Earth Day

April 22^nd is Earth Day, a international celebration of our green and blue planet. The LRC has some great resources to help you understand more about earth and environmental sciences:

Science Direct is an online database that includes ten million full text articles from 2,500 scientific, technical and medical well respected, peer reviewed journals.

GreenFILE, an EbscoHost database, offers articles about climate change, sustainable building, waste management, energy practices and agriculture and pollution.


If you’re looking for an introduction to these topics, Facts On File Today’s Science is a great place to start for a student-focused look at scientific disciplines. In addition, they provide access to a glossary of scientific terms and a science encyclopedia to help get you started and provide quick answers when you have questions.

On the Earth Day website, you can learn more about what you can do to preserve the air we breathe, the water we drink and the soil we depend on to grow our food. In addition, the LRC has created an Environment research guide to help you find more of our library resources.

Top photo by Andrew H. Brown, National Geographic Stock. Bottom photo from Facts on File website.

Featured Resource: Greenfile

As we all stop to consider our impact on the environment this month the Learning Resources Center wants you to know about a great resource provided by Ebscohost: Greenfile.

"Focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology" (ebschohost.com).

This is a great resource for research assignments as well as for general information about sustainability and the environment. Stop by the LRC for tips on using Greenfile!