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Environmental Studies
Journals & Indexes
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This subject guide is a good starting place
for researching topics in Environmental Studies, however be sure to check subject guides in more specific areas.
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Web Resources
General
National Library for the Environment
Includes environmental news resources, professional resources for careers in environmental studies, and a directory of institutions, agencies, and organizations in the field of the environment. Also full text of Congressional Research Service Reports.
Sustainable Campuses community website
The Sustainable Campuses project aims to empower students to lead initiatives on their campuses toward greater social, ecological and economic sustainability through campus operations, curricula and community member attitudes.
Natural Sciences
Treesearch
Treesearch is an online system for locating and delivering publications by Research and Development scientists in the USDA Forest Service.
Environmental Protection Agency Publications
EPA's largest electronic documents site allows you to search view and print, including full images of all original pages and full-text, from a collection of over 10,000 archival and current documents. This collection may include documents that are no longer available in print form.
Watersheds of the World
Provides maps of land cover, population density and biodiversity for 154 basins and sub-basins around the world. It lists indicators and variables for each of these basins and, where appropriate, provides links and references to relevant information. It further contains 20 global maps portraying relevant water resources issues.
Vital Water Graphics
Overview of the state of the world's fresh and marine waters.
Humanities
Outdoor Book Reviews: A Guide to the Literature
A guide to new and past works of outdoor literature.
Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment
Links to bibliographies, essays and syllabi on ecocriticism
World Forum for Acoustic Ecology
International association of affiliated organizations and individuals, who share a common concern with the state of the world's soundscapes.
Nature Study, Nature Writing: Past and Present
Bibliography from the Library of Congress
Social Sciences
The Biodiversity Economics Library
This online library from the World Conservation Union has full text papers, case studies, reports etc on the economics of preserving biodiversity..
ENTRI Environmental treaties and resource indicators
A comprehensive online service for accessing multilateral environmental treaty data. Find status data for environmental treaties, treaty text and other related information.
Statistical Sources
PEARL-the source for environmental information in Maine
Provides access to data on Maine's lakes, streams, rivers, wetlands, and terrestrial ecosystems.
DataPlace: Explore Data about Places
You can get a quick statistical snapshot of any geographic area by clicking on the Area Overview link on the home page. The Area Overview is a good place to start to get a sense of demographic and housing conditions in your selected location. It's also a good jumping- off point for accessing other types of data analysis tools and content on DataPlace.
Smart Growth Online : Environment Websites
A listing of sites devoted to planning for sustainable community development. Includes many sites with data, online publications for green campus, farmland, urban sprawl issues.
EarthTrends
Offers a large breadth of statistical, graphic, and analytical data regarding the environmental, social, and economic trends in easily accessible formats. Provided by the World Resources Institute.
U.S. Historical Climatology Network.
A modern historical climate record for climate change research. 1,221 reporting stations in the U.S. with data going back at least 80 years.
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
The Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center which includes the World Data Center for Atmospheric Trace Gases, is the primary global-change data and information analysis center of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
SEDAC Environmental Sustainability Indicators
Provides access to data from a wide range of environmental sustainability indicator efforts, as well as citations and information related to those efforts.
Dorothy Freeman Collection
A part of Bates Special Collections, the Dorothy Freeman Collection contains several series of material related to the biologist, conservationist, and writer Rachel Carson. Included are two series of correspondence: Dorothy Freeman's Letters to Rachel Carson (1954-1964) and Rachel Carson's Letters to Dorothy Freeman (1952-1964).
Walter A. Lawrance papers, 1938-1983, n.d.
The collection contains material related to Walter A. Lawrance's work as a consultant (1943-1946) and as Rivermaster (1947-1978) of the Androscoggin. Lawrance, a professor of Chemistry at Bates College, had the legal authority to control the amount of pollution discharged into the river by the three major paper mills located along it. Included are his annual studies of the river's odor and other qualities, as well as research projects aimed at limiting waste in paper production and removing pollution from the river.
Androscoggin River oral history collection, 2006
A collection of 14 oral histories about the social and political effects of economic change in the Androscoggin River Valley.
Library contact:
For more information, contact:
LaVerne Winn
Science Reference Librarian
207-786-8328
e-mail: lwinn AT bates.edu
The George and Helen
Ladd Library • Bates College
48 Campus Avenue • Lewiston, Maine 04240
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