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Earth & Environmental Sciences: Get Started

This guide provides help with creating searches; provides sources for books, articles, & data. It also provides contact information for help with finding & using information sources.

What to expect from this research guide

This research guide is meant to be a quick start to finding and accessing information related to earth and environmental science. It brings together some key resources to get you started. It is not meant to be in-depth or all-inclusive.

Please contact me, your librarian, if you:

  • need other resources
  • want to work out a search strategy for gathering literature
  • have questions related to open access, data management 
  • have problems accessing the resources

Info for Advanced Researchers

If you're a faculty member or instructor at Waterloo, you may be looking for more advanced strategies than our Top 5 Tips. We've got you covered! Check out the Faculty and Instructors page for information specific to your Library needs.