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Abstracts & references for articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade & general publications, & references for The NY Times.

BIOSIS
A comprehensive biological sciences index that provides approximately 13 million records from nearly 5,000 life sciences journals and non-journal literature.

GeoRef
Provides access to worldwide geological literature. Articles from more than 3,000 journals are indexed, as well as books, maps, conference papers, reports, dissertations, and theses.

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Comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences, including water resources and water pollution.

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Internet resources

Census of Marine Life - Marine Life Discoveries

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Ocean Surface Topography from Space

N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Division of Coastal Management

NOAA Fisheries Service

NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

NOAA's National Ocean Service

Scripps Institution of Oceanography - explorations e-magazine

Tree of Life - may be helpful in researching a specific organism

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) - Science Topics

USGS's Coastal & Marine Geology Program

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Additional resources

Encyclopedia of Coastal Science (online resource)

Stow (2006). Oceans : an illustrated reference.

Denny (2008). How the ocean works : an introduction to oceanography.

Plagiarism & the Honor System 

Plagiarism
A handout from the UNC Writing Center that defines plagiarism and explains how to avoid it.

UNC Honor System

Reference sources

AccessScience
An online encyclopedia of science plus news, images, and study guides.

Today's Science
Science in the headlines, suggestions for research topics, and more.

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
An online encyclopedia containing over 3,000 peer-reviewed articles by leading scientists.

Google Scholar

 

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