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The
Global Climate Change Research Guide
The
following resources are available in the Vairo Library Reference
Collection, the Penn State Alphabetical Database List or on the Web.
Some quick search tips and strategies are included to help
you begin your research. If you need assistance with these
sources or
referrals for additional sources, ask for help at any Vairo
Library service desk.
Background
Information:
AccessScience
Online access to the ninth edition of the McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science
& Technology. Includes: New trends and developments in science and technology ("Research Updates")
from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science & Technology and access to 110,000+ definitions from The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of
Scientific & Technical Terms.
Search Tip:
Use quotes to surround a search phrase then select your topic of interest from the generated list.
Relevant
search terms:
"Climate change impacts"
"Climate history"
"Global climate change"
"Global warming"
"History of climate change"
"Human climate change"
CQ
Researcher Online Weekly "magazine" that
explores in-depth a single "hot issue" currently
being discussed in the news. Topics include social issues,
politics, economics, the environment, education, science,
and more. Each issue includes an essay outlining the issue,
a pro-con feature, a chronology, and a bibliography.
Search
Tip: Search for "Climate
Change" by
Marcia Clemmitt (1/27/2006) or "The New Environmentalism"
by Tom Price (12/1/2006). Search for these reports by title, including
quotes. Once you have opened
them, look at the issue tracker
(on the
right
hand
side of the screen) for related reports. Be sure to check the date
of the report for currency.
Encyclopedia
of global change : environmental change and human society REFERENCE
GE149.E47 2002 v.1 and v.2
Encyclopedia
of science and technology REFERENCE Q121.E53 2001
Encyclopedia
of science, technology, and ethics REFERENCE Q175.35.E53
2005 v.1, v.2, v.3, v.4
Gale
Virtual Reference Library contains
searchable full-text of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized
reference sources in many different subject fields.
Search Tip:
Select Advanced Search and begin
by searching Document Title only. If you are not satisfied with
the results, change to a Keyword search.
Relevant
search terms:
global warming
climate change
greenhouse effect
Kyoto Protocol
The global warming
desk reference REFERENCE
QC981.8.G56J64 2002
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Books
and Videos at Penn State:
The
CAT online
catalog of materials owned by Penn State Libraries. All formats
(books, journals, audiovisuals, maps, recordings, etc.) are
included.
Search
Tip: Select Advanced Search (on right hand
side of screen), begin by searching Topic:Title+Subject.
You can limit your search to the Brandywine Campus by
selecting Penn State Brandywine from the IN LIBRARY
drop down menu. You can also limit materials to books or
videos by selecting the proper heading from the MATERIAL TYPE
drop down menu. Use
the I WANT IT button to request items from other campuses.
Relevant
search terms:
Climatic changes
Global environmental change
Global temperature changes
Global warming
Green
movement
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Greenhouse gas mitigation
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (use this LC Subject
phrase to find information on Kyoto Protocol)
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Journal
and Newspaper Databases: Connect to Penn
State's online databases
through the Alphabetical Database
List. For
each database listed below, search tips are provided to help
you get started.
America's
News Magazines provides full-text
articles from leading magazines that provide coverage
and analysis of current events in a range of categories including:
news, business, entertainment, lifestyle, science and technology,
and sports. One easy-to-search interface is used for all
titles. Paid advertisements are excluded.
Search Tip:
Use this database to search for articles in magazines such as Foreign
Affairs, Newsweek, Slate (a daily magazine
on the Web), Time, U.S.
News & World Report, and Popular Science, by clicking
in the corresponding box. Use
the Advanced Search and select Index terms from the drop down menu
for more powerful searches. (FYI: Time magazine published a double
issue on global warming on 4/9/2007. You can read all of the articles
in it by selecting Time, selecting Advanced Search and then entering
4/9/2007 in the custom date search box. Read "The Truth about Denial" in Newsweek.)
Relevant
search terms:
"climate change"
emissions
"global
warming"
"global warming" and kyoto
"going
green"
"greenhouse gas" (please note that Time Magazine does not use this
as an index term)
Environmental
Sciences Pollution Management provides
abstracts and references to the literature covering all areas of
air, land, water, and noise pollution as well as bacteriology, ecology,
toxicology, risk assessment, environmental engineering, environmental
biotechnology, waste management, and water resources from 1981 to
the present.
