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GE Cluster M1ABC: The Global Environment

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Topic Overview

  • CQ Electronic Library (online)
    Washington, D.C: Congressional Quarterly Inc. Annual and online.
    College Library Reference Wall: H 35 E23
    Good source for background information on controversial environmental topics. Includes pro- and con- arguments.
  • Dictionary of Environment and Ecology.
    London: Fitzroy Bloomsbury, 2004. 5th ed.
    College Library Reference Wall: QH 540.4 C65 2004
    British viewpoint. Includes comments on the controversial significance of the word.
  • Encyclopedia of Global Change:
    Environmental Change and Human Society
    New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. 2 vol.
    SEL Reference: GE 149 E47 2002
  • Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change
    New York: Wiley, 2002.
    SEL Reference and YRL Reference: GE 149 E443 2002
  • Encyclopedia of Human Ecology
    Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2003. 2 vol.
    College Library Reference Wall: GF 4 E53 2003
  • Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (online)
    Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons. Updated regularly. Includes environmental topics.
  • Encyclopedia of Rainforests
    Westport: Oryx Press, 2002.
    College Library Reference Wall: QH 86 J85 2002
  • Encyclopedia of World Environmental History
    New York: Routledge, 2004. 3 vol.
    Biomedical Library: GF 10 E56 2004
    Chronicles the effect human beings have had on the environment and nature.
  • The Environment Encyclopedia and Directory
    London: Europa Publications, 2005.
    College Library Reference Wall: GE 10 E57 2005
    Has an environment dictionary, key maps, directory of environmental organizations in different countries, and an environmental who's who.
  • Environmental Encyclopedia
    Detroit: Gale/Thomson-Gale, 2003. 2 vol.
    Biomed Reference Core: GE 10 E61 2003
  • Environmental Literacy: Everything You Need to Know About Saving Our Planet
    New York: Random House, 1993.
    College Library Reference Wall: GE 10 D37 1993
    Basic encyclopedic dictionary of key concepts.
  • The Facts on File Dictionary of Environmental Science
    New York: Facts on File, 1991.
    College Library Reference Wall: TD 9 S74 1991
    A slightly more technical environmental dictionary.
  • The Last Rain Forests: a World Conservation Atlas
    New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
    College Library Reference Wall: QH 541.5 R27 L38 1990
    Rich in photos and maps, older but good overview of the rain forests and their distribution, wildlife and deforestation.
  • Life on Earth: An Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution .
    Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2002. 2 vol.
    College Library Reference Wall: QH 541.15 B56 L54 2002
    Very basic encyclopedia with brief general overview articles on current topics.
  • Macmillan Encyclopedia of the Environment (6 vol.)
    New York: Macmillan Library Reference USA, 1997.
    College Library Reference Wall: GE 10 M33 1997
    Provides basic information about such topics as minerals, energy resources, pollution, soils and erosion, wildlife and extinction, agriculture, the ocean, wilderness, hazardous wastes, population, environmental laws, ecology, and evolution.
  • Recycling in America: a Reference Handbook
    Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1997
    College Library Reference Wall: TD 794.5 S77 1997
    Information on organizations, legal issues, history of waste and origins of many recycled products, biographical information, state laws and regulations and recycling facts.
  • Toxic Waste Sites: an Encyclopedia of Endangered America
    Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1997.
    College Library Reference Wall: TD 1040 C73 1997
    This book examines each of more than 1300 Superfund sites in the U.S.
 

Books

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  • Learn how to use the catalog.
  • Useful call number areas:
    GE - Environmental Sciences
    QH - Natural history; biology
    TD - Environmental technology
  • Subject Heading tips:
    Do a keyword search first, then look at the full record for the subject headings add geographical area such as the full name of the country
  • Tips and Tricks
  • CRCnetBASE
    Full text searching of more advanced CRC Press handbooks including the field of environmental science (ENVIROnetBASE).
    Includes facts, figures, charts, tables, illustrations, and formulas dealing with environmental science. Each chapter is a pdf file and is full-text searchable.

 

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