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Environment Complete contains covers topics, such as ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, and more. Some items are provided Full-Text in the database; others can be located elsewhere using the FindIt! button. If you are off-campus, use the proxy server by accessing Environment Complete using the UA Libraries Catalog or Web site.

Looking Articles on a Topic

Example 1 - Fossil Fuels and Climate Change

Enter fossil fuel and climate change as shown in the figure below (see search live).

Using the singular form will allow the system to search for the plural and possessive forms automatically. To search the exact phrase, use "". To perform a more limited search, use a subject search instead of keyword or select any item in the limit your Results section. The Peer Review checkbox was selected for this search.

Helpful Tips

• View the Abstract without Leaving the Search Results - If you are unsure if a title is relevant, you can hover over the icon to view the beginning of the abstract. The window also revels the first few subject terms.

• Finding Subject Terms
  • The most relevant subject terms to the results set are listed on the left in the Subject: Thesaurus Term section.
  • See the subjects for "Life Cycle Assessment of Biochar Systems: Estimating the Energetic, Economic, and Climate Change Potential."
    Subjects:
    
    • *DECOMPOSITION (Chemistry)
    • *PYROLYSIS
    • *CHARCOAL
    • *ENVIRONMENTAL aspects
    • *CARBON sequestration
    • *CLIMATE change mitigation
    • *RENEWABLE energy sources
    • LIFE cycle costing
    • ECONOMIC aspects
  • Subject terms can be found by searching the thesaurus. The thesaurus provides the official terminology of the database (see Thesaurus from menu). The thesaurus terms are indicated above with a * character.
• Using Filters - Any of the narrow results by limiters can be added or removed from the current search. Select the link to add the terms and select the "x" to remove them.

Life Cycle Assessment of Biochar Systems: Estimating the Energetic, Economic, and Climate Change Potential
Roberts, Kelli G.; Gloy, Brent A.; Joseph, Stephen; Scott, Norman R.; Lehmann, Johannes. Environmental Science & Technology, 1/15/2010, Vol. 44 Issue 2, p827-833.
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Notice there is not a PDF or HTML Full Text link available. Select to find the article, which is available at the Electronic Journal Center (EJC).

A Novel Method of Utmost Utilization of Renewable Energies for Environmental Protection
Amirthalingam, M. International Journal of Applied Environmental Sciences, 2009, Vol. 4 Issue 4, p459-467.

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Select to view the article.

Example 2 - Meridional overturning circulation and climate change, as well as MOC and the carbon cycle
There is a subject term climatic changes; however, it is possible this could be too restrictive of a search. A particular article could pertain to climate considerations, but does not have the subject term climatic changes.

Enter (SU "climatic changes" OR (climate N3 change) OR SU "Carbon Cycle") in the first textbox. Enter (Meridional overturning circulation or MOC) in the second textbox as shown below.



The command SU notifies the system that the following word or phrase should be searched in the subject terms. The dropdown can be used to indicated the same. The SU command was used in this case in order to have a keyword proximity search on the same line (find climate within 3 words of change in the title, subject, abstract, etc - climate N3 change).

Carbon-cycle feedbacks of changes in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation under future atmospheric CO₂.
Zickfeld, Kirsten; Eby, Michael; Weaver, Andrew J. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Sep2008, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p3024
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To find, select . The OLinks window states that there are "No print holdings," but ALWAYS double check in our catalog. Select Search by title in the University of Akron library catalog. Take note of the ISSN number and try the search by ISSN as well.



We do not have a copy of this article in our library or electronically. Normally, you would request this item by using the Request through interlibrary loan link. Let's say that you already know that some authors choose the open access publication option for this journal, so it might be freely available to everyone. Select Attempt to find this article at the publishers web site. This article is available freely via the publishers Web site. NOTE: Only use this link when you know that you can access it on the publisher's Web site. We could have access elsewhere, just not through the publishers Web site. This option is only available when a DOI is available.

Solar Arctic-Mediated Climate Variation on Multidecadal to Centennial Timescales: Empirical Evidence, Mechanistic Explanation, and Testable Consequences
Soon, Willie W.-H. Physical Geography, Mar2009, Vol. 30 Issue 2, p144-184.
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To determine if we have access, select .



Let's check the catalog to determine if we have the volume and year of the journal that this article is located. After selecting Search by title in University of Akron library catalog, a a few records appear in our catalog.



Let's try the electronic version. Select the button. The record for the journal in the E-Journals section of the Web site appears.



The E-Journals tab can be used to determine which journals (and years) that we have access electronically. NOTE: the E-Journal section only shows ELECTRONIC content. This will not show journals that we have in the library or at the storage facility. To see ALL the journals that we have, use the catalog.

As seen in the E-Journal portion of our Web site, we have access to this article on the publishers Web site. Now that you know that we have access from the publisher's Web site, you can select the Attempt to find this article at the publishers web sitefrom the OLinks window as a shortcut!

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