Search Tip: Select the Descriptors
field from the drop down menu and search using a term from
the sample
list supplied here. Click on "View Record" to read the
full abstract. Click the "Get It" button for availability
of the full text of the article. If the article is not available
in full
text, follow the ILL link on the "Get It" page to
order a copy of the article through the library's interlibrary
loan
service. For assitance, please contact library staff.
Relevant search terms:
Alternative energy sources
Climate change
Climatic changes
Global warming
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Global warming
Kyoto protocol
LexisNexis
Academic provides
[full text] access to a wide range of news,
business, legal, and reference information. Covers many
news sources
for
20
years.
Search Tip: Select the News
tab, use the drop down menu in
Select Sources to narrow your search to specific publications, use the
drop down menu in
Specify Date to narrow your search to a specific time frame, and
use
quotes for exact phrase searching.
Relevant
search terms:
"climate change"
"going green"
"global warming"
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Meteorological
and Geoastrophysical Abstracts Provides
international access to the world's meteorological and
climatological literature, including atmospheric chemistry
and physics, physical oceanography, hydrology, glaciology,
and related environmental sciences. Indexes articles,
book chapters, and conference proceedings.
Coverage: 1974- Present. Updates: Monthly.
Search Tip: Select the Descriptors
field from the drop down menu and search using a term from the
sample
list supplied here. Click on "View Record" to read
the full abstract. Click t`he "Get
It" button
for availability of the full text of the article. If the article
is
not available
in full text, follow the ILL link on the "Get It" page
to order a copy of the article through the library's interlibrary
loan service. For assitance, please contact library staff.
Relevant search terms:
Climate change
Climatic changes
Energy
conservation
Global warming
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Global warming
Kyoto protocol
Newsbank
Full Text Newspapers Complete
full-text content of many Knight-Ridder and other newspapers.
This includes a wide range of local and regional newspapers,
including the Centre Daily Times. Use this database to
locate newspaper articles related to community events,
schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities,
local companies, state industries, and people in the
community.
Search Tip: Search all of the United States
or a specific region. To search a region, click on the map provided.
To search a specific newspapers within this region, select the corresponding
boxes. For example, click on PA, then select the Philadelphia
Inquirer and
Philadelphia Daily News for local news coverage. Select in index terms OR in lead/first paragraph from the drop down menu and use quotes for best results.
Relevant search terms:
"climate change"
"climate change" and kyoto
emissions
"going green" (search for this phrase in lead/first paragraph)
"global
warming"
"global warming" and kyoto
"greenhouse effect"
"greenhouse gases"
Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center provides
research and background information on social issues. The
database contains the essays from the Opposing Viewpoints
series, supplemented by, statistics, primary documents,
links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper
articles.
Search Tip: Enter search terms with quotes,
select Search
for words in subject. When your search is complete, use the
tabs at the top to view articles from Opposing Viewpoints Series,
Magazines, Newspapers, etc.
Relevant search terms:
"climate change"
"going green"
"global
warming"
ProQuest
(Multiple Databases) indexes
5,000+ magazines, journals, and newspapers.
It contains
Full text (word file with no photos or tables)
or images (looks like real paper publication) to over
2,000 journals,
and Full text to 150+ newspapers.
Search
Tip: Select the Subject field from the
drop down menu and search using a term from the sample
list supplied here. If
the Full text article is unavailable in Proquest, follow
the "Get It" link for other Full text options.
Relevant
search terms:
global warming
environmental impact
climate change
climate change
green buildings
green marketing
greenhouse effect
Kyoto
Protocol
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Selected
Websites:
Climate
Change
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Climate
Connections 
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9657621
National Public Radio and National Geographic
Exposed:
the Climate of Fear
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0705/02/gb.01.html
A Headline News Special (CNN)
"GLENN BECK, HOST: Welcome to exposed, the climate of fear. I want you to
know right up front, this is not a balanced look at global warming. It is the
other side of the climate debate that you don`t hear anywhere. Yes, Al Gore,
there is another credible side."
The
Global Warming Debate
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/science/globalwarming/
The Global Warming Debate from the Online Newshour at PBS
Global
Warming Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html
National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
The
Heat Over Global Warming
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/304/index.html
The Heat over Global Warming from NOW at PBS
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html
Estabished by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) in 1988, the role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is to
"assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and
socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced
climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation."
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