Douglas College

Environmental Studies

Articles & Databases

Use the following databases to find articles on your topic.
  • Start with these databases:
    Academic Search Complete : indexes journals and magazines from all subject areas.
    CBCA Complete : indexes Canadian journals, magazines and newspapers from all subject areas.
    ScienceDirect : indexes journals from Health and Life Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences and Physical Sciences.

  • More databases:   
    JSTOR : Humanities and social sciences.
    GreenFILE : all aspects of human impact on the environment.

  • Research Pro:
    Do one search to find articles, books and websites. Use this in conjunction with the library catalogue and article databases.

Books

Library Catalogue  - Find books at Douglas College Library.
WorldCat  - Find books in libraries worldwide. 

General Websites

Intute: Environment
Subject specialists from universities across the UK.

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc.

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
Dictionary of Ecology

Government Environmental Resources

British Columbia
BC Ministry of Environment
BC Environmental Assessment Office
This database makes available a registry of environmental assessment projects and provides full text documents such as the Guide to the BC Environmental Assessment Process and the Environmental Assessment Act.
BC Ministry of Forests and Range
BC Ministry of Environmental Management - Services and Resources
Fisheries and Aquaculture


Canada
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

Environment Canada
Weather, environment action, climate change, link to State of Canada's Environment.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Government reports and policies, information on fisheries management, fisheries statistics, and sections related to individual regions of Canada including the Pacific region.


United States
US Environmental Protection Agency
Covers a wide range of environmental issues.

Legal Resources

Forest and Range Practices Act
This site has links to the Forest Practices Code Of BC Act, Regulations and Guidebooks. The Guidebooks are available in full text.

Revised Statutes and Consolidated Regulations of British Columbia

Revised Statutes of B.C. - Supplements

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
This site provides links to Bills, Revised Statutes of B.C. and Supplements, etc.

West Coast Environmental Law
This site provides extensive links to other environmental web sites and to selected environmental statutes and publications. The organization's publications are also available full text.


last updated: June 5, 2012