ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
Following is some general information about resources and tools to assist researchers in the field of Environmental Analysis. This list is just a sampling of what the Quimby Library has in its collection.
FINDING BOOKS
The library’s holdings are best accessed through Athena, our online catalog. This system can be searched by author, title, subject heading, or key word. Help in using the system is available online and at the reference/circulation desk. The library catalog [http://www.unity.edu/library] can be accessed from the library as well as your home or office via the internet.
The library holdings are arranged by the Library of Congress Classification system and uses Library of Congress subject headings. Examples of possible subjects include:
Arsenic; Biochemistry; Biology – Authorship; Bioremediation; Chemistry, analytic; Chemistry, organic; Copper; Ecology; Environmental chemistry; Environmental geology; Environmental health; Environmental impact analysis; Environmental monitoring; Forest soils; Geology; Groundwater – Pollution; Groundwater flow; Hazardous wastes; Hydrogeology; Lead; Limnology; Metals; Mountain soils; Organic compounds - Environmental aspects; Physical geology; Phyto remediation; Pollutants; Pollution – Measurement; Report writing; Separation (Technology); Soil chemistry; Soil pollution; Soil remediation; Soil science; Soils; Technical writing; Water chemistry; Water – Purification; Water quality; Water-supply; Water, Underground – Purification; Wells
REFERENCE SOURCES
Annual review of ecology and systematics QH540 .A53
Annual review of ecology, evolution, and systematics QH540 .A53
Basic concepts of environmental chemistry / D.W. Connell TD193 .B37 2005
The concise Oxford dictionary of ecology REF QH540.4 .C66 1994
CRC handbook of chemistry and physics: a ready-reference book of chemical and physical data REF QD65 .H3 2002
Dictionary of waste and water treatment REF TD9 .S37 1981
Doing honest work in college : how to prepare citations, avoid plagiarism, and achieve real academic success / Charles Lipson. PN171.F56 L56 2004
Encyclopedia of environmental issues REF GE10 .E52 2000
Encyclopedia of life sciences / Nature Publishing Group (20 vols.) REF QH302.5 .E54 2002
Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia / National Park Service http://www.nature.nps.gov/hazardssafety/toxic//
The environmental resource handbook. REF GE20 .E586 2003/04
Facts on File dictionary of geology and geophysics REF QE5 .L29 1987
Farm chemicals handbook. REF 631.8 F229 1992
Field indicators for identifying hydric soils in New England: version 2 REF S594 .F55 1998
Glossary of geology REF QE5 .B38 1987
Glossary of soil science terms / Soil Science Society of America REF S592 .G58 1997
Grant & Hackh’s chemical dictionary: American, international, European, and British usage : containing the words generally used in chemistry, and many of the terms used in the related sciences of physics, medicine, engineering, biology, pharmacy, astrophysics, agriculture, mineralogy, etc., based on recent scientific literature. REF QD5 .H3 1987
Handbok of environmental analysis / Roy-Keith Smith. 4th ed TD194 .S65 1999
Handbook of environmental analysis : chemical pollutants in air, water, soil, and solid wasters / P. Patnaik TD193 .P38 1997
Handbook of environmental data on organic chemicals / Verschueren, K. REF TD196.O73 V47 1983
Handbook of environmental fate and exposure data for organic chemicals REF TD176.4 .H69 1989
Handbook of environmental health and safety: principles and practices / H. Koren REF RA565 .K67 1991
Hawley’s condensed chemical dictionary REF QD5 .C5 1993
IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology (2nd ed. 1997) http://www.chemsoc.org/chembytes/goldbook/
Keys to soil taxonomy S592.16 .K44 1998
Lab math: a handbook of measurements, calculations, and other quantitative skills for use at the bench / D.S. Adams REF QA40 .A34 2003
Macmillan encyclopedia of chemistry REF QD4 .M33 1997
McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of the geological sciences REF QE5 .M29 1988
McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of environmental science & engineering 3rd ed. REF GE10 .M38 1993
McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology 9th ed. REF Q121 .M3 2002
The Physical Properties Database http://esc.syrres.com/interkow/PhysProp.htm
Principles of environmental sampling / ed. L.H. Keith 628.5028 P935
Scientific style and format : the CBE manual for authors, editors, and publishers REF Z253 .S386 1994
