GLOBAL WARMING
Scope|Subject
Headings|Overview
Sources|Circulating
Books|Periodicals, Journals & Trade
Publications|Web Sites
SCOPE: Global warming is a term, which may be defined as rising global air temperatures that may cause drastic changes in climate and weather patterns. Power plants, automobiles, fertilizers, and other activities of mankind influence global warming. (Ecology Basics) The purpose of this pathfinder is to serve as a guide for student research. It is not intended as a comprehensive listing of all the resources available in the library, but as a selective listing of the many types of materials available.
SUBJECT HEADINGS
Books dealing with global warming are listed in the Baddour Library’s online catalog under the following subject headings:
Global warming
Atmosphere
Climatic changes—Environmental aspects
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
REF QC854.E523 1996 Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather
REF QH540.4.E39 2004 Ecology Basics
Some representative books from the circulating collection located upstairs in the library are:
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Gupta, Joyeeta. Our
Simmering Planet: What to Do About Global Warming? New
York: Palgrave, 2001.
Jones, Laura, ed. Global
Warming: The Science and the Politics. Vancouver: Fraser
Institute, 1997.
Kazlowski, Steven.
The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World.
Seattle, WA; Mountaineers Books, 2008.
Michaels, Patrick J. The
Satanic Gases: Clearing the Air About Global Warming.
Washington, D.C: Cato Institute, 2000.
Moore, Thomas Gale. Climate of
Fear: Why We Shouldn’t Worry About Global Warming. Washington, D.C: Cato Institute, 1998.
Some of the specific periodicals that the library subscribes to that focuses on the topic of global warming are:
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS
Discover
E; The Environmental Magazine
Environmental Ethics
Environmental Values
Human Ecology Review
Popular Science
Science
Scientific American
WEB SITES
Climate Change:
The Discovery of Global Warming
http://www.aip.org/history/climate
A collection of essays
written by science historian Spencer Weart, the Director
of the Center for History of Physics and the American
Institute of Physics. Discussions on influences on
climate, theory of climate change, public opinion,
government involvement, and international cooperation.
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.
NatureServe
http://www.natureserve.org
U.S EPA
http://www.epa.gov |
