Teaching Sustainability
Recommended for Use as Teaching Tools
- CQ Researcher This link opens in a new windowThe CQ Researcher publishes reports 44 times a year that offer in-depth single-topic coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Each CQ Researcher report is investigated and written by a seasoned journalist. Editors identify the topic to be investigated, then the writer conceives its content, formulating the key questions that it will seek to answer; reads background mat…
Generally Recommended for Use in Topics Related to Sustainability
- Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new windowThis database abstracts and indexes international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The collection contains abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800 publications, and provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Records published by Sociological Abstracts in print during the database's first 11 years (1952-1962) have been added to the database. Many records from j…
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new windowA multi-disciplinary database which offers information in many areas of academic study, Academic Search Ultimate focuses on a range of subjects including biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion/theology, and more. Academic Search Ultimate indexes more than 17,000 periodicals and includes full-text articles from more than 10,000 journals, nearly 6,800 more journals than Academic Search Premier. Academic Search Ultimate was acquired primarily for its full-text journal articles in science, engineering, and health sciences.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowThis listing provides full-text access to all content that the library subscribes to through JSTOR. The majority of the database is archival content, and new issues are added to the collection periodically. New content may not appear in JSTOR until months or years after its initial publication date, and update frequencies for journals vary by title and publisher.
Utah Data
- Utah Cancer RegistryThe UCR promotes public health in Utah by maintaining cancer data, which makes the monitoring of trends in incidence and mortality as well as the evaluation of prevention and control measures possible.
- Utah GIS PortalAccess to Utah's State Geographic Information Database (SGID). "Currently the SGID contains over 400 thematic layers of geospatial data." And to the
Automated Geographic Reference Center (AGRC), a state agency charged with facilitating an enterprise-wide approach to the implementation of digital mapping, locational analysis, and related geographic technologies in Utah." - Utah Government Data SetsA variety of data files and sources for Utah
- Utah Population Database (UPDB)"UPDB at the University of Utah is one of the world’s richest sources of in-depth information that supports research on genetics, epidemiology, demography, and public health."
- Utah State Data CenterIncludes state census data and other data sources such as the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, the Utah Department of Workforce Services, and the Utah State Tax Commission.
- Utah's Public Health IndicatorsA tool provided by the Utah Department of Health that provides health data about counties in Utah; has preformed searches that allow the user to sort by factors such as air pollution, water quality, birth defects, etc.
Recommended for Research into Teaching Methods
- Education Full Text + ERIC This link opens in a new windowThis listing provides access to the combined content of EBSCO's ERIC and Education Full Text databases. ERIC (The Education Resources Information Center) focuses on education literature and resources. ERIC lists citations and abstracts for over 1,000 comprehensively indexed educational and education-related journals, as well as annotated bibliographic records, including journal articles, books, research syntheses, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers, and other education-relate…
Teaching with Data
Teaching using analysis of real data is an effective way of engaging students in content. Here are some guides that will direct you to data resources in the Humanities, Arts, STEM, and more.