EBSCO Publishing acquired the Environmental Knowledgebase OnLine from the International Academy at Santa Barbara (IASB) and is now re-releasing the database as the Environmental
Policy IndexTM with enhanced content and the searching power of the EBSCOhost® interface.
The Environmental Policy Index provides researchers with abstracts and indexing for over 1,000 titles covering environmental policy and studies. Updated monthly, with ongoing coverage for over 500 of those titles, the
database contains citations for nearly 700,000 articles published since 1973. The database offers deep coverage of applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, environmental law, geography, marine and freshwater resources, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. Additionally, an Environment Thesaurus and publication index are available for more precise, advanced searching.
According to Mark Herrick, Vice President of Business Development for EBSCO
Publishing, "EBSCO is excited to have the opportunity to build on the
excellent reputation of Environmental Knowledgebase OnLine. We have worked
closely with IASB to make this transition, and future content additions will
continue to emphasize the policy, legal, social impacts, planning,
philosophy and ethical issues related to environmental studies."
Current enhancements to the original database include over 100 additional
titles as well as the searching, customization and reporting features
available using EBSCOhost. Furthermore, EBSCO's linking technology allows
users to gain seamless access from a citation in an EBSCOhost database
result list to the corresponding full text located in other resources.
For example, EBSCO's Academic Search* Premier database provides full text
for over 200 journals included in the Environmental Policy Index. In
addition to linking to the full text available in EBSCOhost databases, users
may also link to the library's collection of electronic journals available
through EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service and other electronic journals
from publishers registered with CrossRef. Links from Environmental Policy
Index can also direct users to a library's OPAC, online ILL forms or
services, document delivery services, search engines, book vendors and more.
Released: Dec. 2, 2002
