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RSNR 110 2012 Methane Assignment

Key databases

BioOne Full Text
BioOne provides access to peer-reviewed journals in the biological sciences published by small societies and non-commercial publishers in the United States.

BIOSCIENCEnetBASE Full Text
BIOSCIENCEnetBASE contains the full text of books on topics such as bioengineering, genomics, tissue engineering, biofuels, nanotechnology, drug delivery, and immunology.

CSIRO Journals Selected Full Text
The CSIRO journals provide access to latest research by leading Australian and overseas scientists.

CSIRO eBooks Full Text Australian flag
The CSIRO eBooks cover a wide range of disciplines including agriculture, plant and animal sciences and environmental management.

CAB eBooks Full Text
CAB eBooks includes books in the areas agriculture, animal and veterinary sciences, environmental sciences, human health, food and nutrition, leisure and tourism and plant sciences.

ENVIROnetBASE Full Text
ENVIROnetBASE contains the full text of hundreds of books on environmental science, environmental engineering and environmental technology.

Environmental Impact Selected Full Text
Environmental Impact provides access to the scientific literature on climatic change and other influences of humans on the biosphere.

Gale Databases Selected Full Text
The Gale Databases cover the arts and humanities, social sciences, science and technology. They includes peer-reviewed journal articles, ebooks and online encyclopedias.

Gale contains a mixture of indexing and full text resources of core journals such as Nature, Environment and Behavior, Bioscience, and Climatic Change.

Grzimek’s Animal Life
Grzimek's provides an encyclopedia of animal life including details on more than 4,000 species.

JSTOR Full Text
JSTOR contains the full-text journals across the disciplines from archaeology to zoology.

Newsbank Full Text Australian flag
Newsbank has the full-text of more than 100 newspapers from Australia and overseas.

ProQuest Full Text
ProQuest includes academic and non-academic content in a wide range of fields, from arts, literature, and social science to business, science, technology, and medicine.

Scopus
Scopus provides citations and abstracts for over17,000 academic journals, with many links to full-text. Scopus also provides citation counts and other bibliographical information.

ScienceDirect Full Text
Science Direct offers full-text access to over 200 Elsevier journals.

SpringerLink Full Text
Peer-reviewed journals in astronomy, chemistry, computer science, economics, engineering, environmental sciences, geosciences, life sciences, mathematics, medicine and physics.

Web of Knowledge
Search Web of Science, Current Contents Connect, CAB Abstracts and Journal Citation Reports.

Web of Science Training

Wiley Online Library Full Text
Search current journals in a wide range of disciplines.
| Discover Wiley Online Library (PDF)

Worth a look

AANRO Selected Full Text
Australian Agriculture and Natural Resources Online is a collection of free databases covering agriculture and natural resource management.

ABS: Australian Bureau of Statistics Full Text
Access all Australian Bureau of Statistics publications in full text from 1998.
ABS Help Index

Select Themes - Environment & Energy

American Chemical Society (ACS) Archives Selected Full Text
3 million pages of information on every aspect of chemical science. Articles can date back as far as 1879.

AGRICOLA
AGRICOLA indexes materials in on agriculture and related sciences acquired by the US National Agricultural Library (NAL).

Annual Reviews Online (ANO) Full Text
ANO provides a comprehensive series of full-text reviews in biomedical sciences, physical sciences and social sciences.

Includes Annual Review of Environment and Resources and a Special Collection - Climate Change: State of the Art (2001-2007).

APA-FT Australian flag Full Text
Australian Public Affairs Full-Text provides access to articles from nearly 400 journals in the social sciences and humanities.

Biological Sciences Selected Full Text
This database covers research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology,ecology, and specific aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. ProQuest Help

Engineering Village Selected Full-Text
Engineering Village incorporates the databases GeoBase and GeoRef on a single platform. Subjects covered include geology, human and physical geography, environmental sciences, oceanography and geomechanics.

HeinOnline Full Text
HeinOnline includes 1,200 law journals on all aspects of the environment, history, politics, business, public policy, government, international issues and criminal justice. Check HeinOnline Titles for a full list. User's Guide (pdf) | Videos and PowerPoints

A large number of environmental law journals are included such as Carbon & climate law review.

Informit Indexes
ANR-I, ANR-I Archive, ANR-Research and ANR-Research Archive. These cover research in agriculture and natural resource management in Australia.

