LANG 2010 - English for Science I

* Articles or short chapters with authoritative overviews & reviews of special topics

* Good place to browse to get ideas for research questions

* Library subscribed & many online

* Written by scholars and experts

* Often provide useful references at end of articles

Examples

• Encyclopedia of Disasters : Environmental Catastrophes and Human Tragedies, 2008.
• U-X-L Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters, 2016.

How to use the UXL Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters (1 min 28 sec)

Examples of references from specialist encyclopedia 

• Chien, Steve and Tanpipat, Veerachai. "Remote Sensing of Natural Disasters". in J. Orcutt (ed.) Earth system monitoring : selected entries from the Encyclopedia of sustainability science and technology. SpringerLink, 2012. pp. 421-438.

• "Landslide." In UXL Encyclopedia of Weather and Natural Disasters, 391-416. Vol. 3, Flood to Monsoon. Detroit: UXL, 2008. Gale Virtual Reference Library (accessed September 14, 2016).