Research Guides: Environmental Science: Selected Websites

Things to Think about When Evaluating Sources

What website is the source part of? What is the purpose and audience of that website?
What information can you find about the overall website/organization elsewhere (from other websites)?
Who wrote it? What are the author's credentials?
Where did the author get the information they present in the source? And is the science accurately conveyed?
Is the information in the source recent/up-to-date?
What are the overall strengths or limitations?

Search a specific site or domain. Type in your normal search terms, then site:___. For example:
- gluten-free site:.gov (To search government websites)
- gluten-free site:http://www.nytimes.com/ (To search The New York Times website)
Search for an exact phrase. Put the phrase in quotation marks. For example:
- "gluten-free diet"

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Research and news on climate and land use change, ecosystems, energy and minerals, environmental health, natural hazards, and water.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Consumer information about various environment and human health topics.
EPA January 19, 2017 Web Snapshot
This website is historical material reflecting the EPA website as it existed on January 19, 2017. This website is no longer updated and links to external websites and some internal pages may not work.
EPA Web Archive
Content in EPA's Web Archive is no longer being updated and links may not function; however, the materials in this archive may be useful as background documents to supplement current information or to provide a historical perspective on a topic.

NASA: Global Climate Change
News, data, visualizations, and other information on climate change, from NASA.
NOAA: Climate.gov
News, maps, data, reports, curriculum materials, and other scientific information on climate, from NOAA.
U.S. Global Change Research Program
Detailed research and reports, international plans and reports, proposals, and news.

SciTech Connect
Science, technology, and engineering research information from the U.S. Department of Energy. Includes citations, full text, datasets, and more.
NREL: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Information about numerous renewable energy technologies.

Our World in Data
Data, charts, and articles on a range of topics including Energy & Environment, Food & Agriculture, and other global challenges. From the University of Oxford and the non-profit organization Global Change Data Lab.