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PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOG
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REFERENCE SOURCES
Search the reference collection for brief facts, biographical information, addresses, telephone numbers, statistical information, articles in encyclopedias, general and subject, on all aspects of human knowledge. Much information is included in the general encyclopedias, such as Compton's, Academic American, or World Book. However, more specialized information is included in subject encyclopedias. Additional information can be found in these sources:
DIRECTORIES OF ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
| R 353 Un3s | The United States Government Manual
Contains information on federal organizations and agencies, including Legislative Branch organizations and agencies, Judicial Branch organizations, Executive Branch organizations and agencies, independent establishments and government corporations, and quasi-official agencies. |
| R 061.3 G13enc | Encyclopedia of Associations
This is a directory of nearly 23,000 national and International organizations, including: trade, business, commercial, environmental, agricultural, legal, military, natural and social sciences, educational, cultural, and many more. |
| R 352.8 F31c8 | Congressional Quarterly's Federal Regulatory Directory
Gives information on over one hundred federal regulatory agencies. For each agency, it gives the responsibilities of the agency, the power and authority of the agency, and historical background and current issues of the agency. It gives the agency organization, and addresses of regional offices. |
GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
| R 070.442 Ed4c | CQ Researcher
Published by Congressional Quarterly, the staff does research a topic of current interest, such as AIDS, gun control, abortion, lotteries, Acid rain, toxic waste, global warming, hazardous substances, environmental protection, etc. Great place to start doing research on a topic. Each weekly report contains an extensive bibliography at the end of the report. |
| R 070.444442 In3a | The Information Series on Current Topics
Each of these books is crammed with statistical tables, charts, graphs, maps, and paragraphs that present the basic data on a single current topic. |
| R 070.442 Is7 | Issues and Controversies on File
Articles provide the history or development of an issue, a current overview, varying opinions, a prediction of future developments, and a short bibliography. |
| R 303.49003 En11 | Encyclopedia of the Future
A compendium of the thoughts and forecasts of hundreds of the world's leading intellectuals including Nobel laureates, former heads of government, and distinguished experts in many diverse disciplines. |
| R 317.3 Un3s | Statistical Abstract of the
United States
Published by the United States government. Contains statistics on many current topics, including education, commerce, health, transportation. |
| R 317.3 W89w | The World Almanac and Book of Facts
Contains statistics on sports and entertainment. |
| R 328.73 C76qw | CQ [Congressional Quarterly] Weekly
Summarizes the actions of Congress during the preceding week. Its index is updated quarterly. |
| R 505.8 Sc2s | Science Year
This is the annual science supplement to the World Book encyclopedia. It contains many articles that update the contents of the encyclopedia, and other feature articles each year on various topics |
| R 550 M27 | Magill's Survey of Science: Earth Science Series
This excellent series describes many earth sciences terms such as: acid rain, air pollution, aquifers, atmospheric inversion layers, clouds, faults, glaciers, groundwater, hazardous wastes, oil and gas offshore wells, radioactive minerals, sand, soil erosion, and wind. |
| R 363.7 En8 | Environmental Encyclopedia 2nd ed.
