All Guides: Ecotourism: Research

Where Can I Find Books?

The following are some call numbers for books that might be helpful when researching Ecotourism:

Ecotourism / Tourism spectrum, try:
- G155.41G86 2002 - G180.T47 2011
Sustainability (in developing countries), try:
- HB3722.F655 2016 - HD30.28.H323 2005
Sustainability, in general, try:
- TS170.5P47 2012 - TS171.4w349 2016
Sustainability (agricultural), try:
- S494.5.S86A374 1997 - S494.5.S86A376 2013
The Travel Book
- qG1153.4T715 2010
Books related to the National Parks System:
- SB481.G37 2011 - SB486.P83E24 2002

Research

Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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Indexes academic journals, magazines, reports and books across disciplines, and includes the full text of over 5,700 active peer reviewed journals. Includes more than 77,000 videos from the Associated Press, with footage from 1930 to the present.
GeoRef
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The GeoRef database, established by the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) in 1966, provides access to the most comprehensive geoscience literature of the world. GeoRef contains millions of references to geoscience maps, serial, and non-serial literature. The database includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Master's theses and doctoral dissertations from US and Canadian universities are also covered. Coverage for North American resources starts in 1669, whereas worldwide coverage starts in 1933.
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
This resource draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
Environment Complete This link opens in a new window
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The electronic version of Environment Index, covering applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. It contains citations for articles from domestic and international journals, monographs and conference papers of the North American Association of Environmental Education.
Hospitality and Tourism Complete This link opens in a new window
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This database ontains more than 1.1 million records, with coverage dating back to 1931, with full text for over 525 publications, including periodicals, company & country reports, and books. NOT ALL RESULTS ARE FULL-TEXT.
Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
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Find industry and financial information for a wide variety of publicly and privately traded companies.
Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide This link opens in a new window
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The world's largest index to literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians.

Additional Resources

National Park Service
The official site of the national park service.
Recreation.gov
Recreation One-Stop is one of the E-Government initiatives in the President's Management Agenda to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and customer service of the recreation programs.
U.S. Forest Service Treesearch
Indexes publications from the U.S. Forest Service and includes many documents related to outdoor recreation and related issues. A good source for high quality studies, many of which are available in full-text for free.
USA.gov
The official web portal for all local, state and federal goverment information and statistics.

BioOne This link opens in a new window
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BioOne is a global, not-for-profit collaboration bringing together scientific societies, publishers, and libraries to provide access to critical, peer-reviewed research in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.
Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
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This database includes all data from Humanities International Index plus unique full-text content, much of which is not found in other databases. Humanities International Complete includes full text for more than 1,230 journals. NOT ALL RESULTS ARE FULL-TEXT.
MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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The definitive index for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore and film with the full text of more than 1,000 journals.