Cal Poly Humboldt
AC-10: Support for Research

The Department of Politics publishes a formal procedure that gives positive recognition to interdisciplinary research in their Retention, Tenure, and Promotion (RTP) Criteria & Standards. The Standards Handbook (approved Feb 2016) specifically says, "For the granting of tenure and promotion, the Department of Politics expects a candidate to provide evidence of an ongoing program that will lead to the production and dissemination of original, peer-reviewed work. We consider political science to be cross-disciplinary in nature, so we value interdisciplinary scholarship and publication in scholarly journals outside the traditional boundaries of political science as equivalent to publishing within the typical parameters of the field. We value collaborative research and co-authored publications; candidates must specify their role and the magnitude of their contribution to the final product," (page 2). The Standards may be downloaded here: http://www2.humboldt.edu/aps/faculty/RTP_Criteria.html. In addition, the tenured and probationary faculty members comprising the committee for the International Studies Program are interdisciplinary by nature, as mentioned in the introduction of the International Studies RTP Criteria & Standards. Finally, Environmental Studies and the Geography department also explicitly recognize the importance of interdisciplinary work in RTP decisions, but their Criteria & Standards handbooks were undergoing review during the preparation of data for this report so exact language could not be shared. It is anticipated that these departments will make their updated RTP handbooks public before the close of Spring semester 2017.

The Library provides a variety of resources for sustainability research. A fairly comprehensive set of resources are provided via the following links: http://libguides.humboldt.edu/envs/enviro-articles http://libguides.humboldt.edu/c.php?g=303766&p=2027605 http://libguides.humboldt.edu/openedu/enst The resources listed on these pages include (among others): • GreenFILE: Offers references to scholarly, government and general-interest publications covering all the aspects of human impact to the environment. Topics include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling and many more. • Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management: Indexes journal articles and other literature covering environmental science and pollution • Geobase: Index to research literature on the earth sciences, ecology, geology, human and physical geography, environmental sciences, oceanography, geomechanics, alternative energy sources, pollution, waste management, and nature conservation. • Forest Science Database: Indexes the world's literature on all aspects of forestry, including land use and conservation, forest products, forest industry and agroforestry. For Advanced Search, Mac users must use the Firefox browser. (Note: Please Logout when done.) • HSU Office of Sustainability Project & Document Database: The HSU Office of Sustainability maintains a database of past projects and documents created by HSU students. Most projects have a local focus, with many centered on the HSU campus. This is particularly useful for ENVS 410 Environmental Science Practicum students. • Academic Search Premier: Access to more than 13,000 scholarly journals and popular magazines in all academic disciplines from 1975 to the present. • OmniFile Full Text Mega: Provides a wide range of research resources, including subject coverage in the applied sciences, art, education, humanities, law, social sciences, and technology. • Social Sciences in Forestry Bibliography Open Access: Includes literature on legislation, policy, planning, management and economic development issues as applied to forestry and public land management in general. Does not include full text articles- to obtain full text articles, search in Articles+ or order through Interlibrary Loan. • Environmental History Bibliography Database: Indexes books, articles, and dissertations on topics in the fields of forest, conservation, and environmental history. Does not include full text articles- to obtain full text articles, search in Articles+ or order through Interlibrary Loan. • FS INFO Database: Indexes forest and range research of interest to researchers and managers in the US Forest Service, with links to fulltext if available. • Water Resources Abstracts: Index to scientific and engineering literature on the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use, and management of water from 1967 to the present. • Ecology Abstracts: Topical and comprehensive reference source for literature in the fields of marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecology. Provides a specialist overview of the increasing number of papers being published in the field. • Geobase: Index to research literature on the earth sciences, ecology, geology, human and physical geography, environmental sciences, oceanography, geomechanics, alternative energy sources, pollution, waste management, and nature conservation. • GeoRef: Index to research literature on geology, geophysics, hydrology and other earth sciences. Encompasses geoscience journal articles, maps, dissertations, conference papers and government documents worldwide. • Sustainability Science Abstracts: Index to journal articles and other literature on the sustainability of natural resources, including water resources. • Toxicology Abstracts: Index to journal, web, and conference literature on all aspects of toxicology in the home, environment and workplace including clinical effect of toxins and toxic risk. Topics of current concern such as the effects of alcohol and smoking, drug abuse, hydrocarbon studies, nitrosamines, radiation and radioactive materials, and much more are extensively examined. Toxicity testing methodology and analytical procedures for toxic substances are also covered. • Toxline: Index to journal and conference literature on the toxicological, pharmacological, biochemical and physiological effects of drugs, pesticides, environmental pollutants, mutagens and teratogens. • Pollution Abstracts: Index to scientific research, engineering applications and government policy on pollution detection, effects, monitoring, analysis and control found in journals, conference proceedings, web resources and government publications. • Global Development Resource Center's Virtual Library: Collection of online resources for Environmental Studies. • MIT Open Courseware - Urban Studies and Planning: MIT's extensive list of open Urban Studies courses includes Environmental Justice, Policy and Planning materials. Lectures, quizzes, exams, problem sets and in some cases entire etextbooks are available for use in the classroom or as supporting materials. • MIT Open Coursware - Earth Sciences: MIT also offers a wide variety of open courses on earth and environmental sciences. Course component are available for reuse in the classroom or by students to review concepts.