LibGuides: A Guide to Environmental Studies: Books

Browsing for Books

Books are shelved in general subject categories using the Library of Congress classification system. You may want to supplement your use of the catalog with browsing shelf areas for your topic. Below is a brief listing of some of the subject locations in the field of environmental studies.

BJ Ethics
G Geography
- 575 Polar regions
- 905-910 Tropics
GB 651-2998 Hydrology
GC Oceanography
GE Environmental education
GF Human ecology
HC 79 Environmental economics
Q Science
QH Biology
- 75-77 Nature conservation
- 540-549 Ecology
QK Botany
QL Zoology
S Agriculture
SB Plant culture
SD Forestry
SF Animal culture
TD Environmental technology
- 172-195 Pollution
- 201-500 Water supply
- 511-780 Sewage
- 785-812 Solid wastes
- 877.5-893 Special types of pollution (soil, air, noise)
- 895-899 Industrial sanitation and wastes

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Includes millions of records of resources in 400 languages owned by libraries around the world. Materials date back to the 11th century. Gustavus users may be able to borrow items they find in WorldCat searches via Interlibrary Loan (click the "Find It!" button). The database can also be searched through its free web interface, at worldcat.org. Access to WorldCat is provided by eLibraryMN (ELM).
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Google is in the midst of an ambitious project to digitize books from publishers and in libraries. Those that were published before 1923 are in full text; those still potentially under copyright can be searched, but not viewed in full. It offers an interesting way to locate very specific words, phrases, and citations, particularly in older books. Using the advanced search you can limit a search to books that are full text or published within a range of years.