ENV 290 (for Smith) Fall 2022

• Environmental Science - Department of Energy
• NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
• NOAA Climate.gov (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
• USGS (U.S. Geological Survey)
• USGS: Natural Hazards
• NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) – Also includes earth topics.
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
• WMO (World Meteorological Organization – A specialized agency of the United Nations)
• EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency)
• United Nations Environment Programme
• Science.gov Gateway to U.S. Federal Science. Information from over 60 databases and over 2200 websites.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - Environmental Scientists and Specialists - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - Environmental Science and Protection Technicians - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Some Tips:

Google

• library guides for Evaluating Information and Media Literacy
• use quotations around phrases, if it doesn't help your search results, remove them
• OR between terms/phrases will yield search results for both
• possible terms to try: statistics, data
• tip: the source you find in your search results may not be the most credible source, but you can see if it mentions other sources of information that you can back-track to, and then evaluate the new source for credibility

Searching Google:

• Refine Web Searches - Google Search Help
  • tips from the Help Center
• Better Searches. Better Results (Google)

• Google Advanced Search

• Google Scholar