Research Guides: Environmental Sciences: Reference Works

Reference Works

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ASTM SEDL (Standards & Engineering Digital Library)
ASTM, is a globally recognized leader in the development and delivery of international voluntary consensus standards. SEDL includes nearly 15,000 active ASTM standards used around the world to improve product quality, enhance safety, facilitate market access & trade, & build consumer confidence. Also, there are 28,500 historical & withdrawn standards, plus 12,300 Redlined Standards (PDF documents that provide change marks to compare changes between an active standard & the prior version) included where revisions were made. There are nearly 100 categories of standards with the largest number in the categories of Construction, Metals, Paint & Related Coatings, Petroleum, Plastics, Environmental, Rubber, Steel, Textiles, & Electronics; new areas that reflect 3D Imaging standards, Additive Manufacturing & Medical Device Standards.
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The SEDL requires that all users click through and accepts the terms of the license. While ASTM is best known for it’s standards, SEDL also includes nearly every other ASTM publication, including 1500+ books and 60,000+ papers and chapters dating back to 1932.

In addition to the standards, three main collections of publications compose the books, journals and papers of the SEDL, and the CDL Shared Cataloging or SCP unit will be processing individual bibliographic records at the source level for the following content that will be noted in Melvyl and local opacs:
1. Peer reviewed conference proceedings/Special Technical Publications (STPs)
2. Journals – ASTM issues the following titles:
a. Geotechnical Testing Journal
b. Journal of Testing and Evaluation
c. Journal of ASTM International
d. Journal of Forensic Sciences Backfile from 972-2005
e. Journal of Cement, Concrete and Aggregates (CCA) – historical issues
f. Journal of Composites Technology and Research (JCTR) – historical issues
3. Manuals, Monographs and Data Series Library – basically an eBook collection
Best Environmental Directories
Civil Engineering Web Directory
Knowledge portal highlighting civil engineering and technology on the Internet. iCivilEngineer collects, indexes and catalogues high-quality internet resources in civil engineering knowledge and technology.
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Of most interest are feature technical articles, technology news, engineering design guides, online full-text research papers, tutorials and real-world project information. All of them are accessible or downloadable at no charge.
Columbia Online Gazetteer
Earthscape*
This resource selects, gathers, edits, and links the widest range of Earth resources available online.
Encyclopedia of Earth
"Welcome to the Encyclopedia of Earth, a new electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society.
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The Encyclopedia is a free, fully searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other's work. The articles are written in non-technical language and will be useful to students, educators, scholars, professionals, as well as to the general public."
Encyclopedia of Environment and Society*
Encyclopedia of Global Change
New encyclopedia that covers 300 entries on a global scale. Subjects range from tsunamis, elephant conservation, ocean pollution, mining regulation, and permafrost melt to many others that demonstrate changes in the environmental sciences.
Encyclopedia of Life
Enviro-Biz Garden Blog -
Research portal from the Univ of Wisconsin Whitewater that serves community with resources about environmental sustainability and related topics, especially reflecting a business/management focus.
Envirofacts: Data Warehouse and Applications
From the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to be: "A single point of access to select US EPA environmental data."
Environmental Engineering Dictionary
Call number: Science Library (SL) Ref, TD9 .L44 1998.
Environmental Engineering Dictionary and Directory*
Environmental Ethics
"...dedicated to providing access to Internet resources throughout the world which pertain or focus on environmental ethics and environmental philosophy."
Gale Directory Library
Directory Library includes Encyclopedia of Associations for U.S. and international nonprofit organizations.
Ground Water Atlas of the United States
A digital national atlas of ground water deposits.
Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library at USC
Another comprehensive Art and Architecture Library site, also provides access to Homer the USC Library Catalog.
National Council for Science and the Environment
See Earth Portal tab for full text resources, including an Encyclopedia of Earth
National Trust for Historic Preservation
This is the home page for the major historic preservation organization in the nation.
Plunkett Research Online
Current market research and analysis in a broad spectrum of industries including those that reflect strong environmental emphases, such as energy, etc. The market trends report is updated at least annually.
Science Week
Weekly update of issues in the sciences and higher education from 1997 that explore advances in the sciences and how to improve communication across the sciences.
Smart Communities Network
From the US Department of Energy, includes Green Buildings as well as links to other sustainability Internet sites.
Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers
Call number: Science Library (SL) Ref, TA151 .S8 1996.
Standard Handbook of Environmental Engineering
Call number: Science Library (SL) Ref, TD145 .S72 1990.
TED Talks
TED Ideas Worth Spreading - on a wide variety of topics by specialists who have explored the topic comprehensively and are sharing them in a variety of communications. Highly recommended. Focus in science, public policy, emerging technologies.
Terms of Environment
This US EPA site presents a comprehensive glossary as well as a list of abbreviations and acronyms with their meanings.
UCLA Arts (Architecture) Library
A great Library with lots of links to art and architecture related sites as well as access to databases.
Ultimate Civil Engineering Directory
"Top ten" links chosen by industry experts - general civil engineering as well as more specific areas such as bridges, geotechnical, hydrology, indoor/outdoor environment, organizations, software, tall buildings, transportation.
Wiktionary
Free multilingual dictionary in every language with definitions, etymologies, pronunciations, quotations and synonyms. Wiktionary is the lexical companion to the open-content encyclopedia Wikipedia
Jason Project
The Jason Project offers in-depth information on topics such as extreme weather, geology, energy, and ecology.
National Science Foundation's Special Reports
The National Science Foundation's special reports examine a variety of topics—including climate change, dead zones, and jellyfish—through detailed descriptions, quotes from leading researchers, and videos.
FAO Statistical Yearbooks (annual)
Issued by the FAO. Covers agriculture, environmental issues, sustainability, food & nutrition and related topics. Data can be compared from country to country and year to year.