Find Background Information

Use reference materials for an overview of your topic, for definitions and explanations, and for list of suggested readings.

 

Reference area (first floor)

• Oxford Atlas of the World — 912. A8815

• Great World Atlas — 912 F523

• Current Issues — 306.0973 C976

• Pollution A to Z -- 363.7303 P7775

• Ecology Basics -- 577.03 E19

• Atlas of Global Development -- 338.9002 A881

• US Supreme Court -- 347.7326 U84

• World Book Encyclopedia -- 031 W927

 

Find Books & Videos at the Landmark College Library

Use WebCat to search for other books and films at the Landmark College Library.

Ask a librarian if you need help.

Suggested search terms: Globalization, Free Trade

Book stacks (second floor)

• The World Without Us —304.2 W428W
• The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and conserving our natural world — 333.9516 C869H
• How Should America's Wilderness Be Managed? — 333.782 H847
• The Unending Frontier: An environmental history of the early modern world — 304.2 R516U
• Ecocide: A short history of mass extinction of species— 333.9522 BRO
• Spirit & Place: Healing our environment -- 720.47 D273S
• Last Child in the Woods: Saving our children from nature deficit disorder -- 155.418 L894L
• The Seventy Great Journeys in History -- 910.9 H233S
• Points Unknown: A century of great exploration -- 910.92 POI

 

EBooks (Find others in WebCat)

• Pilgrims on the Ice: Robert Falcon's first Antarctic expedition
• Innocents on Ice: A memoir of Antarctic exploration
• Almost a Hero: The voyages of John Meares to China, Hawaii, and the Northwest Coast
• Ecological Psychoacoustics
• The Human Relationship With nature: Development and culture

 

Videos in our collection (second floor)

• Great Adventurers: Christopher Columbus and the New World [DVD] — 910.9 G786 Disk 1
• Great Adventurers: Sir Francis Drake [DVD] — 910.9 G786 Disk 2
• Great Adventurers: Sir Walter Raleigh and the Orinoco disaster [DVD] — 910.9 G786 Disk 3
• Great Adventurers: David Livingstone, Journey to the Heart of Africa [DVD] — 910.9 G786 Disk 4
• Great Adventurers: Ernest Shackleton [DVD] — 910.9 G786 Disk 5
• Great Adventurers: Robert Falcon Scott, Race to the Pole[DVD] — 910.9 G786 Disk 6

 

Find Books & Videos Available from Other Libraries

• Search in WorldCat for materials available from other libraries.
• Bring a print out of the book you want to the front desk of the library.
• Allow up to two weeks (average is one week) for the materials to arrive.
  
  

Find Articles

Can't find the article?

• Search for the title of the journal in Serials Solutions to see if the full text is available in one of our databases. 
• If the article is not available, ask for help at the Library front desk. 
• We will get the article from another library.

Ask a librarian if you need help.

Databases

General OneFile

Scholarly articles from journals, magazines, and newspaper reports.

• Try a Subject Guide Search and use the Subdivisions to narrow your topic.

  Hint: use only one term

• Try an Advanced Search and search for keywords.
  • Hint: search for more than one term at a time.
  • Put each term on a different line.

Academic Search Premier

Scholarly articles from journals and magazines.  Includes book reviews.

• Use "quotation marks" to search for phrases.
• Once you have a results list, Narrow By Subject. 
• Try an Advanced Search and search for terms in the Abstract.

 

GreenFILE
Research articles on the relationship between human beings and the environment.  Subjects include global warming, recycling, and alternate fuel sources.

• Use "quotation marks" to search for phrases.
• Once you have a results list, Narrow By Subject. 
• Try an Advanced Search and search for terms in the Abstract.

 

Websites

• Use the Website Evaluation Checklist to evaluate your web sources.

 

 

Citations

Use the Landmark College Citation Guide.

Need Help??

Contact your class librarian Elizabeth Dolinger x1628
Or Library Front Desk x1648

 

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