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 Starting Points: Guide to Global Warming

R E F E R E N C E,    C I R C U L A T I N G,    C H I L D R E N ’ S    &    A U D I O    B O O K S  
363.7392 Fee Feeling the Heat: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Climate Change      
 Essays from E/The Environmental magazine.
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The Weather Makers - How Man is Changing the Climate and What it Means for Life on Earth    A history of climate change, its unfolding over the next century, and what we can do to
 prevent  a cataclysmic future.
363.7392 Gel Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil & Coal, Journalists, & Activists are Fueling the Climate Crisis--and What We Can Do to Avert Disaster Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ross Gelbspan argues that changes must be made now to save life on Earth.
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An Inconvenient Truth Environmental changes caused by global warming & the policy shift needed to avert disaster.
R 363.7392 Joh Global Warming in the 21st Century  v1-3 Our evolving climate crisis; Melting ice and warming seas;  Plants and animals in peril.  
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Field Notes from a Catastrophe        An explanation of global warming, incorporating interviews with researchers and 
 environmentalists.
363.7392 Lyn High Tide: The Truth About Our Climate Crisis  British journalist Mark Lynas travels the world detailing the effects of global warming,
 addresses the US’s contributing role and offers a six point manifesto to save the planet.
AD 363.7392 McE Global Warming, Global Threat  14 lectures on the Earth’s interdependent systems regulating the environment; addresses
 air pollution, acid rain, ozone depletion, tropical forests destruction, & climate changes.
j363.73 Oxl Children’s Dept. Global Warming  The effects of global warming such as increasingly intense weather patterns, and ways to
 help slow the process.
F I N D I N G   B O O K S   A N D   O T H E R   L I B R A R Y   M A T E R I A L S -  Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 363.7392
In addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject search in our Library catalog. You can accessthe Library’s online catalog from the Library or home by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then toSearch Our Catalog in the upper right hand. Good subject headings for this topic are global warming.
e B O O K S
You may also want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks) the Library has to offer located on the Web site www.netlibrary.com. Initially, you must open an account from Library computer terminals, but you will then be able to use the account from home as well. Search by the following categories: subject, title, author. See a reference librarian for more detail.
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The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic:
 

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The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference R 050 R. Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
· EBSCOhost and InfoTrac OneFile -

Access from the Library or at home using
your library card number at www.wppl.org. Search for full text articles in these databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year or even a certain magazine.
W E B   S I T E S
CBS News - A Global Warning
CBS News - Rewriting the Science
Global Warm
Natural Resources Defense Council
New Scientist
New York Times - Science
Sierra Club
Time Magazine
The Union of Concerned Scientists
World View of  Global Warming

For additional information, please see a reference librarian. sk 9/13/05
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