Encyclopedias and Reference

Environment

Biodiversity & Sustainability

• Encyclopedia of Biodiversity Elsevier
  Major themes of biodiversity including evolution, classification, definition, ecological patterns and theories, and an assessment of contemporary patterns and trends. (Updated regularly)

• Endangered Species Gale
  Covers the endangered and threatened status of a myriad of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, mollusks, insects, arachnids, corals, crustaceans, and plants. Each entry provides the species' common/scientific name, classification information, current status according to the IUCN and the Endangered Species Act, description, location, reason for endangerment, and measures being taken to protect it. (2016)

• Managing Biodiversity in Agricultural Ecosystems Gale
  Includes the most recent research and developments in the maintenance of local diversity at the genetic, species, and ecosystem levels. (2007)

Energy

• Alternative Energy Gale
  Introduces students to issues surrounding current energy sources and alternative energy options. (2012)

• Energy for the 21st Century Gale
  Provides a detailed analysis of the past, present, and future of all the principal energy sources--biomass, coal, oil, natural gas, hydro, and nuclear power--as well as sustainable sources, especially fuel cell technology. (2007)

• Energy: In Context Gale
  Explains the fundamentals of energy science and the impact of energy on human life and the environment. Interdisciplinary in nature, it covers topics from such fields as geology, biology, physics, history, sociology, and economics. (2016)

Environment

• Climate Change: In Context Gale
  Offers coverage of the history, politics, and ethical debates related to climate change, including the impact of climate change on daily life, trade and commerce, travel, and the future of both industrialized and impoverished nations. Provides insights on leading social issues and spurs critical thinking about the impact of environmental issues on daily life and globalization. (2008)

• Encyclopedia of Environment and Society Gale
  Provides issues, concepts, theories, examples, problems, and policies, with the goal of explicating an emerging way of thinking about people and nature. Written by experts from incredibly diverse fields. (2007)

• Encyclopedia of Environmetrics Wiley
  Covers the development and application of quantitative methods in the environmental sciences. (2012)

• Encyclopedia of Global Change Oxford
  Encompassing tsunamis, elephant conservation, ocean pollution, mining regulation, and permafrost melt, the 300 authoritative articles in this unique and wide-ranging encyclopedia investigate all types of phenomena that change life on Earth. (2001)

• Encyclopedia of Global Warming & Climate Change Gale
  Explores major topics related to global warming and climate change-ranging geographically from the North Pole to the South Pole, and thematically from social effects to scientific causes. (2012)

• Encyclopedia of the Earth
  Focuses on the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. Articles are written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other's work.

• Encyclopedia of the U.S. Government and the Environment Gale
  Covers the history of the U.S. government's approach to environmental policy. (2011)

• Environmental Encyclopedia Gale
  Provides in-depth, worldwide coverage of environmental issues. (2011)

• Environmental Science: In Context Gale
  Provides comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences. Cross-curricular in nature, the title supports both basic and advanced curricula in earth and environmental science, physics, chemistry, and biology, as well as general science, history, government, and the social sciences. (2009)

• Great Debates in American Environmental History Gale
  Examines the most important and controversial environmental issues in the history of the United States, from the Colonial period to the present. Describes the issues, the stakeholders of various positions, and both the immediate outcome of the debate, and the long-term consequences of the result. (2008)

• Green Issues and Debates Gale
  Explores the multitude of threats to sustainable life on earth and the myriad of controversies surrounding potential solutions. (2011)

• Human Geography: People and the Environment Gale
  Provides insight into both regional and global issues by addressing fundamental and advanced topics critical to the study of human geography and places special emphasis on exploring the impact of human habitation and economic activity on the environment. (2013)

• Water Rights and the Environment in the United States Gale
  This book is a one-stop resource for understanding the scope of water issues in America, from governing doctrine and legislation, to Native American water rights, to water protection and pollution, and to the mitigation of natural and human-made disasters. (2015)

• Water: Science and Issues Gale
  Covers all important water science concepts and current issues and highlights major historical developments and key figures. (2003)