Select other Informit Indexes: AHB (Australian Heritage Bibliography), EDGE, ENDANGER, EVA, MEDGE, REEF, Streamline, VPI&E. Note these are bibliographic databases with limited full text.

TVNews
Australian television news, current affairs and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks. Macintosh users will need to download the free Windows Windows Media Components for QuickTime software to view these programs.

Watch programmes such as Catalyst and Landline.

Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Encyclopedia of animal behavior
Encyclopedia of applied plant sciences
Encyclopedia of the Antarctic
Encyclopedia of the Arctic
Encyclopedia of atmospheric sciences
Encyclopedia of ecotourism
Encyclopedia of environmental science and engineering
Encyclopedia of grain science
Encyclopedia of inland waters
Encyclopedia of soils in the environment
Gale Virtual Reference Library - includes Encyclopedia of Aquaculture, Encyclopedia of Bioethics, Environmental Encyclopedia, UXL Encyclopedia of Biomes, Pollution A-Z, plus many more.
International encyclopedia of human geography
Oxford Reference Online -Search Oxford dictionaries and encyclopedias listed by subject.
Oxford Reference Online includes 37 dictionaries and encyclopedias in the Sciences and additional titles in Earth & Environmental Sciences.
Sage eReference
Search dozens of encyclopedias including the Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change, Encyclopedia of Environment and Society and Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science.
Soil and environmental science dictionary
The water encyclopedia

Web sites and Internet resources

General Sites

ABARE -  Analysis and advice on current and future policy challenges affecting Australia's primary industries.
AuthorMapper -  A free tool visualizing scientific research areas and trends through timeline graphs and bar charts, allowing users to locate other experts in a field of study.
Birchip Cropping Group - The BCG is a farmer-driven agricultural organisation conducting applied research and extension on all the major crops grown in the Wimmera region.
Birds Australia - Includes a directory of Australian Bird Research, a list of threatened Australian birds and useful links to other Australian and overseas resources.
Center for Health and the Global Environment (USA) - linking the health of the environment with the health of people.
Centre for Australian National Plant Biodiversity Research and Australian National Herbarium - Botanical research, conservation, management and use of the Australian Flora.
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
Earthtrends - World Resources Institute environmental information portal.
Ecological Society of Australia - creating a community of knowledge and understanding amongst ecologists.
Ecotox Database - The ECOTOXicology database (ECOTOX) is a source for locating single chemical toxicity data for aquatic life, terrestrial plants and wildlife.
Environment Protection and Heritage Council
Geoscience Australia - contributes to decisions regarding management of the environment.
Global Invasive Species database
IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute
Land & Water Australia -  Sustainable management and use of Australia’s natural resources through investment in research and adoption.
National Science Digital Library
Nature Precedings - pre-publication research and preliminary findings.
OzCoasts provides comprehensive information about Australia’s coast, including its estuaries, coastal waterways and climate change impact. This helps to generate a better understanding of coastal environments, the complex processes that occur in them, the potential environmental health issues and how to recognise and deal with these issues.
Red List of Threatened Species - The International Union for Conservation and Nature.
ScienceResearch.com - accelerates your research by returning relevant results from over 300 authoritative science and technology collections.
State of the Environment Report Australia - National SoE reports provide information about environmental and heritage conditions, trends and pressures for the Australian continent, surrounding seas and Australia's external territories.
United Nations Environment Program
Waterwatch Australia - communities caring for catchments.
Wentworth Group - provides science-based solutions to Australia's greatest environmental problems by working with Australia's leading scientists, economists, policy specialists and industry leaders.
Wolfram Alpha - a computational database using knowledge-based computing. Enter your question and WA computes the answer.

Climatology

CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Bureau of Meteorology Australia - see the tabs Water, Climate
Office of Climate Change - Queensland
Water and the Land - The Bureau's Water and the Land web site aims to provide an integrated suite of information for people involved in primary production, natural resource management, industry, trade and commerce.

Environmental Management

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Australian Natural Resources Atlas
CSIRO Centre for Arid Zone Research
Greening Australia
Landcare Australia
Sustainable Land Management

Wildlife Management

Australasian Wildlife Management Society
Australian Conservation Foundation
CSIRO - Environment - Biodiversity & Ecology
Queensland Government - Environment and Resource Management
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service - Native Animal Fact Sheets
Wet Tropics Management Authority
Wilderness Society
World Heritage
WWF - Global Environmental Conservation Organisation