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FYW: Engaging Nature
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| Oxford Reference Online | Indexes the fulltext of over 100 Oxford subject encyclopedias and dictionaries. | |
| Encyclopedia of Environment and Society | Includes more than 1,200 entries with contributions from experts in the fields of geography, political science, chemistry, anthropology, medicine, and sociology. | |
| Access Science | Access Science is an online encyclopedia of science and technology. It includes over 7000 articles, 100,000 definitions and 2000 in-depth biographies. | |
| Encyclopedia of Global Change | The Encyclopedia of Global Change offers 300 authoritative articles that examine phenomena that impact life on Earth. | |
| The Mythical Zoo: An Encyclopedia of Animas in World Myth, Legend, and Literature | Ref GR 705 .S344 2001 | |
| Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport | Ref GV 567 .B48 2005 | |
| Encyclopedia of Coastal Science | Ref TC 203.7 | |
| Environmental Encyclopedia | Ref GE 10 .E38 2003 | |
| Encyclopedia of Global Change | Ref GE 149 .E47 2002 | |
| Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change | Ref GE 149 .E443 2002 | |
| Encyclopedia of Environmental Studies | Ref TD 9 .A84 2001 | |
| AAAS Atlas of Population & Environment | Ref HB 849.415 .H374 2000 | |
| Oxford Companion to the Earth | Ref QE 5 .O94 2000 | |
| Encyclopedia of the Biosphere | Ref QH 343.4 .B5613 2000 | |
| Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology | Ref QH 540.4 .E52 1995 | |
| Encyclopedia of Biodiversity | Ref QH 541.15.B56 E53 2001 | |
| Handbook of Environmental Data on Organic Chemicals | Ref TD 196.O73 V47 2001 | |
| Handbook of Environmental Analysis | Ref TD 193 .P38 1997 | |
| Water Science and Issues | GB 655 .D37 2003 | |
| Water Encyclopedia | Ref TD 351 .V36 1990 | |
| Groundwater Chemical Desk Reference | Ref TD 426 .M66 1990 | |
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| Academic Search Premier | Academic Search Premier is an interdisciplinary database, covering a broad range of subjects. | |
| General Science Abstracts | Indexes 167 popular and professional English-language science periodicals, and includes 40 in full-text. For basic research only. | |
| Alternative Press Index | Indexes alternative magazines and newspapers, including environmental publications by groups such as Greenpeace and EarthFirst. | |
| General Databases | General databases which may include useful magazine, newspaper, and journal articles. | |
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| The Race to Save the Planet Media Video GF 75 .R32 1990 |
This ten part series shows ways that the physical environment of the Earth is being changed by man and suggests actions to preserve it. | |
| Decade of Destruction Media Video GF 532.A4 C692 1990 |
This five part series chronicles the destruction of the Amazon rain forest during the 1980's. | |
| Earth on Edge Media Video QH 541 .E27 2001 |
Bill Moyers interviews leading scientists to explore the impact that human activities have on the the planet. | |
| Preserving the Rainforest Media Video QH 541.5 .R27 P7 1991 |
Man came out of the African forest, and continues to live in equilibrium with tropical forest in Africa, Brazil, and elsewhere. Trouble only begins when men begin to cultivate plants in the forest, cutting down trees and burning brush; the soil is soon exhausted, and the would-be farmers move elsewhere. | |
| Green Medicines Media Video SB 293 .G74 1995 |
This documentary follows scientists in various disciplines in their work, such as ethnobotanists working with herbal healers to learn about the traditional use of green medicines and pharmacologists bringing rain forest plants into the lab to find the chemical structure of active molecules. | |
| The Search for Clean Air Media Video TD 883.2 .S42 1994 |
This program presents an exposition of the problems of air pollution: its causes; its effects on forests, streams and human health; and the issues involved in correcting the problems | |
| Hole in the Sky: The Ozone Layer Video TD 885.5 .O85 H65 1993 |
This documentary examines the alarming depletion of the earth's ozone layer. | |
| Last Chance to See Media CDROM QL82 .L3 1992 |
An interactive multimedia exploration of the authors' trip around the world in search of endangered species. Contains the unabridged text of the book Last Chance to See, a reading of the entire book by Douglas Adams, and over 800 full-screen color photographs. | |
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