Ethics/Philosophy

• Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy Gale
  Examines the philosophical and ethical issues underlying contemporary and historical environmental issues, policies, and debates. (2008)

• Green Ethics and Philosophy Gale
  Covers the moral relationship between humans and their natural environment, specifically targeting the contemporary green movement. (2011)

Food/Agriculture

• Encyclopedia of Agrophysics Springer
  Provides up-to-date information on the physical properties and processes affecting the quality of the environment and plant production. (2011)

• Food and Famine in the 21st Century ABC Clio
  Hunger, starvation, and famine today are acknowledged as cultural hazards, interrelated with natural hazards, increasingly complex, and difficult to resolve. This work helps provide an understanding of the significance and ramifications of the world’s agricultural systems, food production, food availability, food shortages, hunger, starvation, and famine. (2012)

Research Articles

• Research Databases for Environment
  Find articles from academic journals and more

Series:Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability

• Afro-Eurasia: Assessing Sustainability Gale
  Focuses on the geographic area where humans originated and first began to make use of the natural world - Earth's largest landmass, stretching from Portugal in the west across the steppes of Russia and south across Africa to the Cape of Good Hope. (2012)

• Americas and Oceania: Assessing Sustainability Gale
  Provides extensive coverage of sustainability practices from experts from around the globe. Topics include efforts to balance resource demands and growth, from New Zealand and the islands of the South Pacific (under threat by rising sea levels) to Brazil, Central America, the United States, and Canada. (2012)

• Business of Sustainability Gale
  Explores how sustainability is being factored into industries across the globe. (2010)

• China, India, and East and Southeast Asia: Assessing Sustainability Gale
  Provides an overview of the environmental challenges facing the most populous parts of Asia. Regional coverage includes topics such as business and commerce, environmental and corporate law, and values and technology. This volume places special focus on demographics, geography, educational initiatives, international relationships, and negotiations related to sustainable practices. (2012)

• Ecosystems Management and Sustainability Gale
  Analyzes myriad human-initiated processes and tools developed to foster sustainable natural resource use, preservation, and restoration. It also examines how humans interact with plant, marine, and animal life in both natural and human-altered environments. (2012)

• Future of Sustainability Gale
  Essays include crucial topics in terms of the outlook for humanity and our relationship with the natural world. Articles cover aging and world population, cities and community, energy, agriculture, water, food security, mobility, and migration. (2012)

• Law and Politics of Sustainability Gale
  Explores efforts made to address pressing environmental concerns through legislation, conventions, directives, treaties, and protocols. (2011)

• Measurements, Indicators, and Research Methods for Sustainability Gale
  Presents an overview of the ways in which sustainability is charted worldwide including basic concepts, such as quantitative versus qualitative data, citizen science, or the weak versus strong sustainability debate. Examines how indicators in specific areas (air pollution, fisheries, agriculture and mining, for instance) have been applied (or not) to different regions. (2012)

• Natural Resources and Sustainability Gale
  Explores the many ways in which human society relies on material resources and natural systems such as air, water, energy, agricultural products, and extracted resources for our everyday needs. (2012)

• Spirit of Sustainability Gale
  Examines the ways in which religious ideas, beliefs, and practices have both promoted sustainability and served as roadblocks. Covers topics such as religious vegetarianism, understandings of the Earth as Gaia, the Lynn White Thesis, and the field of "science and religion." (2010)

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  Covers American women scientists across the sciences throughout the 20th century, providing historical context for understanding their achievements and the way they changed the practice of science. (2011)
  
  
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  Explores current social and political issues from the news with Congressional Quarterly objectivity and balance, 1991- present.
  
  
• Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics Gale
  This reference work covers the relationships among three important sub-disciplines of economics: energy economics, resource economics, and environmental economics. (2013)
  
  
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• Opposing Viewpoints Gale
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• Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research Ethics Gale
  In-depth review of the distinctive set of ethical considerations which accompany qualitative research. (2018)