SMCM Library Resources
These databases include peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, and environmental-specific content:
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Environmental Science & Technology (ACS)Leading journal from the American Chemical Society focused on environmental chemistry, water quality, pollution control technologies, and policy implications.
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Conservation BiologyPublishes groundbreaking research in biodiversity, conservation planning, endangered species, and ecosystem management.
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Ecological ApplicationsFocuses on the application of ecological science to environmental problems such as restoration, wildlife management, and land use.
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Global Environmental PoliticsAnalyzes the politics of environmental issues such as climate governance, globalization, sustainability, and environmental movements.
First floor: Reference materials
Second floor: Stacks (books) and Journals and Periodicals
Find print encyclopedias, books, and journals in the library in these call number ranges:
GB: Physical geography
GC1080-1581: Marine pollution. Sea water pollution
GE: Environmental Sciences​
GF: Human Ecology. Anthropogeography
GN 301-674: Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology
H: Social Sciences
- HA: Statistics
- HB: Economic theory. Demography
- HC: Economic history and conditions
- HD: Industries. Land use. Labor
R: Medicine
S: Agriculture
T: Technology
GIS Resources
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Geospatial Data Resources - CDCArchived, publicly available datasets organized into four topic areas; Public Health Resources, GIS Data, Social Determinants of Health Resources, and Environmental Health Data Resources
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Data Catalog - Data.govPublicly available datasets on a variety of topic and in a variety of formats
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EarthExplorerUS Geological Survey) - Identify geospatial products available from the US Geological Survey including aerial photography, satellite imagery, digital orthophoto quads, digital line graphs, digital elevation models, digital raster graphics, and other map products. Determine spatial coverage by defining coverage on a map, entering geographic coordinates, or entering a place name.
Student Recommended Resources
Resources selected and recommended by students in the Fall 2016 Environmental Studies Toolkit class (ENST 245).
GIS resources
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The Chesapeake Bay Program Data HubThe Chesapeake Bay Program Data Hub provides GIS and tabular data for Chesapeake Bay water quality, living resources, atmosphere, point sources, and watersheds.
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations GeoNetworkThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations GeoNetwork geospatial repository provides a searchable mapping service to locate GIS and tabular data associated with global agricultural practices, including agriculture and livestock, ecology, climate, aquaculture, forestry, human health, land use, soil, and human health programs.
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MD iMAP: Maryland's Mapping & GIS Data PortaliMap is the State of Maryland's Mapping and GIS Data Portal. It provides a searchable web map service and data download page to access agriculture, biota, political, transportation, environmental, topography, demographic, hydrology, military, utilities, weather, structure, and public safety GIS and tabular data. Satellite and aerial photography, LiDAR, and shaded relief raster data are available as well.
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NOAA's National Centers for Environmental InformationNOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information contains links to reports, GIS data, and tabular data for a variety of programs, including oceans, weather, climate, coastal, natural hazards, and space. It also provides access to radar data, satellite imagery, and model data.
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USGS: The National MapThe National Map is a United States Geological Survey web mapping and data download site that provides topographic, boundary, imagery, natural disaster, and land cover data maintained by the USGS.
Government resources
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The Maryland Department of the EnvironmentThe Maryland Department of the Environment web site offers reports, state regulations, and data for Air, Land, Water, and Public Health programs for the State. It also provides links to the Environmental Protection Agency web sites providing data and regulations.
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United States Environmental Protection Agency: Laws & RegulationsThe Environmental Protection Agency's web site providing access to environmental regulatory documents and laws. It provides searchable links by topic (air, land, water, climate, waste, etc.) and by sector (agriculture, automovite, utilities, transportation, etc.).
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United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau web site that provides demographic data in GIS and tabular format. The American FactFinder data download center provides tabular data for a variety of demographics (population, ethnicity, income, gender, age) for country, state, county, and census block levels. It provides a TIGER data repository for demographics, political boundaries, roads, landmarks, hydrography, and many other GIS data types.
Library literature database
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SciFinder Registration This link opens in a new windowBefore first accessing SciFinder-n, users must register for an account here. This link can be used by current SMCM students, faculty, and staff. To register, users must be on campus (within SMCM's IP range) and must use their smcm.edu email address. Once registered, users can access SciFinder-n from on or off-campus.
Not-for-profit organizations
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Environmental Integrity ProjectThe Environmental Integrity Project is a non-profit organization that deals with issues of environmental justice and pollution. The organization conducts research on critical environmental issues and their website provides news articles and reports associated with these issues.
