Engineering & Physical Sciences Librarian
Class Activity
In class, we will look at these sources together. Work with your group to investigate your assigned item. Use the evaluation methods we talked about, and consider:
- Where is this source from? What can you learn about the people, organizations, or agencies behind it?
- Where is the information in this source coming from? Does this item point back to a particular piece of evidence, like a scientific paper, an interview, something else?
- What type of source (popular or scholarly) do you think this is?
Finding Sources for Your Projects
- Environment Complete This link opens in a new windowScholarly articles and more on topics such as renewable energy, natural resources, pollution and the environment, and urban planning.
- Google ScholarScholarly and peer-reviewed articles; includes other web content.
- GreenFILE This link opens in a new windowScholarly articles covering environmental concerns, global warming, energy conservation, and much more.
- Lens LandscapePresents a variety of new innovations related to climate change. Each idea is linked to a report, which explores the research landscape around the given technology.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowIndexes tens of thousands of scholarly journals across all disciplines, as well as conference proceedings, monographs, and more. Pulls data from several different databases, but is traditionally strong in the sciences. Coverage (in Science Citation Index Expanded) starts in 1900 and continues to present day. Previously known as Web of Knowledge.