Books

Paper Topics
Often, the most difficult part of your research is finding an appropriate topic. There is more information on global warming than you'll be able to read in a lifetime, so you will need to focus your research on an aspect that you can reasonably cover in your paper.  You can try browsing your textbook for interesting topics or doing a subject search on global warming in the EBSCO Academic Search Preimer database and then reviewing the “Narrow Results by Subject ” listing in the left column. 

Or you can narrow your focus by using one of the terms listed above, along with one of the following:

If you like the results of the keyword search, find other books on the same subject by clicking on the SUBJECTS listed near the bottom of  the entry.  Only use a Subject search in the EUREKA Library Catalog if you know the appropriate LC Subject heading. Listed below are several L.C. Subject Headings along with the call number so that you can browse the book shelves: 

GE 149	Global environmental change
GE 160	Environmental policy
HC 795 .P55	Carbon taxes
QC 879.7	Ozone layer depletion
QC 912.3	Greenhouse effect
QC 981.8	Global warming
QK 754	Plants, effect of carbon dioxide
S 600	Crops and Climate

For a more complete list of LC subject headings refer to the article, "Library of Congress Subject Headings for Environmental Sources" by Greta de Groat. 

Reference and other Sources

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• IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] Reports http://www.ipcc.ch/
• The Dictionary of Ecology and Environmental Science 2 North Ref GE 10 .D53 1993
• The Dictionary of Human Geography, 2 North Ref GF 4 .D52 2000
• Encyclopedia of Global Change 2 North Ref GE 149 E47 2002
• The Global Warming Desk Reference 2 North Ref QC 981.8 .G56 J64 2002
• Study of Climate and Climatic Change from Encyclopedia Britannica
  http://search.eb.com/eb/article-273594
• Beacham's Guide to Environmental Issues and Sources 2 North Ref GE 115 B43 1993
• Environmental Resource Handbook 2 North Ref GE 20 E586 2002
• Encyclopedia of Science & Technology 2 North Ref use climate change, global warming, greenhouse effect, Kyoto etc. as keywords.
• Vital Signs 200 2 North Ref TD 193.2 .V58   [back to 1993]
• Reconciling Observations of Global Temperature Change (2000) 4 North QC 903 .N37 2000
• Global Environment Outlook 3 (GEO-3), 3 North Ref GE 170 G5625 (1997, 2000, 2002) http://www.unep.org/geo/geo3/index.htm 
• APA Style Guide , http://library.csus.edu/guides/bradleya/eography.htm

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Identify them by using one of the following indexes/abstracts. Most electronic indexes are restricted to CSUS students, faculty, & staff. Once you have identified an interesting article, and know the name of the journal you want, use the Journal Title tab and/or the EUREKA Library Catalog to identify whether the journal is available in print or electronically. Instructions for off-campus access are available at Connecting to Library Databases from Off-Campus. Electronic Indexes & Databases

• AGRICOLA 
  Citation database from the National Agriculture Library. Slow search engine, use for agriculture topics.
  BioAgrIndex (1983 - current)
  Citation index for all aspects of biology and agriculture. Not full text, but the library owns most of the journals indexed.
  EbscoHost Academic Search Premier
  Full text of over 1,000 journals in all subject areas. Good place to look for general information. The Environmental Issues & Policy Index  (1973-current)
  Included are citations to journals focusing on the full range of environmental topics, including scientific, technical, law and policy, socioeconomic, and popular titles from around the world.
  CQ Library (1991-current)
  Once in the Library, choose CQ Researcher.  Contains in-depth reports of "hot issues." Full text from 1996. For policy, not the science.
  Lexis-Nexis: Academic Universe
  Full text legal information plus hundreds of newspapers from around the world.
  Science Direct  
  Searches over 1,000 journals in science, medicine and technology. Usually quite technical and mostly full text.
  Wildlife Worldwide (1935-current)
  Covers all aspects of wildlife management. Good for conservation issues and the science of how global warming is affecting wildlife.
  
Wiley Interscience (1996-current
Full text of ~300 science journals.

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