Soil taxonomy: a basic system of soil classification for making and interpreting soil surveys REF S592.16 .S65 1999
Writing for science / R. Goldbort T11 .G626 2006
Digital Book Index http://www.digitalbookindex.com/about.htm
National Academy Press (Full text of over 3000 titles) http://books.nap.edu/index.html
FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES AND CONFERENCE REPORTS
The following abstracting/indexing databases will help you find published non-book literature.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) http://search.epnet.com/
Agricola (EBSCOhost) http://search.epnet.com/
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts http://www.unity.edu/library/link_database.asp
Environment Complete (EBSCOhost) http://search.epnet.com/
Georef http://www.unity.edu/library/link_database.asp
MyLibrary@OCKHAM http://mylibrary.ockham.org/?cmd=about
Scirus http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/
JOURNALS
Bioscience
Ecological restoration
Environmental health perspectives http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/monthly.html
Environmental protection : management and problem-solving for environmental professionals
The journal of biological chemistry http://www.jbc.org/
Journal of Environmental Quality http://jeq.scijournals.org/ [full text after 18 months]
Journal of Environmental Sciences http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?jid=LES&db=aph
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
New England water & wastewater news
Renewable resources journal
Restoration ecology
ONLINE ARTICLES
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts – Discovery Guides Environmental Policy Issues
Highways and environmental impact issues (April 2005) http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/ern/05apr/overview.php
Ice core proxy methods for tracking climate change (February 2006) http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/icecore/review.php?SID=q11j5vmkki545e4171ce5uc3r6
Wetlands: history and restoration issues (September 2003) http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/ern/03sep/overview.php
SOCIETIES/ASSOCIATIONS
American Chemical Society http://www.acs.org/
AOAC (Association of Analytical Communities) International http://www.aoac.org/
Association of Maine Environmental Laboratorians (AMEL)
GREEN (Global Rivers Environmental Education Network) http://www.green.org/
International Association of Environmental Analytical Chemistry (IAEAC) http://www.iaeac.ch
Maine Rural Water Association (MRWA) http://www.mainerwa.org/
Maine WasteWater Control Association http://www.mwwca.org/index.htm
New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA) http://www.newea.org/
Soil Science Association of America https://www.soils.org/
United States Consortium of Soil Science Associations http://soilsassociation.org/
GOVERNMENT SITES
Maine Department of Environmental Protection http://www.maine.gov/dep/
Maine Department of Transportation: Environment http://www.state.me.us/mdot/Environment.php
U.S. Department of Energy – National Environmental Policy Act Program http://www.eh.doe.gov/nepa/
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency http://epa.gov/
U.S. Geological Survey http://www.usgs.gov/
USA.gov The U.S. Government’s official web portal http://www.usa.gov/
VIDEOS/DVDs
Ceriodaphina: EPA test methods for freshwater effluent toxicity tests VIDEO 628.168 En89c
How dissolved oxygen measurement works / A YSI Training Video VIDEO 628.16 H83
Introduction to water quality testing VIDEO 628.161 In8
Keeping our waters clean: TMDL / Information Television Network. DVD 628.168 K254
Procedures in water quality management VIDEO 628.16 P941
Toxic wastes / Hawkhill Associates VIDEO 363.7384 T667
Water quality dynamics VIDEO 628.16 W291
Writing for the sciences [videorecording] : the lab report. VIDEO 808.066 W939
WEB SITES
Chemicals in the environment: OPPT chemical fact sheets http://www.epa.gov/chemfact/
Environmental Fate Data Base http://www.syrres.com/esc/efdb.htm
Environmental Protection Agency – Search your Community (Envirofacts – enviroMapper – Surf your watershed – UV index) http://www.epa.gov/epahome/sommsearch.htm
National Library for the Environment http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/
National Soil Information Center http://nasis.nrcs.usda.gov/index.html
Natural Resources Conservation Service http://soils.usda.gov/
TOXNET http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
Water Quality Information Center (NAL) Online documents http://grande.nal.usda.gov/wqic/
Dorothy W. Quimby Library Updated August 13, 2007