Research Resources for ENVS 591
Sustainability Challenges in the James River Basin
William R. Godfrey
Dan Ream, Librarian
September, 2011

The address of this web page is http://www.people.vcu.edu/~dream/envs591.html

Health and Finance issues within the James River Basin

VCU Library Databases
http://www.library.vcu.edu/phpapps/dblist/dbatoz?AtoZ=ALL

When you search...“James River Basin” =
11 items (VCU Library Catalog)
5 items (VCU Libraries article search)
16 items (ABI-Inform)
5 items (Web of Science)
14 items (BIOSIS Previews)
63 items in Aquatic Sciences Databases
 30  items in Biological & Medical Sciences Databases from CSA Internet Database Service
13 items in AGRICOLA
5 items in Zoological Record
31 items in ScienceDirect
Menu of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (40 databases to select from and search)

Dow Jones Factiva
390 items (Dow Jones Factiva (all dates) )
107 items when limited to all Virginia region sources and all dates

Lexis-Nexis
161 items Lexis-Nexis (newspapers file)
16 items   Lexis-Nexis (Major world publications file)
7 items   Lexis- Nexis (magazines file)
347 items  Lexis-Nexis "all news" all available dates
118 items Lexis- Nexis all Virginia news sources)

VCU Libraries Public Health Research Guide
http://guides.library.vcu.edu/public-health
VCU Libraries Environmental Sciences Research Guide
http://guides.library.vcu.edu/environmental-sciences


On the Web

Federal Government Resources

Search USA.gov (for Federal and Virginia govt content)
http://search.usa.gov/?locale=en&m=false

U.S. Census
http://www.census.gov/

U.S. Dept of Health
http://www.hhs.gov/

Center for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/


Virginia Government Resources

Search Virginia.gov
http://tinyurl.com/4xb7fer

Virginia Legislative Information System (to search bills, laws and regulation codes)
http://lis.virginia.gov/

Virginia Dept of Environmental Quality
http://www.deq.virginia.gov/

Virginia Dept of Conservation and Recreation
http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/

Virginia Dept of Mines, Minerals, and Energy
http://www.dmme.virginia.gov/index.shtml

Virginia Dept of Health
http://www.vdh.state.va.us/

Virginia Dept of Health – James River Basin fish consumption advisories
http://www.vdh.state.va.us/epidemiology/dee/publichealthtoxicology/advisories/JamesRiver.htm

Virginia Dept of Housing & Community Development
http://www.dhcd.virginia.gov/

Virginia Economic Development Partnership
http://www.yesvirginia.org/

Virginia Resources Authority
http://www.vra.state.va.us/

Virginia Tourism Corporation
http://www.vatc.org/

Virginia Marine Resources Commission
http://www.mrc.state.va.us/
 

Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service (University of Virginia)
http://www.coopercenter.org/
      Virginia Demographics and Workforce
       http://www.coopercenter.org/demographics
      Virginia Population Data
       http://www.coopercenter.org/demographics/resources
      Virginia demographics and Workforce Publications
       http://www.coopercenter.org/publications/unit/8
       Virginia Demographics - Interactive Maps
       http://www.coopercenter.org/demographics/interactive-map

County and City Governments (try others too)

County of Cumberland Virginia Community Development
http://www.cumberlandcounty.virginia.gov/comdev/index.html


Public Interest NGO’s

Virginia Chapter Sierra Club
http://vasierraclub.org/

      Falls of the James Group
      http://virginia.sierraclub.org/foj/

Southern Environmental Law Center
http://www.southernenvironment.org/

Chesapeake Bay Foundation
http://www.cbf.org/

Virginia Farm Bureau
http://www.vafarmbureau.org/Pages/default.aspx

Natural Resources Defense Council
http://www.nrdc.org/

Chesapeake Eco-Check  (James River)
http://www.eco-check.org/reportcard/chesapeake/2010/summaries/james_river/

The Wonk Salon (for the best public policy research)
http://thewonksalon.com/
Surprising number of Virginia-based reports and studies



Prepared by Dan Ream, VCU Libraries
September, 2011