Environmental Science: Toxins and Pollutants
These online databases and online journals provide you access to credible, peer-reviewed journal articles on a variety of topics, including scientific research, health studies, and environmental science.
Online databases
JSTOR: Peer-reviewed, academic journal articles on a variety of topics, including environmental issues. (user: maret password: frogs)
PubMed Central: An open source (free) database of biomedical and life sciences research articles sponspored by the National Institutes of Health.
Online journals
PLoSOne: A peer-reviewed journal from the Public Library of Science that includes articles on science and medicine. PLoS also publishes subject-specific journals including PLoSMedicine, PLoSBiology, PLoSComputationalBiology, and PLoSGenetics.
American Journal of Environmental Sciences: A peer-reviewed journal that published research in all areas of environmental studies.
Annals of Environmental Science: A peer-reviewed journal published by Northeasters University covering issues in environmental science.
Cities and the Environment: A peer-reviewed journal publishing scholarship on urban ecology.
Environmental Health Perspectives: A monthly peer-reviewed journal published by the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
International Journal of Soil Sediment and Water: A peer-reviewed journal published by the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Get books from American University
Maret students can borrow books (and only books) from the American University library.
Here's how it works:
Search the American University library catalog. Make sure to limit your search by location to American only.
Copy down all the information about any books you want (including title, author, call number, and location), and email it to the MS/US librarians: Catherine McKenzie (cmckenzie@maret.org) or Annie Schutte (aschutte@maret.org). They'll get the books for you from American within 48 hours, and you can return them to the Maret library when you're done.