GTC Library Subject Guide
Environmental Studies
- Chemical/Solid Waste
- Deforestation
- Earth Science
- Ecology/Ecosystems
- Environmental Indexes
- General Resources/News
- Greenhouse Effect/Global Warming
- Oceans/Beaches
- Sustainable Technology/Agriculture
Chemical/Solid Waste
- Chemical Scorecard Locate polluting companies in your neighborhood, find information about the type of chemicals being released, and learn the health risks associated with those pollutants at this Environmental Defense Fund sponsored site
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Deforestation
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Earth Science
- EROS Data Center: Earth Resource Observation System (U.S. Geological Survey)
- Geologic Information about Georgia from the USGS
- Environmental Protection Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources
- Geoscience Information Society
- Hawaii Volcano Observatory
- National Geophysical Data Center
- Oceanography on the Net Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library
- Special Climate and Weather Summary Details the effects of El Nino in the United States.
- Structural Geology and Metamorphic Petrology on the WWW
- U. S. Geological Survey
- VolcanoWorld
- Windows to the Universe
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Ecology/Ecosystems
- America's 20 Most Endangered Rivers of 1998
- Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web Server
- Brave New Biosphere from the University of Wisconsin's "Why Files"
- Caring For The Land USDA Forest Service
- Earth Island Institute
- General Ecology: An Introduction from Odyssey Expeditions
- The Tree of Life
- Tropical Forests
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Virtual Library of Ecology, Biodiversity, and the Environment
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Environmental Indexes
- EnviroLink Library "...the most comprehensive resource of environmental information available on the internet."
- Environmental History of Latin America
- FOTERRA from the United Nations Environment Progamme.
- INFOTERRA-USA from the United States Environmental Protection Agency
- National Library for the Environment
- Natural Disaster Reference Database
- PlanetDiary
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General Resources/News
- Amazing Environmental Organization WebDirectory - A meta-index of many Environmental resources."
- ASLE Online "...promotes the exchange of ideas and information pertaining to the literature that considers the relationship between human beings and the natural world." From the University of Minnesota.
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
- Association for the Study of Literature & Environment
- Envirofacts Warehouse (EPA)
- Environmental Careers Organization
- Environmental Defense Fund
- Environmental News Network
- Environmental Research Laboratory (National Ocanic and Atmospheric Administration)
- EurekAlert! Index of research advances in science, medicine, health, and technology.
- European Environment Agency
- National Academy Press Reading Room: Complete full-text and full-image books on-line. Good source of information for the sciences, mathematics, and engineering.
- National Environmental Trust
- National Library for the Environment
- The Society for Conservation Biology (SCB)
- United Nations Environment Programme
- U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre
- World Resources Institute (WRI)
- World Wildlife Federation Global Network
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Greenhouse Effect/Global Warming
- Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
- Center for Environmental Information
- The EPA Global Warming Site
- Global Change Master Directory (NASA)
- Global Hydrology and Climate Center (NASA)
- The Great Climate Flip-Flop
- HOTEARTH.net
- USGCRP Carbon Cycle Science Program
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Oceans/Beaches
- American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
- International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean
- International Year of the Ocean 1998
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)
- Oceanography on the Net (Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library)
- WINDandSEA Oceanographic and atmospheric sciences internet locator from the NOAA
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Sustainable Technology/Agriculture
- American Wind Energy Association
- Eco-Home Network
- Ecofarming A publication of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearinghouse (EREC)
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN) home page
- Geothermal Energy Technical Site (U.S. Department of Energy)
- Global Recycling Network
- Hydropower Program (U.S. Department of Energy)
- Institute of Global Environment and Society
- International Human Powered Vehicle Association (IHPVA)Website
- International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- National Wind Technology Center (a part of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
- Our Planet: United Nations Environment Programme bimonthly magazine
- Photovoltaic Power Resource Page
- Renewable Fuels from the U.S. Department of Energy's Information Administration
- Sustainable Business Network
- Wind Energy Danish Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association
- Wind Energy Technology from Sandia National Laboratories