Westlaw is a legal research database that includes case law, state and federal statutes, administrative codes, newspaper and magazine articles, public records, law journals, law reviews, and treatises.
Google Scholar allows you to simultaneously search scholarly content across many disciplines, databases, and information sources. Results can include books, articles, chapters, conference proceedings, and more. Tips on using Google Scholar are available here.
CAB Abstracts provides research information on agriculture and related applied life sciences, including Agriculture, Animal Health, Forestry, Human Health and Nutrition, and Natural Resources Management. Global Health from CABI is the definitive international public health database.
A comprehensive index of peer-reviewed scholarly journals in social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multicultural studies, as well as popular magazines published from 1990-present. Provides Full-text access to peer reviewed articles from thousands of journals.
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The Center’s website is a clearinghouse for legal information that spans nearly four dozen agricultural and food law topics both in the United States and around the world.
A service of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Search, retrieve, download, print, and order EPA technical, scientific, and educational materials from this site – all free of charge!
The official website of the US Congress, congress.gov provides detailed information on federal legislation, the legislative process, federal law, Congressional schedules and more.
The Department of Conservation provides services and information that promote environmental health, economic vitality, informed land-use decisions and sound management of our state's natural resources.
Department of Fish and Wildlife manages California's diverse fish, wildlife, and plant resources, and the habitats upon which they depend, for their ecological values and for their use and enjoyment by the public.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture mission is To promote and protect a safe, healthy food supply, and enhance local and global agricultural trade, through efficient management, innovation and sound science, with a commitment to environmental stewardship, providing services and information on pest management, marketing, research, organic, animal health, trade, fairs and fertilizing materials.
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) provides fire protection and stewardship of over 31 million acres of California's privately-owned wildlands.
Environmental Protection Agency's mission is to restore, protect and enhance the environment, to ensure public health, environmental quality and economic vitality.
The State Water Resources Control Board's mission is to preserve, enhance, and restore the quality of California’s water resources and drinking water for the protection of the environment, public health, and all beneficial uses, and to ensure proper water resource allocation and efficient use, for the benefit of present and future generations.
The Wildlife Conservation Board's three main functions are land acquisition, habitat restoration and development of wildlife oriented public access facilities, which are carried out through its programs.
APA (American Psychological Association) style is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences. This resource, revised according to the 7th edition of the APA manual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page.