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GreenFILE
GreenFILE covers aspects of human impact on the environment. There is content on global warming, green construction techniques, pollution, sustainability, and more.
GEOBASE
GEOBASE allows you to search research regarding Earth sciences, ecology, geology, human and physical geography, environmental sciences, oceanography, geomechanics, alternative energy sources, pollution, waste management and nature conservation.
Web of Science
Web of Science is a popular and significant interdisciplinary database that allows you to find articles in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Scopus
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature that is multidisciplinary for the life sciences, health sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
BIOSIS Citation Index
BIOSIS supplies comprehensive coverage of life science journals and items from international meetings, review articles, books, and unique additional references from Biological Abstracts and Biological Abstracts/RRM. BIOSIS Previews covers the life sciences, from agriculture to biomedical sciences and from molecular genetics to zoology.
Other Environmental Databases
UTSC Library listing of databases, encyclopedias, handbooks, and guides for the subject environment.

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SHERPA/RoMEO
Search SHERPA/RoMEO for publisher copyright policies & self-archiving so to help understand your author right's when publishing in a scholarly journal.
Zotero
Zotero is a citation management tool that is open source, free, and easy-to-use so to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
DOAJ is an online directory that indexes and provides access to quality open access, peer-reviewed journals.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
Search for Canadian and other theses and dissertations.
CB Insights
Focusing on startup and disruptive technologies. Covers venture capital & angel investment activity, with a focus on the US. Data on deals, investors and companies. A free account (available to all current UofT students) is required for access.

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