This guide highlights core print and electronic Library resources in the area of Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management . Use this guide as your starting point. For more resources and further help, come to the Science & Agriculture Library or Ask a Lib
ARTstorThis link opens in a new windowImage database containing over 2 million high-quality images in all areas of the arts. Features works of art from museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists. Covers many time periods and culture, and documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, fashion and other forms of visual culture. Users can view, enlarge, download, and compare images.
Date Coverage: Varies
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AUB Landscape Plant DatabaseThis link opens in a new windowDeveloped by AUB's LDEM Department, this database focuses on native, naturalized, and ecologically suitable plant species for the Middle East. The database may be searched by name (common or scientific) or by criteria such as geographical location, climate, and plant type. It contains a rich image gallery and a helpful glossary.
Availability: Full-text and images
Date Coverage: Varies
Avery Index to Architectural PeriodicalsThis link opens in a new windowPublished by the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University, this database offers a comprehensive listing of journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, landscape architecture, and historic preservation. It also includes publications of professional associations, plus state and regional periodicals.
Availability: Bibliographic citations
Date Coverage: 1800s to present
GreenFile This link opens in a new windowGreenFILE is a free research database covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
Horticulture CompendiumThis link opens in a new windowPublished by CAB International, Horticulture Compendium is an encyclopedic resource of authoritative datasheets on horticultural crops, including fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices, and commodity crops. It covers a global range of major horticulture crops as well as lesser-known crop species of emerging importance. Key topic chapter-like articles compliment detailed crop datasheets and explore concepts such as food safety, harvesting and post-harvesting issues. The datasheets are enhanced with data from specialist organizations, images, a bibliographic database and full text articles.
Selected Multidisciplinary Databases
Academic Search UltimateThis link opens in a new windowA multidisciplinary database, covering a wide array of subject areas ranging from astronomy, biomedicine, engineering, health, and literacy to mathematics, women's studies, zoology and more. The database includes magazines, peer reviewed and scholarly journals, trade publications, newspapers, reports, books and videos.
Availability: Full-text and bibliographic citations
Date Coverage: 1890 - present
Web of ScienceThis link opens in a new windowWeb of Science, an authoritative and multidisciplinary citation database, allows searching of core journal articles, conference proceedings, data sets, and other resources in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Includes current and retrospective coverage dating to 1900. Also features "cited reference" search capabilities.
Availability: Bibliographic citations
Date Coverage: 1900 to present
JSTORThis link opens in a new windowJSTOR, a digital library for scholars, researchers and students, provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines including business, economics, humanities, medicine, mathematics, science, and social sciences. Library's subscription includes the following collections: Arts & Sciences, Business, Global Plants and Life Sciences.
Availability: Full-text
Date Coverage: 1665 to present
ScienceDirectThis link opens in a new windowA multidisciplinary database that provides full-text access to hundreds of electronic journals, plus books and reference works, published by Elsevier and its subsidiaries. 754 of the journal titles are accessible from volume 1. Subjects covered include physical sciences, engineering, life sciences, health sciences, social sciences and humanities.
Availability: Full-text
Date Coverage: 1923 to present
ScopusThis link opens in a new windowScopus, launched in 2004, is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivers a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Includes citation tracking tools.
Availability: Bibliographic citations
Date Coverage: 1823 to present