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Contact: Dr. Markus Dzyk: Tours and Training

Subject Guide Environmental Research

Databases

Most important Databases

  • Agricola (National Agricultural Library)
    Online Public Catalog and Journal Article Citation database = Agricola; since 1979; more than 1,5 million records
  • Agris
    Database of FAO, records since 1996
  • Analytical Abstracts accessible from a TU Dortmund IP address only
    Accessible throughout Germany: Information. - Please note: Your Browser must admit Cookies!
  • Biosis Previews 1969-2004 accessible from a TU Dortmund IP address only - Accessible throughout Germany: Information on Biosis Previews
  • ChemBioFinder
  • SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts database) accessible from a TU Dortmund IP address only
    Text and structure search, substance and literature data.
    Citations are recorded in the data sets since October, 1994.
    Please accept the license agreement!.
    Instructions for use (PDF)

    For using SciFinder web version, registration at CAS is necessary. Registration is possible in the IP range of TU Dortmund only. In case of an error message, cancel cookies and start procedure again.

    For registration you need a TU Dortmund e-mail address. Your user-name must be composed of 5 to 15 signs (no numerals).Password must be composed of 7 to 15 signs and must comprise at least 3 of the following type of signs:

    • letters
    • mixed capital and small letters
    • numerals
    • special characters (fx. @, %, &, *, #)

    After your registration you will obtain a confirmation mail. To verify registration you must click the link sent with the mail. Registration and verification have to be completed within 48 hours from the same PC. After this you can access your SciFinder account from every PC within TU Dortmund IP range.

    For using all functionalities of SciFinder, Java plugin 1.6 is necessary.

    After successful registration you get direct access on SciFinder web version via https://scifinder.cas.org/scifinder

  • Dokumentation Natur und Landschaft (DNL-online)
  • Handbuch Altlastensanierung und Flächenmanagement (HdA) accessible from a TU Dortmund IP address only
  • IGS-Portal
    Information system on dangerous and environmental relevant compounds. Free access: click "IGS Public". - Use of the other databases requires registration (free of charge): Click "Neue Registrierung".
  • International Society for Environmental Ethics Bibliography
    Voluminous database of titles and abstracts
  • Web of Knowledge accessible from a TU Dortmund IP address only - Information on Isi Web of Knowledge
    International bibliographic records of articles with abstracts. Accessible 1945 to present. Contains:
    • Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-expanded)
    • Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
    • Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)
  • Scopus accessible from a TU Dortmund IP address only. - Tutorials
    Sciences, social sciences, engineering sciences
  • Medline National Library of Medicine
    Link of National Library of Medicine, USA: 11 million journal articles from 4,600 biomedical journals
  • Medline accessible from a TU Dortmund IP address only
  • OECD iLibrary
    Data and analyses on economy, society and environment
  • OEKOPRO
    Database on chemicals for product-oriented environmental protection (INFU/UNIDO)
  • Online EPA Publications
    Database containing more than 7,000 online documents
  • Umwelt-Online accessible from a TU Dortmund IP address only
    Legal texts and technical rules on labour law and environmental protection in full text. (Germany and European Union). Click "Umwelt-online Login".
  • Umweltbundesamt: databases ULIDAT and UFORDAT
  • Klimaatlas Nordrhein-Westfalen (Landesamt für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz NRW)
    Large information on the climate and its development in North Rhine-Westphalia

CD ROM databases in the Departmental Library of Environmental Research and Biology:

  • ATV-Branchenführer Abwasser, Abfall
  • Emissionskataster Luft NRW
  • Kreislaufwirtschafts- und Abfallgesetz
  • Das neue Wasserrecht für die betriebliche Praxis
  • Ökobase Umweltatlas
  • Richt- und Grenzwerte
  • Richtiger Umgang mit Abfällen
  • Technische Vorschriften für die Abfallbeseitigung

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Open Access in Environmental Research

Electronic Full Texts, Tables and Databases

Further resources on environmental research in the Digital Library NRW can be found here:

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Tours and Training

Library Introductions for first-year students (Library use)
Information Skills Training - Specialised Research (Database use)
Training classes (also individually adapted) by arrangement. Please call me: Telephone: 0231 755 4034, or send an email.

Suggestions for specialised literature research

You can use the databases stated below for an unlimited period of time. These databases are helpful if you want to prepare your research in SciFinder Scholar effectively or update it currently.

  • Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnoloy and Environmental Research:
    Use Isi Web of Knowledge (Science Citation Index) and Chemical Abstracts (SciFinder Scholar)
  • Analytical Chemistry
    Use Analytical Abstracts and Chemical Abstracts (SciFinder Scholar)
  • Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
    Use Inspec (Physics) and Chemical Abstracts (SciFinder Scholar)
  • Organic Chemistry
    Use Reaxys and Chemical Abstracts (SciFinder Scholar)
  • Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
    Use Ceaba-VTB and Chemical Abstracts (SciFinder Scholar)
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