NEW! Science Full Text Database Trial

RISD Library is offering a database trial to Science Full Text Select.

Science Full Text includes a broad range of important science literature in a single 100% full text database. Coverage dates: 1994-current.

Science Full Text, Select includes all the full text content from Wilson’s acclaimed Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Biological & Agricultural Index Plus, and General Science Full Text databases, plus additional related full text science titles indexed by other Wilson databases including Readers’ Guide Full Text and Wilson OmniFile Full Text. It covers some 320 journals with full text articles, indexing and abstracts.

Subjects Covered
Acoustics, Aeronautics, Applied Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Sciences, Automatic Control, Automotive Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Communication & Information Technology, Computer Databases & Software, Construction, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Engineering & Biomedical Materials, Energy Resources & Research, Environmental Science, Fishery Sciences, Food Science, Forestry, Genetics, Horticulture, Immunology, Limnology, Marine Biology, Microbiology, Nutrition, Paleontology, Physiology, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, Veterinary Medicine, Weed Sciences, Wildlife Management, Zoology.

Access the Database from the library website: library.risd.edu > New & Noteworthy > Science Full Text Select (bottom left corner of website) Database Quick Tips

The trial will run March 10-April 10, 2011
Please email the library at risdlib@risd.edu with your feedback about this Science database

SAHARA Landscape Design, Architecture, & Built Environment Collection in ARTstor

Access ARTstor from the library's website, Images page: library.risd.edu > Resources > Images

Approximately 9,000 images of architecture, landscape design, and the built environment from the Society of Architectural Historians' (SAH) SAHARA project are now available in ARTstor. SAHARA (Society of Architectural Historians Architecture Resources Archive) is a community-built archive of digital images for teaching and research in the field of architectural history. SAH members, including scholars, architects, historic preservationists, and students, upload their own built environment images to SAHARA to be shared with the Society. The SAHARA collection in ARTstor consists of photographs that have been peer-reviewed by the SAHARA editorial board for their photographic quality and the accuracy of their descriptive information. Additional images will be added to the ARTstor Digital Library as the SAHARA archive grows over time.

Related collections:
* QTVR Panoramas of World Architecture (Columbia University)
* Contemporary Architecture, Urban Design; and Public Art (ART on FILE)
* Ralph Lieberman: Architectural Photography
* Ezra Stoller Archive (Esto)
* Wayne Andrews: Architecture (Esto)
* The Museum of Modern Art: Architecture and Design

RI Business Recycling & Renewable Energy Resources

What are some sources of information on recycling for businesses in Rhode Island?

Green Zone Rhode Island
People's Power & Light
Rhode Island Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency
Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources
Rhode Island Resource Recovery's Resource Exchange

RI water resources

How can I find information on RI water systems?

The RI Office of Water Resources offers historic and current reports on water quality, watershed management, fresh and coastal water ecology.

Browse RI Office of Water Resources by Topic

For articles on water-related topics (not specific to Rhode Island) search these databases through the RISD Library Articles page:
Academic Search Premier
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Firstsearch > Search these databases: Basic Biosis, BioDigest, Geobase
Garden, Landscape, and Horticulture Index
GreenFile
JSTOR > Search by Discipline: ecology & evolutionary biology

RI natural habitats and species

Where can I find information on Rhode Island natural habitats, land use, plants, & animals? Do any of these sources contain maps?

Look in the RISD/Athenauem catalog under these subjects:

Birds - Rhode Island
Botany - Rhode Island
Land Use - Rhode Island
Marine Ecology - Rhode Island (includes maps)
Natural History - Rhode Island
Open Spaces - Rhode Island

Try searching the catalog with keywords such as plants, mammals, fish*, birds, ecolog*, natur* + "Rhode Island". Using the asterisk * at the end of a keyword will give more results by finding variants of the root word.
ecolog* = ecology, ecologies, and ecological

Search the Providence Public Library for additional sources.

Check out this State website for statistics and maps:
RI Department of Environmental Management
Use the site's drop down menus to locate more specific topics