Research and Analysis - All About Hydraulic Fracking - Smyser - LibGuides at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Provides access to a collection of aggregated and integrated reference books from high-quality publishers. For instance, if you try searching 'fracking,' you will find entries from the Dictionary of Energy, the National Geographic Answer book, and American Economic History.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Use the right hand side to access the science section. If you use the search term, "hydraulic fracturing," you will see entries from the Gale Encyclopedia of Science and Environmental Health.

Books

It may be obvious, but don't forget about the rich trove of books the library has to offer! See Ms. Arnold for help with searching. And don't forget about the reserve cart in the library!

UIUC Online Catalog - Searches all UIUC libraries.

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I-Share - Searches for items in more than 80 academic libraries in Illinois, including UIUC.
WorldCat - Searches for items in libraries throughout the world.

Subject headings for fracking:

Hydraulic fracturing – environmental aspects
Hydraulic fracturing – environmental aspects – United States
Hydraulic fracturing – political aspects – United States
Hydraulic fracturing – law and legislation – United States
Oil wells – Hydraulic fracturing
Energy policy – United States
Groundwater - pollution
Gas wells - Hydraulic fracturing – environmental aspects – United States

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Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database including peer-reviewed titles from international publishers, and beyond. Subject coverage includes: Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Engineering; Life and Health Sciences; Social Sciences, Psychology and Economics; Biological, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Sample search terms could include: gas production, gas field, sustainable development, waste water recycling, in addition to hydraulic fracturing.
Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
A scholarly database offering coverage of many areas of academic study including: chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, general science, geography, geology, mechanical engineering, physics, psychology, and much more. An example search would be to query "hydraulic fracturing," look through those results, and then you could further limit by "hydraulic fracturing & the environment."
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GeoRef This link opens in a new window
Produced by the American Geosciences Institute, GeoRef contains citations and abstracts to more than 3,500 journals in 40 languages as well as new books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses. Major areas of coverage include areal geology, economic geology, engineering geology, environmental geology, extraterrestrial geology, geochemistry, geochronology, geophysics, hydrogeology and hydrology, marine geology and oceanography, mathematical geology, mineralogy and crystallography, paleontology, petrology, seismology, stratigraphy, structural geology, surficial geology. For further tips on searching, refer to search tips above.

All About Hydraulic Fracking - Smyser: Research and Analysis

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