Contains articles on many environmental topics, such as: animal rights, automobile emissions, famine, recycling, air pollution, water pollution, agent orange, acid rain, radon, and toxic substances. Also has articles on environmental legislation passed by U.S. Congress, toxic waste sites in the United States, biographies of important environmentalists, animals that have been affected by environmental problems, organizations involved with environmental issues, and other environmental terms. |
| R 574.529 Of3 | The Official World Wildlife
Fund Guide to Endangered Species of North America
Gives descriptions, habitat, historic range, and current distribution of hundreds of threatened or endangered plants and animals. |
| R 363.70092273 B38a | American Environmental Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present
Contains biographies of almost 350 "'American Environmental leaders': well known founders and leaders of the diversified strands of the environmental movement as well as some less famous regional or behind-the-scenes participants." |
| R 591.52903 Se4g | The Grolier World Encyclopedia of Endangered Species
Contains descriptions of species the world over that are endangered that has been compiled by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources |
| R 363.7 St3e | Environmental Sourcebook
This book contains chapters on eleven environmental issues: population, agriculture, energy, climate and atmosphere, biodiversity, water, oceans, solid waste, hazardous substances and waste, and development. In each chapter it gives an overview of the problem, additional resources that can be used, periodicals on the topic, and organizations involved with the topic. |
| R 338.9 St1 1996 | State of the World
Contains reports on water, freshwater ecosystems, preserving agricultural resources, and other global environmental topics. |
| R 628.03 M17en3 | McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia
of Environmental Science & Engineering
Contains many useful articles that give the current state of knowledge, prospects for the future, and legislation passed (U.S.). There are articles on such things as: acid rain, air pollution, atmosphere, ozone, dams, ecology, ecosystem, energy sources, environmental assessment, groundwater hydrology, meteorology, oceanography, pesticide, population dispersion, recycling technology, sewage, soil chemistry, soil conservation, solar energy, surface mining, water conservation, wetlands, and wind. |
| R 628.4458 R24 | Recycling Sourcebook
This is a resource that is divided into sections. The first section contains 28 essays that provide an overview of recycling in the 1990's, essays on recycling glass, paper, plastics, steel cans, aluminum, yard waste, household hazardous wastes, batteries, motor oil, tires and diapers. Part 2 is a directory of resources and organizations in the area of recycling, such as: consumer associations, industry organizations, funding sources, libraries and research centers, federal and state agencies, equipment manufacturers and suppliers, books periodicals, videos, and online databases on recycling. |
| R 909.82 F11o | Facts on File
A weekly news digest that summarizes reports from more than fifty magazines and newspapers form around the world. It has a detailed index that is updated twice each month. |
| R 363.7056 IN8b | International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics Contains entries on environmental issues, environmental groups, laws and agencies concerned with the environment. Also contains articles on the environment in many countries of the world. |
| R 621.042 M22z | Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy Contains entries on all aspects of energy, with articles in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, geophysics, engineering, history, economics, psychology, sociology and ethics. Also included are biographies of important people in the understanding of energy. The major types of fuel and energy-using technologies are included, but also new types of energy. |
| R 628.03 L51e3 | Environmental Engineering Dictionary Contains definitions of environmental engineering terms. It contains the origin of the term, and covers many environmental subjects. |
| R 363.17 H33P | Hazardous Substances Resource Guide Though dated (published in 1997) this resource helps you to understand what hazardous substances are, such as household cleaning products, pesticides, solvents, paint, lead, and wood perservatives, asbestoes, automobile fluids, and other compounds. It also talks about hazardous substance regulations, and gives resources, such as hotlines and poison control centers, to assist in better understanding of hazardous substances and for help. See more up to date information on hazardous substances at TOXNET. |
| R 509.o3 W89 1994 | World of Scientific Discovery |
| R 509.o3 W89 1994 | World of Scientific Discovery |
| R 550 M27 | Magill's Survey of Science |
| R 5338.9 St1 | State of the World |
THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE LAW
| R 348.7303 W52w | West's Encyclopedia of American Law
A layman's guide to American law, with descriptions of legal terms and phrases. |
| R 348.7323 Un3c | United States Code
Contains the full text of all United States laws passed by the U.S. Congress. It is arranged by title |
| AE 2.0106 | Code of Federal Regulations
When a law is passed by congress, it gives authority to regulatory agencies in the government to make regulations to enforce the law. This is what the Code of Federal Regulations is. It is a codification of rules established by agencies of the Federal Government. The code is divided by topic into what is called titles. These are the titles pertaining to the environment: Title 7: Agriculture
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REGULAR COLLECTION AND GOVERNMENT
DOCUMENT SOURCES
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collection |
Opposing Viewpoints Series
Excellent for argumentative papers. Each book in the series takes a controversial topic and discusses the issues and presents both sides of the argument using expert opinions from contemporary and historical authors in a pro/con format. Contains bibliographies, list of relevant organization glossaries, and chronologies. 363.7 En8p Environmental Justice
Current Controversies Excerpts from articles, newspapers and books are used to present authoritative opinions on issues of national and international interests in a pro/con format. A short bibliography and a list of organizations included. 333.72 C76e Conserving the Environment Reference Shelf 808.5 R25r
