ESPM (CSA Illumina) is a multidisciplinary database which provides comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences. Thousands of abstracts and citations are included from scientific journals, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications dating from 1967 to the present. Areas of coverage include:
* Agricultural biotechnology
* Air quality
* Aquatic pollution
* Bacteriology
* Ecology
* Energy resources
* Environmental biotechnology
* Environmental engineering
* Environmental impact statements (U.S.)
* Hazardous waste
* Industrial hygiene
* Microbiology related to industrial & environmental issues
* Pollution: land, air, water, noise, solid waste, radioactive
* Risk assessment
* Safety science
* Toxicology & toxic emissions
* Water pollution
* Waste management
* Water resource issues