Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences
Guide to best UMass Library resources for research in Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences.
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Find Articles
Use these databases to search for research articles:
- Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database This link opens in a new windowCollection of databases that index journal articles, book chapters, reports, conference proceedings, news, some in full text, published in the fields related to aquatic science, oceanography, water resources. See note for more detail. Varying coverage dates.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
- Engineering Village This link opens in a new windowComprehensive access to engineering journal articles, conference papers, and web sites, 1884-present.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
- Environment Index This link opens in a new windowCitations to articles on the environment from scientific, legal, and popular journals, 1950s- present.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
- GeoRef This link opens in a new windowCovers the geology of North America from 1669 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. Includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from U.S. and Canadian universities are also covered.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowIndex to articles from peer-reviewed journals in all disciplines.Search by cited reference, topic, author, and more. Arts and Humanities covers 1975-present; Social Sciences 1900-present; and Science 1900-present.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Find Research Articles on Remote Sensing
- SPIE Digital Library This link opens in a new windowOptics and photonics applied research information from eBooks, journals, and conference proceedings, 1989-present.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
- IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new windowAll IEEE journals (including Spectrum), standards, transactions, and major conference proceedings since 1988, plus some content since 1952, to present.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password. As of May 2022, IEEE no longer supports Internet Explorer, please use another browser for the best experience.
- ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new windowJournals of the Association for Computing Machinery, its conference proceedings, magazines, technical reports, and more, 1954-present. Includes some works published by affiliated organizations. Covers the fields of computing and information technology.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Find News
Use these databases to find news and research articles:
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowScholarly journals from all academic disciplines - an excellent starting point for multidisciplinary research projects. 3,200 full-text journals. Coverage from 1975 to present.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
- E&E News This link opens in a new windowE&E News reports on energy and environment issues. This includes their five daily publications: Energywire, Climatewire, E&E Daily, Greenwire, and E&E News PM.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
- Western Massachusetts Newspapers This link opens in a new windowTen newspapers from Western Massachusetts, including the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Amherst Bulletin, The Republican and the Valley Advocate.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Find Theses and Dissertations
Dissertations and theses provide in-depth academic research. Use these databases to find dissertations and theses:
- Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD) This link opens in a new windowIndexes of over 3.5 million graduate-level electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) that are freely available online.Content is freely available for use by all.
- EBSCO Open Dissertations This link opens in a new windowOpenDissertations.org includes records from the British Library’s EThOS Service, the University of Florida, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University of North Texas, and the University of Kentucky.Content is freely available for use by all.
- Dissertations and Theses This link opens in a new windowUS and Canadian dissertations and theses from 1861 to present. Mostly full-text 1997 to present.Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Academic Journals
Explore the following academic journals to find peer-reviewed articles in the discipline.
General Science
Geology
Geography
Earth Systems
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