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LIBRARY

FRESH WATER CRISIS RESOURCES
NON-FICTION
304.2 AGR Agriculture and the environment.
331.91 DE Water : the fate of our most precious resource /
333.72 CON Conserving the environment
333.72 DUP Conserving the environment
333.79 ALT Alternative energy
333.91 BAR Blue covenant : the global water crisis and the coming battle for the right to water /
333.91 DOV Water: From the Big Bang to the bottle.
333.91 GOO Every body counts, every drop matters /
333.91 MCD Whose water is it? : The unquenchable thirst of a water-hungry world.
333.91 PEA When the rivers run dry : water--the defining crisis of the twenty-first century /
346.73 HAR A Civil Action.
363.6 GLE Unquenchable : America's water crisis and what to do about it /
363.6 WIL Will the world run out of fresh water? /
363.7 DUD The Environment /
363.7 FRA The green encyclopedia /
363.73 POL Pollution /
363.738 CAR Silent spring : 40th Anniversary edition.
363.738 GLO Global Warming : Opposing Viewpoints Series. /
363.738 REA Climate change begins at home : life on the two-way street of global warming /
363.738 SPE Global warming: personal solutions for a healthy planet
363.738 TEN The complete idiot's guide to global warming /
363.739 ALL Fog, smog and poisoned rain
551.48 ALL Floods
551.57 ALL Droughts
553.7 ALT Water : no longer taken for granted /
577.82 ENC Encyclopedia of biomes
REFERENCE
REF 333.91 HIS History in dispute. : Water and the environment since 1945 : global perspectives / :.
REF 317.3 GUT Statistical abstract of the United States
REF 317.3 KUR Datapedia of the United States
REF 363.7 ENV Environmental issues : essential primary sources /
DATABASES
ABC-CLIO Issues Understanding Controversy and Society,
This database helps students develop an in-depth understanding of how society shapes and is shaped by controversy—with authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on the most enduring and timely issues of the day.
www.issues.abc-clio.com
Columbia Granger’s Poetry
Columbia Granger's Poetry Database contains works of poetry found in anthologies, and volumes of collected works and selected works for individual poets.
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=uid
CQResearcher
The source for for original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues shaping our world.
www.cqresearcher.com
eLibrary
eLibrary - delivers one of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for K-12 schools and libraries.
http://www.proquestk12.com
Gale Virtual Reference Library
GVRL is a collection of ebooks that cover the following topics; arts, biography, business, education, environment, history, information and publishing, law, literature, medicine, multcaultural studies, nation and world, religion, science and social science.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493 
Health Reference Center
Scroll down page to locate this resource. This Facts on File database provides clear and comprehensive information on conditions and diseases, health and wellness, mental health, and the human body.
http://www.fofweb.com/
Lit Finder
LitFinder is international in scope, covers all time periods, and contains a wealth of primary literature content, including full-text poems, poem citations and excerpts, full-text short stories, full-text essays, full-text speeches, and 1full-text plays. LitFinder also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center: Critical Thinking
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Thomson Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493
WEB SITES
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
You online source for credible health information, including statistics for healthcare coverage.
www.cdc.gov
Circle of Blue
Circle of Blue is an international network of leading journalists, scientists and communications design experts that reports and presents the information necessary to respond to the global freshwater crisis. It is a nonprofit affiliate of the internationally recognized water, climate and policy think tank, the Pacific Institute.
www.circleofblue.org/
Great Lakes Directory
The Great Lakes Directory is a project of The Environmental Association for
Great Lakes Education (EAGLE). Its mission is to provide education and promote community involvement focused on restoring and protecting the Great Lakes ecosystem
The Environmental Association for
Great Lakes Education (EAGLE)

Mission: To provide education and promote community involvement focused on restoring and protecting the Great Lakes ecosystem
www.greatlakesdirectory.org
Medline Plus
A service of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
www.medlineplus.gov
National Geographic
An online version of the well-respected geographic publication.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Scientific American
Scientific American, the oldest continuously published magazine in the U.S., has been bringing its readers unique insights about developments in science and technology for more than 160 years.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/
United Nations
The United Nations website covers all aspects of the mission of this international organization.
http://www.un.org/
United States Environmental Protection Agency
The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment.
http://www.epa.gov/
World Factbook
Similiar to an almanac, this site gives short factual information about every country of the world
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
World Water Council
The mission of the World Water Council is to promote awareness, build political commitment and trigger action on critical water issues at all levels, to facilitate the efficient management and use of water in all its dimensions and on an environmentally sustainable basis.
http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/
SEARCH ENGINES
Ask.com
Ask.com is a search engine that is a result of the merging of Teoma and Ask Jeeves, resulting in one of the world's most powerful and unique search engines. Ask is still the only, major search technology based upon the clustering concept of subject-specific popularity: ExpertRank. In fact, Teoma means "expert" in Gaelic.
www.ask.com
MLA SITES
Easybib
The free automatic bibliography composer. Create MLA-style bibliographies, then save them to Word.
http://www.easybib.com
NoodleBib Express
Generate citations in NoodleBib Express and copy and paste what you need into your document.
http://www.noodletools.com/login.php

 

 

 


 
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