University of New South Wales - UNSW - Ecology and Environmental Science Subject Guide

Ecology and Environmental Science Subject Guide

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Reference resources

Encyclopedias | Dictionaries | Other Resources

Encyclopedias

Blackwell's concise encyclopedia of ecology (1999)
	Print: PREF 577.03/2
Ecology : the experimental analysis of distribution and abundance (1994)
	Print: MB 574.5/61G
Encyclopedia of atmospheric sciences
	Print: PREF 551.503/8 /(1) to (6) Six-volume set (2003) Fulltext available online (UNSW Subscription)
Encyclopedia of energy
	Print:PREF 333.7903/3 /(1) to (6) Six-volume set Fulltext available online (UNSW Subscription)
Encyclopedia of environmental biology (1995)
	Print: PREF 574.503/8 (1) to (3) Three-volume set
Encyclopedia of environmental science (1999)
	Print: PREF 333.7/331
Encyclopedia of forest sciences
	Fulltext available online (UNSW Subscription)
Encyclopedia of geology
	Print: PREF 551.03/11 /(1) to (5) Five-volume set (2005) Fulltext available online (UNSW Subscription)
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
	by the Nature Publishing Group (online tutorial available). Full text available online (with regularly updated contents).
Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences (2001)
	Print: PREF 551.46003/6 /(1)-(6) Full text available online (with regularly updated contents).
Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia (1998)
	open online resources supported by National Park Service, Colorado, USA
The Encyclopedia of the environment (1994)
	Print: MBREF 363.7003/6
The encyclopedia of ecology & environmental management (1998)
	Print: PREF 363.7003/10
Treatise on geochemistry (2004)
	Print: PREF 551.9/90/(1) to (10) Ten-volume set

Dictionaries

Biodiversity Glossary of Terms
	Open online resources supported by the World Resources Institute.
A Dictionary of Ecology edited by Michael Allaby 2004
	Full text available online via the Oxford Reference online
Dictionary of Ecology and Environmental Science (1993)
	Print: PREF 363.7003/3
Dictionary of Environmental Health (2002)
	Print: MBREF 616.9803/48
The Macmillan Dictionary of the Australian environment (1991)
	Print: REF 574.503/7A
The Penguin Dictionary of Biology (1994)
	Print: MBREF 574.03/3W

Other Resources

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) provides valuable statistical data of Australian's lives and their environment, "which are widely used by governments and businesses, as well as the media": Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS): Environment provides various aspects of environmental relating aspects including the Australia's Environment: Issues and Trends (2003) Environment by Numbers: Selected Articles on Australia's Environment (2003) The Yearbook Australia - Environment (2004) is part of the ABS publication: Australia Now.
Australian Natural Resources Atlas
	aims to provide ready access to information to support natural resource management
Convention on Biological Diversity
	United Nations Environment Program
Department of the Environment and Heritage (DEH)
	DEH "develops and implements national policy, programs and legislation to protect and conserve Australia's natural environment and cultural heritage." It is a very important source of environmental information in Australia, including: Annual Reports / Environment Australia provides a collection of annual reports of the related Government departments in Australia.(from 1995/6 onward). Sustainability Indicators including the report: Are we sustaining Australia? Report against headline sustainability indicators Environment Industries - DEH works with the Australian environment business sector. Sustainable Industry - funds and administers programmes that protect the environment and human health from hazardous substances and organisms
Register of Ecological Models
	cooperative service of the University of Kassel and the GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health (Federal Republic of Germany and State of Bavaria)
National Service Center for Environmental Publications
	US EPA
NSW Environmental Legislation
	Environment Protection Authority (NSW)
National Academies Press
	NAP publications on Environmental Issues
National Environmental Data Index (NEDI)
	US Department of Commerce
State of the Environment Australia (2006)
	An independent Committee appointed by the Minister for the Environment and Heritage to establish the environment & sustainability strategic direction in Australia. Regional SoE reports (including the previous reports) are accessible via the website.