Broad resources like the ones in the Exploration tab help to place your topic in the context of the broader discipline that you study, reveal useful search terms, and - best of all - stimulate questions that inspire your writing.
When a reference tool is too broad, it can be useful to seek out a book, and sometimes scholars get together to tackle a subject, breaking it apart into chapters written by experts on that specific subtopic. We call those books anthologies, and they can be very helpful in choosing a rabbit hole, so to speak.
In print. 551.432 H328m
Compendium of topics related to mountains, including geological, geographical, and zoological terms, as well as many entries on significant figures
Speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art alongside overview information that places each document in context.
Covers key terminology, events, places, dates, topics, as well as the major personalities in the history of the discipline
Specialists in remote sensing, geophysical methods, hydrogeology, geology, and geochemistry must maintain awareness of developments in order to formulate approaches to environmental issues
Provides entries on scientific and social aspects of the environment, its key thinkers, treaties, movements, organizations, concepts, and theories.
Covers the complete field of ecology, from general to applied.
Contains entries on all aspects of ecology and related environmental scientific disciplines.
In print. R 363.7056 I61
The essential reference source to enable all those with an interest in the politics of the environment
Print. 599.05248 M484w
A comprehensive manual for designing and implementing inventories of mammalian species
Provides an essential resource for practitioners in the field of forensic science.
