LibGuides: Sustainability: Finding Resources

Find Resources on Sustainability

Class G: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation

Subclass GE: Environmental Sciences
GE70-90 : Environmental Education
GE170-190 : Environmental Policy
GE195-199 : Environmentalism, Green Movement
GE300-350 : Environmental Management

Subclass GF: Human ecology, Anthropogeography
GF51 : .Environmental influences on humans
GF 75 : Human influences on the environment

Subclass GN: Anthropology
GN 380 : Indigenous Knowledge

Class H: Social Sciences
HC79 : Economic history and conditions: special topics

Subclass HD: Industries, Land Use, and Labor
HD60 : Social responsibility of business
HD72-88 : Economic growth, development, planning

Subclass QC: Physics
QC980-999 : Climatology and weather

GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
- GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
- A great place to start your search for both popular and scholarly articles on almost any topic. Provides peer-reviewed journals, full-text periodicals, reports, books, and much more.
AccessScience This link opens in a new window
- Major scientific reference work, covering all major scientific disciplines e.g. Chemistry, Computing and IT, Minerology, Engineering and Materials,
- Contains definitions from the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms
- News articles about relevant concepts in science and technology—a great starting place for research topic ideas
- 20,000+ images, videos and illustrations illustrating key concepts in engaging and meaningful ways
- Textbooks and 11 Schaum's Outlines that faculty can use in class
Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window
- Art & Architecture Source features full-text articles—as well as detailed indexing and abstracts—for an international array of journals, books, podcasts, images and more. Content includes over 640 full-text journals and more than 225 full-text books. Includes: Art Index / Abstracts / Full Text / Retrospective (formerly Wilson Databases) plus Art & Architecture Complete (EBSCO Database).
MATREC Sustainable Materials & Trends This link opens in a new window
- MATREC is a company specializing in consulting on sustainable materials and products, trends, market scenarios, and eco-friendly product innovation. Today MATREC cooperates with Companies, Research Institutes, Architects and Designers through the provision of a variety of services and the opening of its International Observatory for Innovative Sustainability made up of thousands of materials and products, in order to promote the research, design, and development of new socially and environmentally sustainable products.
- In 2002 MATREC created the first Eco-Materials Library solely dedicated to recycled materials. The project was also launched with the support of major national recycling consortia – Corepla, Comieco, and Cial. In 2006 MATREC expanded to include recycled materials and natural materials in its data base. Partnerships with companies, Universities, and Research Centers allowed MATREC to take an international reach and build a network for daily collection of information on sustainable materials and products. In 2014 MATREC has become Sustainable Materials & Trends. Leveraging on the network established in time, MATREC has developed into an International Observatory for Sustainable Innovation of materials and products as a supporting consulting service at companies for: research on sustainable and innovative materials, development of new products of high social and environmental value, definition of social and environmental sustainability trends and market scenarios for different product types.

Sustainability : The Journal of Record

Sustainability: The Journal of Record speaks to the needs and interests of the rapidly growing community of professionals committed to advancing one of the major imperatives of this young century— preservation and sustainability of global resources. A major voice in the sustainability community, the Journal documents the implementation of sustainability programs in higher education and business, and provides the central forum for academic institutions, the business community, foundations, government agencies, and leaders of green-collar endeavors to share and learn about one another’s progress and programs. Sustainability ultimately fosters collaborations among all stakeholders for attaining mutually supportive objectives.

Environment

Presents articles on the problems of modern technology as they affect the environment.
Ecology & Society

Covers the conservation of ecosystems, landscapes, species, populations and genetic diversity, the restoration of ecosystems and habitats, and the management of natural resources.
Alternatives Journal

An independent, nonprofit magazine focusing on Canadian environmental issues. The publication is the official journal of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada. Contributors are students, scholars, professionals, and activists concerned with the environment, including its social and political dimensions. Issues are theme-based and include refereed feature articles, news reports, commentaries, and reviews. Academic and professional interests.
Journal of Environmental Education

Peer reviewed coverage of environmental education topics, including case studies of relevant projects, evaluation of new research, and discussion of public policy and philosophy. Written for teaching professionals in the area of environmental education.
Ethics & the Environment

Ethics & the Environment is an interdisciplinary forum for theoretical and practical articles, discussions, reviews, and book reviews in the broad area encompassed by environmental ethics. Topics include conceptual approaches in ethical theory and ecological philosophy, such as deep ecology and ecological feminism as they pertain to such environmental issues as environmental education and management, ecological economies, and ecosystem health.
Environmental Reviews

Presents authoritative reviews on a wide range of environmental science and associated environmental studies topics, with emphasis on the effects on and response of both natural and manmade ecosystems to anthropogenic stress.
Sustainability - Open Access Journal

Sustainability is an international and cross-disciplinary scholarly, open access journal of environmental, cultural, economic and social sustainability of human beings, which provides an advanced forum for studies related to sustainability and sustainable development. It publishes reviews, regular research papers, communications and short notes.