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| 621.483 N88d | Nuclear Power Plants Worldwide
Gives information on nuclear power plants worldwide. There are country reports that givers the state of the nuclear power industry in each country. For most of the nuclear power plants listed, it gives the address, telephone number, owning utility, basic facts about the plant, key dates in the power plant's history, major accomplishments, accidents and technical problems, personnel and management issues, safety, operational, and procedural violations, waste disposal and a listing of sources of further information about each power plant. This book was published in 1993, and so for a more up-to-date resoruce, see the following: Nuclear Power Plants All Over the World Nuclear Power Plants, World Wide International Nuclear Safety Center: Data for Nuclear Power Plants |
| Reference area | Contemporary World Issues
Series
Excellent for gaining the grasp of a topic. Each book in the series covers a different topic. Each topic covered in the series has the following: an overview section, which has a discussion of the main questions being asked or arguments raised about the topic, then a chronology section, a biographical sketches section of the main figures in the topic, facts and statistics section, documents and reports, laws and legislation pertaining to the topic, and a directory of agencies and organizations associated with the topic. The ones concerned with the environment are: R 363.7287 M61e Environmental
Hazards: Toxic Waste and Hazardous Material
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| EP | Environmental Protection
Agency Publications
The Environmental Protection Agency has many publications on the environment. You can go to the Government Documents room on Floor 2A and browse the shelves, or access through the online public access catalog. |
| CD-ROM | NESE (National Economic,
Social and Environmental Databank)
Compiles data from several government agencies on domestic economic, social, and environmental topics |
| E 4850.1 E61i | Green Cyberspace: Environmental Information Resources
for Citizens
This card contains Internet addresses for environmental sites on the Internet, such as: environmental networks, Indices, directories, environmental news sites, environmental justice resources, and U.S. activist groups. This card is located with the Oklahoma government documents section of the library, and it has been reprinted for you. |
VIDEOS
| video collection | The Earth At Risk Environmental Video Series
A series of 10 videos that discuss environmental issues of today. The topics covered include: acid rain, clean air, clean water, degradation of land, extinction, global warming, nuclear energy, recycling, the ozone layer, and the rainforest. |
| video collection 333.7923 So4 |
Solar Energy: Hope for the Future |
| video Collection 333.794 AL4 |
Alternative Energy Sources: Geothermal, Water, and Wind |
| video collection 363.7 En8si |
The Environment: When Politics and Industry Interact (Green Pacts and Greenbacks) |
VERTICAL FILE
The Vertical File cabinets on the first floor (by the
Juvenile section) contain folders on numerous environmental topics such
as: Endangered Species, Energy Conservation, Hazardous substances, recycling,
water pollution , and air pollution.
PERIODICAL INDEXES
Periodicals are a useful source to gather current information on a topic. You look for information on a topic by using a periodical index. These indexes are arranged by subject, and tell you what magazines and journals have articles on that subject.
PAPER INDEXES
| READERS GUIDE
A general subject index to about 200 popular magazines. We have this index from 1915 to the present. |
| NEW YORK TIMES INDEX
Index to the New York Times, a major national newspaper. The library has the New York Times from 1851 to the present on microfilm. The index is subject arranged. Paper indexes begin in 1929, and from 1851 to 1928 they are on microfiche. |
COMPUTER INDEXES
| EBSCOHost
Series of databases to periodical
literature. Most databases begin in the 1990's, and some go back to the 1980's.
Many of the databases contain not only the citation and abstract to the
article, but the entire text of the article itself.
Academic Search Elite Business Source Elite Regional Business News ERIC Professional Development Collection Health Source Medline Newspaper Source PsychInfo |
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| General Science Index
Cites articles of at least one column each from more than 135 English-language periodicals. Coverage ranges from popular magazines to professional science journals. Approximately 3,500 records are added monthly. Biographical sketches, reports, reviews, and feature articles are included. This index includes the subjects of: astronomy, atmospheric science, biology, botany, chemistry, earth science, environment and conservation, food and nutrition, genetics, mathematics, medicine and health, microbiology, oceanography, physics, physiology and zoology. This index covers from May 1984 to the present. |
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| Newsbank Infoweb
Provides access to newspaper articles from the United States on current issues and events, medical topics, biographical articles and news reports about newsworthy people and groups, and fine arts reviews (art exhibits, books, movies, television programs, theater, and musical performances). |
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| ERIC (Educational Resources
Information Center)
ERIC is a national education information
network for acquiring, selecting, abstracting, storing the literature of
education. ERIC is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, and there
are sixteen clearinghouses, that are located at universities or professional
organizations. Each of these sixteen clearinghouses is responsible for
collecting educational literature on a educational topic. Once the material
is gathered, indexed and abstracted, then it appears in one of the two
sources below:
There have been many companies that have put these two indexes together. This ERIC database is the largest educational database in the world. It currently has about 800,000 records on it and it is growing by hundreds each month. The ERIC database covers from 1966 to the present. Available through FirstSearch. |
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| FirstSearch
This is a series of databases that are available from OCLC via the Internet.
