
Find peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, pre-prints, abstracts, and technical reports.
To set up access to UA Libraries full text from off campus, export to a citation manager or view Web of Science citation counts, click "more" below.

Tutorial

The following configuration is needed to access UA-subscribed content from off campus:
1. In Google Scholar, open the "hamburger" menu in the far upper left next to the Google Scholar logo and select "Settings.
2. From the settings menu, select "Library links".
3. Type "University of Arizona" in box and select "University of Arizona - Full-Text @ UofA Libraries". Then click Save.
4. When searching, articles for which we have full text access will display with a link "Full-Text @ UofA Libraries"; select this link to access it. (Please note that this link may be hidden in the smaller links below the citation, and you may need to click on the double arrow to the right of them to find it.)
5. To export citations to a bibliography manager, such as RefWorks or EndNote, go to the Settings menu, click on "search results", select the desired manager in the drop-down menu next to "show links to import citations into", and Save
6. To display Web of Science citations counts, use this link to access Google Scholar.
JSTOR
Find articles, book reviews, and more from thousands of academic journals across the social sciences, humanities, arts, and sciences.
Tutorial
WorldCat (FirstSearch)
Find citations for books, journals, audio, video, and other digital materials from the collections of thousands of libraries around the world. Updated daily.
Note: A free version of Worldcat is at worldcat.org

For more databases available through the University of Arizona Libraries, visit the Research Databases page.