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Owen Science & Engineering Library
Owen Science and Engineering Library contains
many resources for students and faculty interested in the Environmental Sciences.
Since this is an interdisciplinary subject, resources can be found with those
of other areas such as ecology, energy, engineering, health, pollution and water.
The purpose of this subject guide is to alert
you to some of the more significant resources available at Owen Library and
on the internet.
If you have any questions not answered on the WSU Libraries website or would
like to request a book, journal, conference proceeding, etc. on subjects related
to this area, please contact Betty Galbraith. For questions about the WSU's Environmental Science program,
please see the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences.
In addition to this webpage,
the library has created a subject
guide to Environmental Science.
Indexes and abstracts and other databases:
- GeoRef:
electronic access to geological information via Library Gateway, coverage
since 1785
- Medline:
electronic access to the National Library of Medicine databases, coverage
since 1966
- Toxnet: electronic access
to international coverage of toxicological, pharmacological,
biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and other chemicals.
- Water
Resources Abstracts: available om CD-Rom
in the Owen Library on Workstation H only, coverage since 1967.
- WorldCat:
electronic access via Library Gateway to extensive book catalog of library
holdings worldwide.
Some major sources of electronic journals for Environmental Sciences are:
Scholarly Society Publishers
- BioOne:
A collection of high impact journals produced by scholarly societies. 2000
to the present.
Reference Books
Please note: these books do not circulate unless located
in the stacks
General
- American nature writers, 2 vols. (Owen Reference PS163 .A6 1996)
- Biographical dictionary of American and Canadian naturalists and environmentalists
(Owen Reference QH26 B535 1997)
- Dictionary of environmental science and technology (Owen Reference GE10
P67 1996)
- Earth journal: environmental almanac and resource directory
(Holland Reference GE1 E19 1993)
- Environmental encyclopedia (Owen Reference GE10 E58x 1993)
- Environmental impact statement bibliography and index for eastern Washington,
eastern Oregon, northern Idaho (Owen, Holland, AgSci stacks HC79 E5 W38x
1980)
- Environmental issues and sustainable futures: a critical guide to recent
books, reports, and periodicals (Holland stacks GE123 M37 1996)
- Global biodiversity (Owen Reference QH76 G56x 1992)
- The green encyclopedia (Owen Reference GE10 F73 1992)
- Handbook of environmental analysis 3rd edn. (Owen Reference TD194.6 S65x
1997)
- Handbook of environmental management and technology
(Owen Reference TD191.5 .B87 2000)
- The information please environmental almanac (Owen Reference TD176.4
I54 1993)
- Information sources in environmental protection (Owen Reference GE30
I56 1997)
- Longman dictionary of environmental science (Owen Reference GE10 L38x
1998)
- McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of environmental science (Owen Reference QH540.4
M3 1974)
- The McGraw-Hill recycling handbook (Owen Reference TD794.5 M397 2001)
- Standard handbook of environmental science, health, and technology
(Owen Reference GE123 .S73 2000)
- World resources: a report by the World Resources Institute and the International
Institute for Environment and Development, 2000-2001 (Owen Reference HD75.6
.W67x)
Climate Change/Global Warming
- Climate change and water resources planning criteria (Owen stacks TD353
.C53 1997)
- Dictionary of global climate change (Owen Reference QC981.8.C5 M38 1994)
- Global warming and global politics (Owen stacks QC981.8.G56 P414 1996)
- Global warming : the complete briefing (Owen stacks QC981.8.G56 H68 1997)
- Greenhouse : the 200-year story of global warming
(Owen stacks QC981.8.G56 C48 1999)
- Is the temperature rising? : the uncertain science of global warming
(Owen stacks QC981.8.G56 P48 1998)
Ecology
- Blackwell's concise encyclopedia of ecology (Owen Reference QH540.4 .B58
1999)
- A dictionary of ecology (Owen Reference QH540.4 C66 1998)
- Encyclopedia of environmental biology (Owen Reference QH540.4 E52 1995
3 vols.)
Energy
- The almanac of renewable energy (Owen Reference TJ808.3 G65 1993)
- CRC handbook of energy efficiency (Owen Reference TJ163.3 C73 1997)
- Energy efficiency manual (Owen Reference TJ163.3 W85 1999)
- Energy management handbook (Owen Reference TJ163.2 T87 1997)
- The Real Goods solar living sourcebook: the complete guide to renewable
energy technologies and sustainable living (Owen Reference TJ807 A58)
- Solar energy dictionary (Owen Reference TJ810 H86 1982)
- Wiley encyclopedia of energy and the environment
(Owen Reference TJ163.235 W55 1997)
Engineering
- A dictionary of environmental and civil engineering (Owen Reference TA9
W43 2000)
- Formula handbook for environmental engineers and scientists
(Owen Reference TD153 B58 1998)
- Handbook of environmental civil engineering (Owen Reference TA151 Z49
1975)
- Handbook of environmental engineering calculations (Owen Reference TD145
H27 2000)
Health
- Chemistry, health and environment (Owen Reference Owen stacks RA1226
.S74x 1999)
- Environmental toxicants: human exposures and their health effects
(Owen Reference Owen stacks RA565 .E58 2000)
- Environmentally induced disorders sourcebook : basic information about
diseases and syndromes linked to exposure to pollutants and other substances
in outdoor and indoor environments such as lead, asbestos, formaldehyde,
mercury, emissions, noise, and more
(Owen Reference RB152 .E59 1997 )
Pollution
- The
Chemical Scorecard: Information about environmental issues and hazards
occurring in the United States, provided by the Environmental Defense Fund
- Environmental contaminant reference databook, 3 vols. (Owen Reference
TD196.C45 P73 1995)
- Handbook of ecotoxicology (Owen Reference QH545.A1 H36 1998)
- The handbook of environmental chemistry (Owen Reference QD31 H335 1980-1999)
- Handbook of environmental data on organic chemicals 3rd edn.