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MAGAZINES & JOURNALS
| S 1.10
(floor 2A) |
Environmental Diplomacy: The Environment and U.S. Foreign Policy |
| Basement | National Geographic |
| Basement | New Scientist |
| Basement | Environment |
| Basement | Environmental Protection |
| Basement | E: The Environmental Magazine |
| EP 1.67
Basement |
EPA Journal |
| Basement | Science News |
| Basement | Science |
RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET
There are many useful resources on the Internet about
the environment. Here are a few:
| EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
http://www.epa.gov The EPA is the Federal Government assigned to safeguard the natural environment. At this site you can find news, EPA press releases, and newsletters, databases available, EPA projects and programs, laws and regulations covering the environment, and links to EPA offices and more. |
| Policy.com
http://www.policy.com This page is contains research , opinions and events that shape public policy in the United States. It contains information on such issues as: agriculture, civil justice, constitutional issues, crime, defense, energy, the environment, health, welfare and more It contains information that is authoritative , unbiased and nonpartisan and free. |
| Public Agenda Online
http://www.publicagenda.org This site is very useful for finding non-partisan balanced writing on topics that are in the public eye. |
| Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
http://www.deq.state.ok.us This is Oklahoma's EPA which is to provide service by sustaining a clean, sound environment. It has links to Department services and environmental fact sheets, and links to other environment sites on the Internet. |
| Encyclopedia Britannica's E-Blast
http://www.ebig.com This is a directory of recommended Internet sites that have been rated by Encyclopedia Britannica's editors. |
| Environmental Defense Fund
http://www.edf.org |
| Environmental Health Information Service
http://ehis.niehs.nih.gov This site contains much health-related information on environmental topics. It contains the full text of many of the articles found in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. It also has a section called "environews by topic", in which contains recent information on many environmental topics. |
| Conservation Resources
http://www.souu.edu/lib/subcon/htm This is a page that is a part of the SE Library's webpage. It contains links to conservation and environmental resources on the Internet |
| World Future Society
http://www.wfs.org/ A non-profit educational and scientific organization for people interested in how social and technological developments are shaping the futures. |
| Hot Topics Supersites
http:libweb.sdsu.edu/htopics/supersites.html A directory of resources for controversial topics of current interest. |
| Documents in the News: Current Events Research
http://lib.umich.edu/libhome/documents.center/docnews.html Identifies issues about government making news headlines and web sources with additional information. |
| Speakout.com
http://www.speakout.com Leading research, opinions and events shaping public policy on many issues including crime, environment, healthcare, immigration, welfare, etc. |
| Greenpeace
www.greenpeace.org |
| Drudge Report
www.drudgereport.com |
| Brookings Institution Policy Briefs
www.brookings.org/comm/policybriefs/archive.htm Brookings Institution is an independent, nonprofit public policy research organization that covers topics such as Euro currency, teen pregnancy prevention, and military readiness. |
| Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports
www.cnie.org/nlelcrs_main.html Documents related to the environment, agriculture, and natural resources. |
| Online NewsHour - Backgrounders
www.pbs.org/newshour/ Offers transcripts of discussions on issues under broad categories such as Bosnia, economy, military, and Whitewater. |
| Science in the Headlines
http://www.nationalacademies.org/headlines/ Provides original research reports and links to related sites on such topics as ozone layer depletion, bilingual education, and greenhouse gas emissions. |
| Congressional Digest
http://www.congressionaldigest.com http://info.jefferson.lib.co.us/maglist/titles/715.html |
| The CQ Researcher
http://store.yahoo.com/cq-press/globisbrself.html |
| Facts on File
www.factsonfile.com Covers current news on topics such as abortion clinic bombings, the breast implant controversy, mad cow disease, and the Ruby Ridge and Waco cult sieges in a weekly world news digest format. |
| Issues and Controversies on File
www.facts.com/icof.htm Provides a twice-monthly digest of news analysis and background information with a cumulative index covering such topics as cults, Internet regulation, school uniforms, Gulf War syndrome, and women in the military. |