Environment

Electronic books

Find eBooks about environmental topics. Or use these databases:

• GreenFILE (EBSCOhost)
• ScienceDirect
• SpringerLink
• Wiley Online Library

Print books

Books are located on the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth floors; detail:

Recommended books

Online articles

You can find articles by using the library's discovery system, Summon. Or individually search our electronic resources:

• GreenFILE (EBSCOhost) - Database covering all aspects of human impact on the environment.
• Enviprofi - Provides information about environmental protection, water protection, waste, chemical substances, and air.
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full-Text: The Sciences and Engineering Collection - The world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses on sciences and engineering.
• Other recommended databases
  • ProQuest Natural Science Collection
  • Science Direct
  • Springer Link
  • Techportál - ekologie v podniku
  • Wiley Online Library

Electronic journals

• Electronic journals focused on environment - Available in the library
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) - Open access journals
• Electronic Journal Library (EZB): Freely available journals
• Genamics JournalSeek: Environmental Sciences

Recommended eJournals

• Water Environment Research, 1061-4303
• Nature, 0028-0836.
• Science, 1095-9203.
• Environment International, 0160-4120.
• Global Environmental Change, 0959-3780.
• Water Research, 0043-1354.

Print journals

The most recent two issues of each journal about the environment are in the Periodicals Reading Room on the third floor.

• Newly arrived journal issues on all topics.
  

Recommended print journals

Reference resources

• AGRICOLA - Covers publications and resources about all aspect of agriculture and related disciplines, including earth and environmental sciences, plant sciences, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, and agricultural economics.
• DATAB - Provides information about all library and information institute databases provided by the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic.
• EcoMonitor - Database of articles focused on environment and related subjects.
• EKODISK - Full-text of journals focused on environmental protection and environment.
• Microsoft Academic Search - A free public search engine for academic papers and literature, developed by Microsoft Research.
• Portal of information systems of preservation of environment
• TechXtra - TechXtra is a free service which can help you find articles, books, the latest industry news, technical reports, technical data, full-text ePrints, recent research, theses. dissertations, and more in engineering, mathematics and computing.
• Science.gov - Search over 60 scientific databases and 200 million pages of science information with just one query. A gateway to over 2,200 scientific websites.
• TOXNET - Provides access to a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas.
• VBMZP - Bibliographical database focused on the environment.

Czech organizations

• Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic
• The Charles University Environment Center
• Czech Environmental Information Agency (CENIA)
• Shared Environmental Information System (JISŽP)

International organizations

• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• European Environment Agency
• Environment European Commission
• Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)

Terminological dictionary

• Czech Dictionary of the Environmental Sciences