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EBSCOhost Search Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, Environmental Search Complete and more!
JStor Life Sciences The Life Sciences Collection is JSTOR's largest collection, with over 5.5 million pages available today and scheduled to grow to more than seven million. At its completion, it will comprise a minimum of 160 titles spanning disciplines in the biological, health, and general sciences.
ScienceDirect Full ScienceDirect search. WRI provides access to the Agricultural & Biological Science, Economics, Econometrics & Finance and Environmental Science.
Springer Nature Full search option to Springer Nature materials. WRI provides access to current year access to following subject collections of Springer materials: BioMed and Life Sciences, Business and Economics and Earth & the Environment. There are select Springer eBooks included.

Tools for Authors

AP Stylebook The style of The Associated Press is the gold standard for news writing. The AP Stylebook will help you master the AP’s rules on grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, abbreviation, word and numeral usage, and when to use “more than” instead of “over.” Password protected. Please contact the WRI Library for access.
Chicago Manual of Style •The citation guide provides recommendations on editorial style for the print and digital age. Documentation, style and usage questions answered. Login credentials if you are remote and not recognized by OpenAthens: Username: WRICMOS Password: cmos1234
Foundations of Literature Review (LearnWRI) This course is designed to equip researchers with the essential skills and knowledge needed to conduct effective literature reviews. It provides hands-on training on literature review approaches, methods, and tools that can be utilized in current or future research projects.
Introduction to Zotero (LearnWRI) A self-paced course on LearnWRI that provides instruction and use on Zotero.
Zotero Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources.

Subject Guides

International Legal Resources A guide to finding international laws and regulations
International Statistics A guide to finding International Statistics
Business, Industry & Finance A guide to finding Business, Industry & Finance information
Scholarly Search Engines Looking for a place to conduct a targeted search? Want to target a particular subject? Trying to find Grey Literature? Check out this list.

LexisNexis® (restricted access)

Nexis^® is a database that provides access to regional, national, and international news sources, market insight and company data, biographical information, and legal materials.. If you would like more information or searching assistance, please contact the WRI Library.

*Access is restricted to Library staff.

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Featured Institutional Subscriptions

The Morning Context Launched in 2019, The Morning Context is a leading source of news and in-depth analysis on business, technology, and policy in India. LOGIN: enter your WRI email. A code will be sent for verification.
The Economist 1. Enter your institutional email address. 2. The system will prompt you to search for and select your institution 3. Complete your account details to unlock full access to the subscription
E&E News by Politico A subscription-based news source committed to providing non-partisan and accurate reports on essential energy and environmental issues through 5 daily publications: Climatewire, E&E Daily, Energywire, Greenwire, and E&E News PM. To request access, email library@wri.org
Climate Policy Climate Policy is a leading international peer-reviewed academic journal, publishing high quality research and analysis on all aspects of climate change policy, including adaptation and mitigation, governance and negotiations, policy design, implementation and impact, and the full range of economic, social and political issues at stake in responding to climate change.
Conservation Biology Conservation Biology is the most influential and frequently cited journal in its field. The journal publishes groundbreaking papers and is instrumental in defining the key issues contributing to the science and practice of conserving Earth’s biological diversity.
Development and Change Published on behalf of the International Institute of Social Studies, Development and Change is one of the leading international journals in the field of development studies and social change.
Energy Research & Social Science Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes original research and review articles examining the relationship between energy systems and society.
Gender & Development Gender & Development has aimed to promote, inspire, and support development policy and practice, which furthers the goal of equality between women and men. This journal has a readership in over 90 countries and uses clear accessible language.
Global Change Biology Global Change Biology exists to promote understanding of the interface between all aspects of current environmental change that affects a substantial part of the globe and biological systems. It publishes articles on the impacts of global change on biological systems and solutions.
Journal of Forestry In print since 1902, Journal of Forestry has received several national awards for excellence. The mission of the journal is to advance the profession of forestry by keeping forest management professionals informed about significant developments and ideas in the many facets of forestry: economics, education and communication, entomology and pathology, fire, forest ecology, geospatial technologies, history, international forestry, measurements, policy, recreation, silviculture, social sciences, soils and hydrology, urban and community forestry, utilization and engineering, and wildlife management.
Nature WRI has access to the full Nature suite. Link is directly to Nature Magazine.
Nature Climate Change WRI has access to the full Nature suite. Link is direct to monthly Nature Climate Change.
Nature Energy WRI has access to the full Nature suite. Link is direct to Nature Energy.
Nature Sustainability WRI has access to the full Nature suite. Link directly to monthly Nature Sustainability.
PNAS The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the official journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), is an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans the biological, physical, and social sciences. (Sign in > institutional > OpenAthens)
Restoration Ecology Restoration Ecology fosters the exchange of ideas among the many disciplines involved in the process of ecological restoration. Addressing global concerns and communicating them to the international scientific community, the journal is at the forefront of a vital new direction in science and ecology. Original papers describe experimental, observational, and theoretical studies on terrestrial, marine, and freshwater systems, and are considered without taxonomic bias.
Science AAAS premier magazine.
Science News American bi-weekly magazine devoted to articles about new scientific and technical developments, typically gleaned from recent scientific and technical journals.
Urbanisation Urbanisation is a peer-reviewed journal that aims to publish comparative as well as collaborative scholarship that will illuminate the global urban condition beginning with a firm footprint in the Global South, i.e. the countries of Asia, Africa and South America.

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