LibGuides: Environment & Sustainability: Reference Sources

Reference Books/E-Books

Climate change and carbon markets : a handbook of emission reduction mechanisms
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Below are a selected few reference books about Environment and Sustainability. Be sure to browse the reference shelves on the 2nd floor between the following call numbers to find more materials.

G - Geography
GB - Physical geography
GC - Oceanography
GE - Environmental sciences
GF - Human ecology
K - Environmental law
QH - Natural history
S - Agriculture
SB - Plant culture
SD - Forestry
SH - Aquaculture

The Concise Oxford dictionary of ecology
Call Number: [REF] QH540.4 .C66 1994
ISBN: 0192861603
Dictionary and introduction to global environmental governance
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Dictionary of environment and development : people, places, ideas, and organizations
Call Number: [REF] GE10 .C78 1993
Encyclopedia of environment and society
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Encyclopedia of environmental studies
Call Number: [REF] TD9 .A84 2001
ISBN: 0816042551
The encyclopedia of geochemistry and environmental sciences
Call Number: [REF] QE515 .F24
ISBN: 0879331801
Encyclopedia of global change : environmental change and human society
Call Number: [REF]GE149 .E47 2002
ISBN: 0195108256
Encyclopedia of global warming and climate change
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The environment dictionary
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Environmental encyclopedia
Call Number: [REF] GE10 .E38 2003
ISBN: 0787654868
The Hutchinson dictionary of geography
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Life on earth : an encyclopedia of biodiversity, ecology, and evolution
Call Number: [REF] QH541.15.B56 L54 2002
ISBN: 157607286X
McGraw-Hill dictionary of earth science
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McGraw-Hill dictionary of environmental science
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Public participation in sustainability science : a handbook
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The sustainability handbook : the complete management guide to achieving social, economic and environmental responsibility
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Online Reference Shelf

Academic OneFile - Gale This link opens in a new window
Search 8,000 academic journals in all disciplines plus the New York Times and podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN and others. Courtesy MBLC & MLS.
Biography - Gale in Context This link opens in a new window
Find biographies of people, searching by occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth and death date, and of course by name. Courtesy Massachusetts Library System.
Britannica Online This link opens in a new window
Free site available to all. See also Britannica sources provided by the Mass. Board of Library Commissioners for Children, Young Adults, Reference and Escolar Online.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Search hundreds of reference sources - dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases - for topic overviews and links to our other online resources. Includes mind map/concept map search feature.
Gale Ebooks, formerly GVRL Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
~ Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
~ Pollution A to Z
~ UXL Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features
MasterFILE Premier - EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
Search magazines, reference books, primary sources, and photos, maps and flags in this general multidisciplinary collection.

Virtual Reference Shelf
~ Library of Congress