Teaching Sustainability
Recommended for Use in Topics Related to Sustainability
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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…
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Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new windowA multi-disciplinary database which offers information in many areas of academic study including, but no limited to biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion/theology.
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JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection This link opens in a new windowJSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection provides full-text access to all content that the Jstor publishes. 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. Artstor content will be migrated to the Jstor platform. Artstor content can be found at https://www.jstor.org/images.
Utah Data
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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.
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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
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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."
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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.
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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
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Education Full Text + ERIC This link opens in a new windowEducation Full Text + ERIC (The Education Resources Information Center) is a combined database centering around education literature and resources.
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.
