LibGuides: Climate Change and Sustainability: Databases

Searching the Databases

To search the Library databases for articles, the simplest place to start is by entering your keywords on OneSearch on the library homepage. These keywords and topics can be searched on the library databases and on Google for sources outside the library. As always, make sure to vet your sources.

Keywords – for exploring a this topic

Sustainability	Climate change	Global warming
Air conditioning	Deforestation	Reforestation
Extreme weather	Weather	Fossil fuels (like coal, oil, and gas)
Miles per gallon (MPG)	Temperature	Ozone layer
Renewable energy	Solar power	Wind power
Tesla (electric cars and solar solutions)	Electric vehicles	Climate deniers
Depletion of natural resources	Ecological balance	Oil industry AND Coal industry
Conservation / Conservationist	Reduce / Recycle / Reuse	Carbon footprint
Carbon offset	Carbon credit	Air pollution
The Clean Air Act (U.S.)	Smog	Health problems
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)	California Air Resources Board (CARB)	Record temperatures

Databases

OneSearch This link opens in a new window
OneSearch provides simple, one-stop searching for books and e-books, videos, articles, digital media, and more. It also helps you manage your research. Sign-in in order to: Renew books and videos; Create favorites lists; View full search results. (Some databases, only show results when you're signed in.)
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles from leading journals. Coverage is multi-disciplinary and includes full text for more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles; searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. Updated daily.
CQ Researcher (CQ Press) This link opens in a new window
In-depth, authoritative reports on a full range of political and social-policy issues extending back to 1923.
Films On Demand This link opens in a new window
Streaming video database including over 28,000 documentary video titles
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely
24/7. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office).
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature available on the web. Full text is not always freely available on the web so sometimes you'll have to link to your library's database to find full text
JSTOR Arts & Sciences Collections This link opens in a new window
Back issues of important academic journals, including many historical journals (no current issues) going back to 1838. Excellent for in-depth academic journal articles on all historical topics except: recent history and articles published within the last 3 – 5 years. The complete JSTOR database is made up of numerous "collections".
The complete JSTOR database is made up of numerous "collections". Skyline College Library subscribes to the following JSTOR collections:

Arts & Sciences I Collection - core journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, & more humanities and social sciences
Arts & Sciences II Collection - adds depth to many disciplines introduced in Arts & Sciences I
Arts & Sciences V Collection - includes state historical journals, literary reviews and a variety of arts & humanities journals
Arts & Sciences VII Collection - eclectic range of disciplines in the arts, humanities, and social sciences
Arts & Sciences VIII Collection - core humanities disciplines including history, language & literature, art & art history, and education
NYTimes.com Pass (New York Times) This link opens in a new window
Skyline College students, faculty and staff have full complimentary access to NYTimes.com and NYT mobile apps. Your access to NYTimes.com is available from any location, on or off campus. For more information visit: Instructions on how to claim your NY Times Pass at https://guides.skylinecollege.edu/newyorktimes
O'Reilly Media This link opens in a new window
access to 50K+ titles (including O’Reilly books in early release), 30K+ hours of video, case studies from top companies and more—with nearly 1,000 topics to explore in technology and business.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context (GALE) This link opens in a new window
Features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.
Science (journal) (American Association for the Advancement of Science) This link opens in a new window
One of the leading journals of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.
Science In Context (GALE) This link opens in a new window
Contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics, merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.