Environmental Reference Guides

Reference guides developed by ISTC Library staff to help identify resources that will help you get started with research both on the Internet and in your local library. Materials owned by the ISTC Library are followed by call number in square brackets. The Library's lending policies are available here. Currently, we have reference guides for the following subjects:

Environmental Topics

• Alternative Fuels
  • Biodiesel Research: A Bibliography and Finding Aid
  • Selected Resources in Alternative Fuels
• Consumer information
  • Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) Treated Wood
  • Green Building/Sustainable Building
  • Household Chemicals and Alternatives
  • Lamp Recycling and Disposal
• Environmental Education
  • Earth Day
  • Environmental Education Resources for Teachers
  • Environmental Novels: An Annotated Bibliography
• Environmental Information: Trends and Issues (includes links to hot environmental topics)
  • 2008 
  • 2007
    
  • 2006
    
• Environmental Laws and Regulatory Resources
• Great Lakes Pollution: Selected Resources
• Green Business/P2 for Specific Industry Sectors
  • Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) Treated Wood
  • Green Building/Sustainable Building
  • Lamp Recycling and Disposal
  • Pollution Prevention in the Food Service Industry
  • Selected Resources for Greening Your Business
    • Bibliography for Practical & Effective Ways to Make Your Company Green
  • Selected Resources on Sustainable Business
    • Bibliography for Go Green and Save Money workshop
  • Selected Resources for Pollution Prevention in the Health Care Industry 
    • Accompanying poster session slides
  • Sustainable Product Design
• Green Libraries
  
  • Going Green in the School Library: Bibliography for LTLS School Library Day
    
    • Presentation slides -- PDF
  • Lamp Recycling and Disposal
  • Selected Resources for Greening the Library
    
    • Bibliography for Simple Ways to Green Your Library
    • Slides for Greening Your Building, presented September 14, 2009 at Lincoln Trail Libraries System, Champaign IL.
• Librarian's Environmental Toolkit
• Nanotechnology and the Environment: Selected Resources
• Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in the Environment
  • Database of publications related to the characterization, analysis, fate, toxicology, and treatment of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment
• State Environmental Awards Program

Library Topics

• Keeping up with Current Information Technology
• Seven Rules for Effective Web Searching

If you have questions or comments about any of these resources, please contact us at library@istc.illinois.edu.