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Art & the Environment Presentation

Look for your Artist in:

Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Look for scholarly encyclopedia articles on your artist. Bonus -- if a book is mentioned in the bibliography, try searching for that book in the library catalog.
Contains the 34-volume reference set, The Grove Dictionary of Art, the Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics and more.
Earlham Libraries Catalog & Beyond This link opens in a new window
Look for books that talk about your artist. If we don't own them, you can borrow them through Interlibrary Loan.
Art & Architecture Complete This link opens in a new window
For scholarly journal and popular magazine articles.
Full-text coverage of more than 370 periodicals and more than 220 books dating from the present to 1937. Includes a collection of over 63,000 images.
New York Times (Historical Newspaper Archive) This link opens in a new window
For artist interviews and reviews of exhibits.

Books

Earlham Libraries Catalog & Beyond This link opens in a new window
Catalog of books, media, and other materials available in the Earlham Libraries. Also searches libraries worldwide through WorldCat.

Environmental ethics

Credo: Collection of Reference Books

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
The academic alternative to Wikipedia! Pulls articles from a wide range of encyclopedias and dictionaries written by subject experts.
The academic alternative to Wikipedia! Provides access to nearly 500 encyclopedias and dictionaries. Search by concept map. Includes thousands of searchable images.

Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy by J. Baird Callicott & Robert Frodeman
ISBN: 9780028661407
Publication Date: 2008
Online version of the two-volume set from Macmillan (2009).
Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change, Second Edition by S George Philander (Editor)
ISBN: 1412992621
Publication Date: 2012
The Environmental Debate : A Documentary History with Timeline, Glossary, and Appendices by Peninah Niemark (Editor)
ISBN: 9781592376773
Publication Date: 2017

Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new window
Background information about art and artists.
Contains the 34-volume reference set, The Grove Dictionary of Art, the Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics and more.

Academic Articles

GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
Index of journal articles related to environmental issues. Limited full text.
Indexes and abstracts periodicals dealing with environmental topics, with limited full text. Coverage varies widely by individual periodical title.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers in almost every subject area. A great starting point for any topic.
Comprehensive index to scholarly journals and general periodicals in all subject and interdisciplinary areas, including full text. Coverage prior to 1990 is sparse.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journal articles, books, and primary sources in a wide variety of disciplines.
Full text of hundreds of scholarly journals in all disciplines dating back to the 1700s.
Art & Architecture Complete This link opens in a new window
Journal articles, books, and images on the subjects of art, architecture, photography, and the decorative arts.
Full-text coverage of more than 370 periodicals and more than 220 books dating from the present to 1937. Includes a collection of over 63,000 images.

Government and NGO Websites

USA.Gov
A portal to US government web sites, offering users access to all 20,000 government sites from a single central point.
Finding Local Government sites - USA
Local Governments Internationally - Wikipedia

Non-Governmental Organizations - NGO's

Greenpeace. International NGO with a goal to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity."

Earth Institute Center for Environmental Research and Conservation. Sustainability think tank based at Columbia University.

Earth Island Institute. Founded by David R. Brower, acts as an environmental umbrella organization, providing people and groups the capability to develop initiatives.

Earth Justice. Environmental interest organization headquartered in San Francisco dedicated to litigating environmental issues.

Environmental Defense Fund. Works on global warming,ecosystem restoration, oceans, and human health. See their list of publications.

Fauna and Flora International. Works to conserve threatened species and ecosystems worldwide into account human needs.

Nature Friends International. Global environmental umbrella organization.

Global Footprint Network. International think tank that provides ecological footprint accounting tools to drive policy decisions in a resource-constrained world

International Union for Conservation of Nature. Union composed of government and civil society organizations to provide the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together.

Nature Conservancy. Conservation organization working to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.

Natural Resources Defense Council. International environmental advocacy group with a staff of hundreds of lawyers, scientists and policy experts.

Wetlands International. Global not-for-profit organization dedicated to the conservation and restoration of wetlands.

World Agroforestry Centre. Generates knowledge about the benefits of agroforestry to develop policy and practices for improved livelihoods and environmental benefits.

World Wildlife Fund. International Conservation Organization - see also the International Secretariat based in Geneva.

NGO list originally compiled by librarians at Berkley Library, University of California, https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/NGOs

News Archives

New York Times (Historical Newspaper Archive) This link opens in a new window
Full-text page images of the newspaper, including advertisements, editorial cartoons, etc. Coverage is from 1851 up to the past three years and includes the New York Times Book Review and the New York Times Magazine.
Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
News articles from U.S. and international newspapers, and TV and radio transcripts.
Provides cover-to-cover full text for 20 national (U.S.) & international newspapers, including The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Times (London), Toronto Star, etc.

Films and Documentaries

Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Includes over 40,000 films and documentaries, including over 1,100 on Environmental Problems & Management
Including over 40,000 films, a subject-matter taxonomy of more than 700 distinct areas of study within more than 25 core subject areas designed to mirror the academic curriculum. The high-interest content is organized into student-friendly, curated categories—including Biographies, Events in History, Great Artists, Staff Picks, Landmark Series, and more—that make videos easy to find and view.

Films on Demand - Environmental Science
A direct link to browse the section on Environmental Problems & Managment

Creating a Presentation

Google Slides - A cloud-based tool very similar to PowerPoint.

Google Images
Click "Tools - Size" to limit to large images. Look for images from museums, .edu, .org, and other reputable sites.

ENSU323: Environmental Ethics: Research Sources