(Owen Reference TD196 O73 V47 1996)
- Illustrated handbook of physical-chemical properties and environmental
fate for organic chemicals (Owen Reference TD196 O73 M32 1992 3 vols.)
- Rapid guide to hazardous air pollutants (Owen Reference TD883.1 B37 1998)
- Wiley encyclopedia of environmental pollution and cleanup
(Owen Reference TD173 W55 1999)
Water
- Dictionary of water and sewage engineering 2nd edn. (Owen Reference TD208
M34 1977)
- Dictionary of water and water engineering (Owen Reference GB655 N35 1973)
- Dictionary of waste and water treatment (Owen Reference TD9 S37 1981)
- Encyclopedia of hydrology and water resources (Owen Reference GB655 E53
1998)
- A guide to water research information sources in the State of Washington
(Owen Reference TD224 W2 S8 no. 16 1973)
- Water atlas of the United States (Ref-Atlas G1201 C3 W3 1973)
- The water encyclopedia 2nd edn. (Owen Reference TD351 V36 1990)
- Water in crisis: a guide to the world's fresh water resources
(Owen Reference TD345 W264 1993)
- Water resources of the world: selected statistics (Owen Reference GB661
V34 1975)
- Water in the Palouse River basin, Water supply bulletin #39 (1975)
(Owen Reference GB705 W2 A3 c.3)
- Water quality control handbook (Owen Reference TD365 .A44x 2000)
Internet Links
- ATSDR: the official page
of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
and see ATSDR: ToxFAQs: Frequently
Asked Questions About Contaminants Found at Hazardous Waste Sites.
- The Chemical Scorecard: Information
about environmental issues and hazards occurring in the United States, provided
by the Environmental Defense Fund
- ClimateArk:a site "dedicated
to promoting public policy that addresses global climate change through
reductions in carbon dioxide and other emissions, energy conservation, renewable
energy sources and ending deforestation."
- Columbia Earthscape: an online
resource on the global environment
- David Suzuki Foundation:environmental
information on global warming, Pacific salmon, fisheries, forestry, and
more.
- Directory of Environmental Programs
- Earth Observatory:
provides access to satellite imagery and scientific information relating
to Earth's climate and environmental change.
- Earth Island Institute:
access to the Earth Island Journal and information on the environmental
challenges being faced in today's world
- EnviroFacts Data
Warehouse: Environmental data from the EPA
- EnviroLink: the Online Environmental
Community
- Environmental Health Information
Services: a service of the NIH-National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences and the DHHS-National Toxicology Program
- Environmental News Network:news on
the environment selected from diverse news sources
- Environment Portal: Australian
environment resources on the Internet
- Environment Canada: information
from the national environmental agency of Canada
- EPA Integrated Risk Information System
(IRIS): a database of human health effects that may result from exposure
to various substances found in the environment.
- Environmental Sensitivities Research Institute:
a non-profit scientific and educational organization whose mission is to
support sound scientific and medical research into environmental intolerance
issues, and to compile and disseminate information on those issues.
- European Environmental Agency: the
gateway to environmental information on Europe
- GAP - National Gap Analysis
Program: a geographic approach to planning for biological diversity
- Global Warming: Early Warning
Signs Map
- Global Warming Information
Center: provided by the National
Center for Public Policy Research, a Washington-based conservative/free
market foundation founded in 1982; another site of interest by this organization
is the Environmental Policy
Task Force.
- Greater Yellowstone Coalition:
information on Yellowstone and its environs
- Ground Water Atlas
of the United States
- Interactive Map of Greenhouse Gas
Emissions
- Inter-American
Water Resources Network (IWRN): has as its mission the goal to strengthen
water resources management in the Americas.
- IUCN 2000 Redlist of Threatened Species.
- Invasive Species Information
System: provided by the National Agricultural Library of the United
States Department of Agriculture
- Legislative
Actions of U.S. Congress: review environmental bills
- Love
Canal Collection: made available through the State University of New
York at Buffalo Library Archives (see also their Love
Canal @ 25 -- A CyberExhibit)
- National Library of the Environment:
includes CRS Reports by subject, CRS Briefing Books, State of the Environment
Reports, online journals (44 full-text), and environmental news
- Natural Resources Defence Council
- Palouse Clearwater Environmental
Institute: the Palouse's local and regional environmental organization
- U.S. Global Change Research
Information Office (GCRIO)
- U.S.G.S. Global Change Research
- United Nations Environment Programme:
environmental information from the U.N.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Water Environment Federation
- Water Resources of the United States
- World Bank's Environment
- World Watch Institute