MASC 101: Marine Environment: Home
Citing
Use the Citation Builder to format a citation to your chosen style.
Citation Managers
Citation managers help you store references, format them correctly, and insert them into your own writing. The University Libraries support the following citation managers. Read this guide for a comparison of features.
Academic Journal Articles
- Articles PlusProvides a unified search of UNC library collections, including article databases, news articles, ebook content, and dissertations. Just enter your search terms and use the options on the left sides of the results screen to refine your search. From there you can quickly get to the full text online.
- Academic Search PremierAbstracts & references for articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade & general publications, & references for The NY Times.
- BIOSIS Citation IndexA comprehensive biological sciences index that provides approximately 13 million records from nearly 5,000 life sciences journals and non-journal literature.
- GeoRefProvides 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.
Reference Sources
- AccessScienceAn online encyclopedia of science plus news, images, and study guides.
- Today's ScienceScience in the headlines, suggestions of research topics, and more.
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's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Scripps Institution of Oceanography - explorations e-magazine
Tree of Life - may be helpful in researching a specific organism
