Environmental Studies Resources

In Our Online Catalog


Need to find books on an environment studies paper topic? Consider searching the MSU Libraries Online Catalog.

If you do not know the author, title, or LC subject headings, try a keyword or keywords approach. While reviewing the results, note that most records provide LC subject headings which can also be used to identify more books on the same or similar topics.

Below are some suggested LC subject headings which may prove helpful for those doing general environmental research. Copy, click on the Online Catalog link, click on LC Subject button, paste in your subject heading, and see what items are listed.


Acid rain
Agricultural conservation
Agricultural ecology
Agricultural pollution
Agriculture -- environmental aspects
Air pollution
Alcohol as fuel
Architecture and climate
Biodiesel fuels
Biodiversity
Biogas
Biomass energy
Biomass energy industries
Carbon dioxide mitigation
Climatic changes
Coastal zone management
Conservation of natural resources
Construction and demolition debris -- Recycling
Dwellings -- Energy conservation
Ecological disturbances
Ecological engineering
Ecological houses
Ecological landscape design
Ecology
Economic development -- environmental aspects
Ecosystem management
Emissions trading
Endangered species
Energy conservation
Energy consumption
Energy crops
Energy crops industry
Energy industries
Energy policy
Environmental degradation
Environmental economics
Environmental education
Environmental ethics
Environmental health
Environmental justice
Environmental law
Environmental management
Environmental monitoring
Environmental policy
Environmental protection
Environmental quality
Environmental sciences
Environmentalism
Fossil fuels -- environmental impacts
Global environmental change
Global warming
Green technology
Greenhouse gases
Hazardous wastes
Hazardous wastes -- Environmental aspects -- United States
Hazardous waste sites -- Environmental aspects -- United States
Human ecology
Introduced organisms (Exotic species)
Invasive plants -- Control
Land use -- planning -- environmental aspects
Landscape architecture -- environmental aspects
Liability for environmental damages
Livestock factories -- Environmental aspects
Marine pollution
Marine resources conservation
Natural resources law and legislation
Nature conservation
Ocean thermal power plants
Ozone layer depletion
Pesticides
POLLUTION (use as keyword but not LC subject heading)
Population environmental aspects
Power resources law and legislation
Public lands
Rain forest ecology
RECYCLING (use as keyword but not LC Subject Heading)
Recycling beverage containers
Refuse and refuse disposal
Renewable energy sources
Renewable natural resources
Sewage disposal
Shore protection
Solar energy
Solar heating
Strip mining -- Environmental aspects
Sustainable architecture
Sustainable buildings
Sustainable development
Transportation environmental aspects
TRASH (use as keyword but not LC Subject heading)
Waste products as building materials
Waste products as fuel
Water pollution
Water power
Water resource development
Water rights
Water supply
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation
Wind power


For a more extensive listing, consult Environmental Studies Subject Headings compiled by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Environmental Studies Virtual Library.


If you don't find any books in the MSU Libraries or if you want to find additional possibilities, try searching the WORLDCAT database to identify resources available in other libraries around the world. As a MSU faculty or staff member, you can request these materials through MelCat or through ILLiad.


Like to browse? Visit the Main Library Stacks and review the following Library of Congress call number ranges:
GC (Oceanography)
GC 1080-1581....... Marine pollution : seawater pollution

GE (Environmental Sciences) GE70-90............ Environmental education
GE170-190.......... Environmental policy
GE195-199.......... Environmentalist : Green movement
GE300-350.......... Environmental management

GF (Human ecology / Anthropogeography)
GF51............... Environmenatal influences on humans
GF75............... Human influences on the environment
GF500-900.......... By region or country

HC (Economic history and conditions)
HC79 .A4........... Air pollution
HC79 .E5........... Environmental policy and eocnomic development. Sustainable development.
HC79 .P55.......... Pollution
HC79 .W37.......... Water pollution

HD (Industries / Land Use / Labor)
HD30.255........... Industrial management--environmental aspects
HD75.6............. Economic development--environmental aspects
HD9502-9502.5...... Energy policy

K (Law)
K3581-3598......... Environmental law

QC (Physics/Climatology)
QC981.8 .C5........ Climatic changes
QC981.8 .G56....... Global warming

QH (Natural History, Biology)
QH75-77............ Nature conservation. Landscape protection. Biodiversity conservation. Endangered species and ecosystems. Habitat conservation. Ecosystem management. Conservation biology.
QH540-549.5........ Biology : ecology

RA (Medicine)
RA565-600.......... Environmental health (including sewage disposal, air pollution, water supply)

S (Agriculture)
S622-627........... Soil conservation and protection
S900-972........... Conservation of natural resources, including land conservation

SD (Forestry)
SD411-428.......... Conservation and protection
SD430-559.......... Exploitation and utilization
SD561-669.5........ Administration. Policy.

TA (Engineering)
TA170-171.......... Environmental engineering

TD (Environmental technology)
TD169-171.8........ Environmental protection
TD172-193.5........ Environmental pollution
TD194-195.......... Environmental aspects of industries and plants
TD419-428.......... Water pollution
TD878-894.......... Special types of environment (soil pollution, air pollution, noise pollution)

TJ, TK............. Popular items related to solar energy


 

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