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Quick Search

On the library's home page use the Quick Search option to access PRIMO Discovery Service. Quick Search searches the library's catalog and a number of the library's databases simultaneously.

Academic Search Premier

Academic Search Premier
General multidisciplinary database covering virtually every subject area. Includes full-text peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers, and other sources.

This database is provided by the South Dakota State Library and the Institute of Museum Library Services.

LexisNexis Academic Database

LexisNexis Academic - Now called Nexis Uni
Focuses on news, legal, and company information. The source includes many newspapers in full-text as well as TV and radio news broadcast transcripts. Legal cases come from the U.S. and international sources and some law reviews are included full-text. The system allows you to look at information on one company or to create a dossier and compare several. It includes SEC filings. It is also a good place to find information about individuals.

Subject-Specific Databases

Some library databases limit their coverage to certain topic areas. These subject-specific databases are valuable for in-depth and scholarly research.

Climate change topics can vary considerably and so will the databases you may want to consult. Use the library's Research Guides to identify recommended databases in a variety of subject areas. Examples of subject-specific database are listed below.

GreenFILE

This database is provided by the South Dakota State Library and the Institute of Museum Library Services.
Communication Source
Agricola - Ebsco
Web of Science Core Collection

Example Web Sites

Defending science: How the art of rhetoric can help.
From the National Communication Association.
Climate Central
Scientists and journalists research and write on climate change.
Silencing Science Tracker
Tracks government attempts to restrict or prohibit scientific research, education or discussion, or the publication or use of scientific information, since the November 2016 election.

Example Articles

Ceccarelli, Leah. "Manufactured Scientific Controversy: Science, Rhetoric, and Public Debate." Rhetoric & Public Affairs, vol. 14, no. 2, 2011, pp. 195-228.

Harvey, Jeffrey A, et al. “Internet Blogs, Polar Bears, and Climate-Change Denial by Proxy.” BioScience, vol. 68, no. 4, 2018, pp. 281–287.

Holmberg Arita. "Children’s Protest in Relation to the Climate Emergency: A Qualitative Study on a New Form of Resistance Promoting Political and Social Change." Childhood, vol. 27, no. 1, 2020, pp. 78-92.

Shapiro, Matthew A, and Han Woo Park. "Climate Change and YouTube: Deliberation Potential in Post-video Discussions." Environmental Communication, vol. 12, no.1, 2018, pp. 115-31.

Thunberg, Greta. "You All Come To Us Young People For Hope. How Dare You?" Vital Speeches of the Day, Nov. 2019, pp. 294.

Briggs Library Research Guides

Climate change topics can vary considerably and so will the databases you may want to consult. Library Research Guides will help you identify recommended databases in a variety of subject areas. Examples of Research Guides are linked below. Use the library's comprehensive list of Research Guides for more options.

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Investigating Climate Change