Environmental Science

The Biodiversity Heritage Library improves research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community.

Links to freely available full text articles.

A database of scientific studies & other references used to develop EPA's risk assessments to understand the health & environmental effects of pollutants & chemicals.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) contains authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, & microbes of North America & the world.

American marine biologist, author, and conservationist, Rachel Carson (1907-1964), advanced the modern environmental movement through her work and writings. This guide lists suggested resources for researching Rachel Carson and her influence.

The National Agricultural Library Digital Collections (NALDC) offer access to full-text historical documents in the agricultural and food sciences.

SCBI spearheads research programs at its headquarters in Front Royal, Virginia, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., and at field research stations and training sites worldwide.