Research Guides: ENVS 122 / POLI 157: Environmental Politics and Policy: Argument

Argument

Argument sources will help you:

Understand how your topic has been treated by others
Identify gaps in current understanding of your topic
Identify various perspectives on your topic

Look for argument information in:

Scholarly articles about your topic
Scholarly articles about potential solutions for your topic

Sources for Argument Information

Try the following sources to find argument information. Based on your topics, I may add additional options for databases to search. For a complete list of SCU's databases, click HERE.

ENVIRONMENTAL DATABASES

Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection This link opens in a new window
This database provides articles, books, technical reports, conference proceedings and government publications related to agriculture and environmental science from 1960 to the present.
This database covers areas such as agricultural engineering, biodiversity, botany, environmental law, forestry, sustainability, waste management, and water resources.
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
This database provides research on all aspects of human influence on the natural environment and how individuals, corporations, and local/national governments can minimize negative impact. The subject areas include abstracts and full-text articles on global warming, green building, alternate fuel sources, recycling, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, among many others.
Gale in Context: Environmental Studies This link opens in a new window
This database abstracts and provides the full-text of articles, newspapers, and multimedia resources related to environmental topics in science, international studies, business, law, and politics.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
This database abstracts articles focused on science, technology, medicine, and business from 1995 to present.
SCU's ScienceDirect journals are marked by green icons.

OTHER DATABASES

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
This multidisciplinary database provides access to over 5,600 active full-text journals and over 6,500 open access journals. Covers topics that range from business, education, social sciences, humanities, engineering, and science. Coverage varies, updates also vary.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
Database of the Educational Resources Information Center, indexing and abstracting education journal literature, as well as ERIC documents. 1966-present. Updated monthly.
Global Health This link opens in a new window
This database provides access to full-text articles dedicated to public health from 1973 to present.
Includes information on international health, biomedical life sciences, environmental health, disease, nutrition, food safety & hygiene, health policy, and sociology of health topics from a global perspective.
OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary database providing indexing, abstracts, and full text from six of H.W. Wilson's full-text databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Texts, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Business Full Text. Also available are full-text articles from five periodical databases: Applied Science & Technology, Art, BIological & Agricultural Index, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, and Library Literature & Information Science. Indexing begins 1982, Abstracts 1984, and Full-text coverage 1994. Updated daily.

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Argument

Sources for Argument Information