Environmental Geology (Taylor): Home
Welcome
Tips on reading scientific articles
- How to (seriously) read a scientific papersciencemag.com
- How to Read a Scientific ArticleRice University
Narrow Your Topic
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- AND, OR, NOT
- Limit by Subject
- Date
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Finding Articles
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowAccess the full text for more than 4,000 scholarly publications covering diverse academic areas of study.
- Environment Complete This link opens in a new window
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Environment Complete is the electronic version of Environment Index, and covers applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. It contains citations for articles from domestic and international journals, monographs and conference papers of the North American Association of Environmental Education - GeoRef (EBSCO Interface) This link opens in a new windowContains literature of Geology and related topics 1785–Present by the American Geosciences Institute. The database contains over 3.3 million references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses.
- GreenFileInformation covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.
- Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
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Provides selected full text for over 180 regional U.S. newspapers, international newspapers, newswires, newspaper columns and other sources as well as indexing and abstracts for national newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are provided from CBS News, FOX News, NPR, etc. This database is updated daily.
Your Assignment
Points to remember
- Cite the news item
- List the word count
- Include a statement of opinion
- Commentary should be the majority of assignment
Questions to answer
- How does the event affect you or your community?
- What are the implications of the study for the general population, environment or Earth?
- What is the consequence of such a natural disaster on you personally or general population?
- What can you do about the problem described?
Example Article
- What is the research question being addressed in this study?
- What do the authors identify as the most important result?
- What are the implications of the study for the general population, environment or Earth?