Pathfinder: Environmental Studies

Scope|Overview Sources|Circulating Books|Periodicals, Journals & Trade Publications|Videos|Web Sites

*Also see the library's bibliography on Famous Environmentalists & Naturalists

SCOPE: The issue of the environment has been a topic of great concern for many years. How to preserve and protect our natural resources have become increasingly important in light of problems with toxic chemicals, oil spills, and other pollutants in the environment. This pathfinder serves as a guideline for student research and will provide an introduction to the many resources in the library that provide and in-depth analysis of this timely topic. 

SUBJECT HEADINGS 

Books dealing with the environment are listed in the Baddour Library's online catalog under the following subject headings:

Environment
Ecology
Environment Conservation
Environmental Conditions United States
Environmental Ethics
Environmental Health 
Environmental Policy
Environmental Protection
Green Movement
Human Ecology
Pollution

There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.

OVERVIEW SOURCES (located in the Reference Collection)

REF HB849.415.H374 2000 AAAS Atlas of Population & Environment

REF HC79.E5G685 2001 A Dictionary of Environmental Economics, Science and Policy

REF TD 173.E53 1999 Encyclopedia of Environmental Pollution and Cleanup 

REF TD 196.C45 A 97 1999 Dictionary of Environmentally Important Chemicals

REF TD 9.A84 2001 Encyclopedia of Environmental Studies

REF GE 140.D383 1998 Environmental Disasters: A Chronicle of Individual, 
Industrial, and Governmental Carelessness

REF S926.A2A94 1993 The Environmentalists: A Biographical Dictionary from the 17th Century to the Present

REF TD9.W95 2001 The Facts on File Dictionary of Environmental Science 

CQ Researcher (online database):

• Climate Change 1/27/2006

Some representative books from the Circulating Collection are:

CIRCULATING BOOKS (have the call number(s) GE, GF, QA

Callicott, J. Baird. Beyond the Land Ethic: More Essays in Environmental Philosophy. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 1999.

Cooper, David E. and Joy A. Palmer. The Environment in Question: Ethics and Global Issues. New York: Routledge, 1992. 

De-Shalit, Avner. The Environment: Between Theory and Practice. New York: 
Oxford University Press, 2000. 

Dorfman, Robert. Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings. New York: Norton, 1993.

Doyle, Kevin. The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in the 21st Century. 
Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1999.

Gupta, Joyeeta. Our Simmering Planet: What to Do About Global Warming? 
New York: Palgrave, 2001.

Hoffman, Andrew J. Competitive Environmental Strategy: A Guide to the Changing 
Business Landscape. Washington, D.C; Island Press, 2000.

Lorbiecki, Marybeth. Aldo Leopold: A Fierce Green Fire. Helena, Mont: Falcon Press,
1996.

Melosi, Martin V. Garbage in the Cities: Refuse, Reform, and the Environment. Pittsburgh PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005.

Novotny, Patrick. Where We Live, Work, and Play: The Environmental Justice Movement and the Struggle for a New Environmentalism. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2000.

Rothman, Hal. Saving the Planet: The American Response to the Environment in the Twentieth Century. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2000.

Santos, Miguel A. The Environmental Crisis. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999.

Shabecoff, Philip. Earth Rising: American Environmentalism in the 21st Century. 
Washington, D.C: Island Press, 2000. 

Wheater, C. Philip. Using Statistics to Understand the Environment. New York: Routledge, 2000. 

Some of the specific periodicals that the library subscribes to that focuses on the topic of the environment are:

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS 

Open Access Journals in Earth & Environmental Sciences

VIDEOS

The Environment: When Politics and Industry Intersect Q172.5 .P82

WEB SITES

Environmental Ethics
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Environ/Enviroethics.htm
This site is maintained by Ronald Epstein from San Francisco State University. This includes bookmarks on animals, air and water pollution, genetic engineering, etc.

The Environmental Literacy Council: Teaching Resources
http://www.enviroliteracy.org/category.php/17.html
Comprehensive site includes sections on “General Resources” “Environmental ScienceToolkit,” and “Survey & Textbook Reviews”

Environmental Sciences
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subj/environ.html
This website from the University of California at Santa Barbara covers information on the environment including climate & weather, rainforests, ecology and endangered and threatened species. An interesting feature is the section on career resources.

National Geographic Online 
http://www.nationalgeographic.com 

National Library for the Environment
http://www.ncseonline.org/nle
Full-text access to over 600 Congressional Research Service Reports, full-text reports of environmental laws and treaties. Websites provided on environmental topics of interest.

NatureServe
http://www.natureserve.org

New Hampshire Dept. of Environmental Services, Home Page 
http://www.state.nh.us/des 

Our Planet 
http://www.ourplanet.com 
A Web-based, bimonthly magazine covering topics on the environment and sustainable development maintained by the United Nations Environmental Program. 

Science News 
http://www.sciencenews.org

UC Berkeley Transportation Sustainability Research Center
http://www.its.berkeley.edu/sustainabilitycenter/

U.S EPA
http://www.epa.gov