Environment



=**Researching Environmental Issues...**= Keywords and Dewy Decimal Numbers are to assist you in your research on Environmental Issues. It is your task to define the terms that you want to use when searching for materials. Doing a keyword search will give you many more titles than a subject search and may help you focus your results. = = =Print Resources= This series takes a lively and authoritative look at environmental challenges, describing the issues involved and possible ways of coping with them. Each book includes relevant, up-to-date case studies and data files to help develop the readers' understanding of real issues behind the headlines. Clear text supported by vivid photographs, and informative diagrams and maps.
 * Buckingham, Susan**.** //**Understanding Environment Issues**//. ed Susan Buckingham & MikeTurner. Los Angeles : SAGE Publications,2008 this book covers various environmental issues regarding its policies and to its protection initiatives.
 * Jakab, Cheryl. //**Climate Change**//. North Mankato: Smart Apple Media, 2008 Facing global issues -- What's the issue? -- Climate change issues around the globe -- Issue 1, melting ice -- Issue 2, rising sea levels -- Issue 3, record temperatures -- Issue 4, more hurricanes -- Issue 5, increase in greenhouse gases -- What can you do? -- Towards a sustainable future.
 * McConnell, Robert L. **//Environmental Issues : an introduction to sustainability.//** New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2008. This book combines simple math, the metric system, and critical thinking to gain insight into relevant local, regional, and global environmental issues, with a focus on sustainability.
 * **//World at Risk Series//**, Mankato, MN: Smart Apple Media, 2010
 * **//Climate Change//** by Andrew Solway
 * **//Reducing the Carbon Footprint//** by Anne Rooney
 * **//Resources//** by Andrew Solway
 * **//Water//** by Geoff Barker
 * **//Waste Disposal//** by Andrew Solway

=Non-Print Resources=
 * ** Environmental Issues I & II. ** [Video] CTV Television Network: Lifetime series. 1989, 44 min → Segments on environmental issues from CTV's series Lifetime. Includes the effect of CFCs on the ozone layer; organic farming, an alternative to pesticides and herbicides; pesticides in children's foods; the greenhouse effect and the tall-grass prairie conservation project, and more.
 * I**nconvenient Truth, An** ( 2006) [Documentary]→ //An Inconvenient Truth// guiding us through the data and science of climate change, demonstrating cause and effect and noting the impacts, both present and future. The result is 100% convincing, showing climate change to be not just an environmental issue, but a threat to our way of life—perhaps even to life itself.

=**Remote Access to Online Databases**= The library offers remote access to online databases through EBSCOhost. Select Academic Research & Reference - High School and narrow your search through using the following databases:
 * Canadian Reference Centre
 * Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
 * History Reference Center

=**Internet Resources:**=
 * ** Environment Canada→ **Contents: Acid rain and the Facts, Water, Forests, Air Quality, Your Health, Case Studies, What's Being Done, What's New, Kids' Corner, and Resources. []
 * ** Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA)→ ** CELA is a non-profit, public interest organization established in 1970 to use existing laws to protect the environment and to advocate environmental law reforms. []
 * ** The Citizens’ Guide to Pollution Prevention [PDF]→ ** Created by The Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy. []
 * ** The Green Lane from Environment Canada→ ** Contents include: Air - Acid Rain, Air Pollution, Air Quality, Atmospheric Science, Ozone, Smog. Pollution - Contaminants, Environmental Protection, Pollution Prevention. Water Pollution. Waste Management. []
 * ** Pollution Watch→ ** Canadian source for information about chemicals that manufacturing facilities release in a community. Simply type in a postal code or click on the map of Canada to get the facts on pollution in a community, in a province, and in Canada. Includes information on health effects and regulations concerning toxic chemicals. []
 * ** High School Environmental Center→ ** A portal to high quality information on the environment and environmental issues.[]
 * ** Amazing Environmental Web Directory →** [|http://www.webdirectory.com]
 * ** Environment News Service (ENS) **→ Covers the earth for you, with daily news reports on environmental issues. ENS is an impartial source of news and information. Covers the earth for you, with daily news reports on environmental issues. ENS is an impartial source of news and information. []
 * ** Youth Environment Network (YEN) **→ "strives to connect Canadian youth environmental groups from coast to coast to coast". Links to youth environmental groups. Also: resources on starting a youth group, fundraising, communications. [|www.yen-rej.org] (see also: Environmental Search Guide – scroll down to Youth).