Online Encyclopedias
Key eBook Collections
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Springer Nature Link (formerly SpringerLink)Covers life sciences, chemical sciences, geosciences, computer science, mathematics, medicine, physics & astronomy, engineering, environmental sciences, law, and economics.
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Knovel This link opens in a new windowIncludes engineering and applied science handbooks. You will find reference works such as process and design info, life cycle assessment, standards, interactive graphs and tables, material and substance properties data, etc.
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Taylor & Francis eBooksIncludes Taylor & Francis e-books, CRC Press e-books, and Routledge Handbooks Online.
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Wageningen eBooksIncludes over 250 e-book titles (1995 to present) from Wageningen Academic Publishers. Topics include agriculture, environment, and rural studies.
Online Dictionaries
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A supplementary dictionary of renewable energy and sustainability
Consists of over 300 A to Z entries relating to these subjects, expanding on Oxford's coverage in works such as A Dictionary of Environment & Conservation. It includes key terms associated with fossil- and nuclear-fueled energy systems, renewable energy sources such as solar thermal, bioenergy, tidal power and wind power, and energy costings.
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A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation
This dictionary contains over 8,500 entries on all aspects of the environment and conservation. International in scope, it embraces a broad spectrum of environmental areas including sustainable development, biodiversity, conservation, environmental ethics, philosophy, history, resource management, sociology, and environmental policy. In addition to its wide-ranging concise definitions, A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation includes longer key entries on topics such as Anatarctica, Gaia, hypothesis, genetic engineering, the Kyoto Protocol, and the United Nations Conference on Environmental Development. It address the social, legal, political, and economic aspects of the environment and conservation, as well as scientific terms. The dictionary is also supplemented with an invaluable selection of 10 appendices, including international hazard assessment scales (including the Beaufort scale, the Richter scale, and the Fujita tornado scale), the geologic timescale, and an appendix of useful websites for further study. Concise and wide-ranging, this is an essential work of reference for students and professionals, and anyone with an interest in the environment and conservation.
