Library Tools is a system for helping students discover and use high-quality library resources and services. Each course at NC State has a Library Tools page pointing to course reserves, appropriate disciplinary article databases, and resources recommended by a librarian for that course.

View the Library Tools page for your course at http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/course.

Contact Karen Ciccone if you have questions about Library Tools, or to tailor the content to your course goals and assignments.

The Derwent Innovations Index, available through the ISI Web of Knowledge interface, is a web-accessible product that merges the Derwent World Patents Index with the Derwent Patents Citation Index. It provides access to more than 14,800,000 patents with links to cited and citing patents, cited articles, and full-text patent data sources. This resource gives users a comprehensive and international overview of inventions in three categories: chemical, electrical and electronic, and engineering.

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"The Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing® is an applied research journal that serves as a medium through which researchers and managers in the field of travel and tourism can exchange ideas and keep abreast with the latest developments... Defining travel and tourism in the broadest sense, the journal includes travel services, tourism management organizations, meetings and convention services, and transportation services."

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Beginning in 2009, Tappi Journal will be available only as an online publication. Access this title through the library's Journal List.

"TAPPI JOURNAL (TJ) is a widely recognized and highly respected source of the latest peer-reviewed research and insights into the global pulp, paper, packaging and related industries. For more than 90 years, TJ has been a preferred source of peer-reviewed papers, offering the most current and relevant research from our academic community."

"GCB Bioenergy exists to promote understanding of the interface between biological sciences and the production of fuels directly from plants, algae and waste. All aspects of current and potential biofuel production, from forestry, crop production, enzymatic deconstruction and microbial fuel synthesis to implications for biodiversity, ecosystem services, economics, policy and global change will be included."

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LibX is a browser extension that connects you with the NCSU Libraries in a more direct way. It puts you a few clicks away from finding information no matter where else you are online, making your research faster and easier.

With LibX you can
- search the library's catalog without going back to the library's website
- search for articles in library databases without going back to the library's website
- quickly access library services, such as Tripsaver and Course Reserves
- reload a web page via the NCSU Libraries, to quickly access journal articles from off campus.

Please contact us if you have questions or feedback on using LibX.

The Forest Encyclopedia Network (FEN) "provides natural resource professionals and the public the scientific knowledge and tools they need to achieve their objectives. The Network is designed to connect scientific results, conclusions, and impacts with management needs and issues. Now the ever-expanding scientific knowledge base of forest information is being organized into an integrated system that can be easily accessed and used. The Forest Encyclopedia Network consists of a growing number of encyclopedias covering different fields of forest science."

The network consists of the following:
The Encyclopedia of Southern Appalachian Forest Systems
The Encyclopedia of Southern Fire Science
The Encyclopedia of Southern Forest Science
The Encyclopedia of Southern Bioenergy Resources
The Encyclopedia of Forest Environmental Threats
The Encyclopedia of Southern Pine Beetle

The creators of the FEN would appreciate your feedback on this resource.

On the Road Again: Montana's Changing Landscape. By W. Wyckoff

The Natures of Maps: Cartographic Constructions of the Natural World. By J. Fels and D. Wood

Olympic Turnaround: How the Olympic Games Stepped Back from the Brink of Extinction to Become the World's Best Known Brand. By M. Payne

Institutions and Environmental Change: Principal Findings, Applications, and Research Frontiers. Edited by O. Young, L. King and H. Schroeder

The Sustainability Handbook: The Complete Management Guide to Achieving Social, Economic and Environmental Responsibility. By W. Blackburn

Balancing Nature and Commerce in Gateway Communities. By J. Howe, E. McMahon and L. Propst

Democratizing Technology: Risk, Responsibility and the Regulation of Chemicals. By A. Chapman

Natural Environment and Culture in the Mediterranean Region. Edited by R. Efe, G. Cravins, M. Ozturk and I. Atalay

See below for recent articles from the NCSU Libraries Digital Repository.

Forestry and Environmental Resources

Wood and Paper Science

Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences