LibGuides: MHS Library: Climate Change

Science Databases

Database Passwords are available in the Library or by EMAIL.

GALE: Environmental Studies
The resource offers nearly 400 topic, state, and province pages across the science, social studies, and humanities curriculum, including Water Privatization, Ecotourism, Air Pollution, Green Economy, and more. Integrates case studies, news, reference materials, academic journals, videos.
GALE: Science
Combines authoritative and continuously updated reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.
Today's Science
Updated weekly and containing thousands of links to a 15-year back-file, Today's Science explains important developments in biology, chemistry, the environment, space, physics, and technology.

General Databases

GALE: Global Issues
Ties together sources to present a rich analysis of issues - social, political, military, economic, environmental, science related, health related, cultural - and headlines in world hot spots.
GALE: Opposing Viewpoints
Cross-curricular research tool supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts, covering today’s hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration, to violent video games.
JSTOR
Digital library of academic content in many formats and disciplines. The collections include full-text content in top peer-reviewed scholarly journals as well as respected literary journals, scholarly books, research reports, images, and primary sources.
Issues & Controversies
Updated weekly, explores and analyzes hundreds of hot topics in politics, business, government, crime, law, energy, education, health, family, science, foreign policy, race, rights, society, and culture.
PROQUEST: SIRS Issues Researcher
Background and analysis on 345+ leading issues with article selections from more than 2,000 international sources; including newspaper and magazine articles, graphics, charts, maps, primary sources, government documents, websites, multimedia, as well as critical thinking questions, and timelines.
Classroom Video on Demand
Comprehensive streaming video subscription service of more than 5,000 educational programs. Each full-length video has been segmented into predefined clips, making it easy to find specific pieces of content quickly.

Websites

New York Times: Global Warming and Climate Change
News about global warming & climate change, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Climate Hubs: US Department of Agriculture
In 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) created regional Climate Hubs to help farmers, ranchers, forest managers, and communities address the effects of climate change. These narratives highlight how the Climate Hubs are providing solutions to climate change on working lands across the United States.
NASA: Global Climate Change
Comprehensive climate change information and interactive displays.
The Climate Institute
Website from non-profit organization whose mission is to find innovative and practical solutions for climate change adaptation, mitigation, and climate stabilization, contribute to scientific research and communicate the results of that research in an accurate and comprehensive manner.
KQED: Climate
The latest in climate policy and science with a focus on California.
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Website from an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to advance strong policy and action to address the twin challenges of energy and climate change.
Launched in 2011, as the successor to the Pew Center on Global Climate Change.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)
Resources under this theme are developed to improve Climate Literacy and to provide access to scientific information, which can inform personal decisions about actions that influence climate.
World Resources Institute: Climate
Climate issues from a global perspective.
American Museum of Natural History: Climate Change

Scientific Source Evaluation Checklist

Scientific Source Evaluation Checklist