Environmental Information: Trends and Issues

              Environmental Information: Trends and Issues
A Presentation to Prof. Linda Smith’s Science Reference Class
Laura L. Barnes, Librarian (lbarnes@wmrc.uiuc.edu)
Illinois Waste Management and Research Center
Monday, March 5, 2007
WMRC LIBRARY
Main Page
http://www.wmrc.uiuc.edu/library
Reference Guides http://www.wmrc.uiuc.edu/main_sections/info_services/library_reference_guides.cfm
Librarian’s Environmental Toolkit
http://www.wmrc.uiuc.edu/main_sections/info_services/library_reference_environmental_toolkit.cfm
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES
Envlib E-mail List
List address is envirlib@uga.edu. To subscribe, e-mail listserv@listserv.uga.edu and put "Subscribe Envirlib [your name]" in the body.
SLA Environmental Resources Management Division
http://www.sla.org/division/derm/index.htm
Environmental News Bits
http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb
Resource Shelf’s Docuticker
http://www.docuticker.com/
U.S. Government RSS Library: Environment, Energy and Agriculture RSS Feeds http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/RSS_Library/Agriculture.shtml
ISSUES EFFECTING COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT AT WMRC
EPA Library Funding
EPA Libraries: Where Do They Stand Now? http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=19226
Access to Government Information
OMBWatch > Information & Access
http://www.ombwatch.org/info
Access to Government Information in a Digital Environment http://www.aaup.org/publications/Academe/2002/02ja/02jaher.htm
Classifying Toothpaste
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/26/AR2006022601087.html
Environmental Right to Know
http://www.ombwatch.org/article/archive/97
EPA is proposing to raise the minimum release required for Toxics Release Inventory reporting.
Project on Government Secrecy
http://www.fas.org/sgp/
EMERGING ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS
Alternative Fuels/Renewable Energy/Energy Efficiency
Alternative Fuels Reference Guide
http://www.glrppr.org/docs/Selected%20Resources%20in%20Alternative%20Fuels.pdf
Biodiesel Research: A Bibliography and Finding Aid
http://www.wmrc.uiuc.edu/main_sections/info_services/library_docs/TN/tn06-085.pdf
EnergyStar
http://www.energystar.gov/
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
http://www.eere.doe.gov/
Nanotechnology
Technology dealing with matter on a molecular size scale of nanometers (1 billionth of a meter).
Nanotechnology & the Environment: Selected Resources
http://www.wmrc.uiuc.edu/main_sections/info_services/library_docs/other_pubs/nanotechnology-ref-guide.pdf
National Nanotechnology Initiative
http://www.nano.gov/html/society/EHS.htm
Nanotechnology (NIOSH)
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/nanotech/
U.S. EPA Nanotechnology White Paper
http://www.epa.gov/osa/nanotech.htm
Green Chemistry
Design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances.
Green Chemistry Takes Root
http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/2004-11-21-green_x.htm
Green Chemistry (U.S. EPA)
http://www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/
Green Chemistry Institute
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=greenchemistryinstitute%5Cindex.html
Green Chemistry Network
http://www.chemsoc.org/networks/gcn/