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Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:40:13 +0000 admin 743 at https://nswnet.net https://nswnet.net/e-resources/britannica-library#comments Environment Complete https://nswnet.net/e-resources/environment-complete Environment Complete is a leading full-text database for environmental studies. It provides hundreds of top environment journals and monographs covering agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, public policy, sustainability and other related subjects. It also includes millions of records and an environmental thesaurus. 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