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Environmental studies resources and support

Your Subject Librarian

There is no Subject Librarian for environmental studies, but you can use the Subject pages to find the most appropriate person for your query. Our contacts page will help you with more general library queries.

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Environmental studies resources are available in these branch libraries

How to find books, journals, and more

Inter-Library Loans and ILL vouchers

  • The Inter-Library Loans (ILL) service can be used to obtain Items not held in print in the University's branch libraries or available online. There is a charge for this service, though UOB academic staff and research postgraduates will usually be able to obtain an Inter-library loan voucher to pay for this, and UOB undergraduate students may be able to obtain a voucher - please see the corresponding page to this in the subject page for your academic department to find out more.

Information for academic staff and researchers

  • Our Research support pages cover finding information, managing information, and exploiting your research, together with sources of further help and advice.
  • Each academic department in the university has its own library representative, whose duties are detailed in these guidelines. Please see the corresponding page to this in the subject page for your academic department to find out who is the Library Representative for your department.
  • New academic staff are welcome to contact the Subject Librarian associated with their academic department to arrange a session on how the Library can help you.

Databases

Internet links

General subject gateways

Environmental science, health and medicine

  • Scirus - an award winning gateway to science resources on the Internet

Environment and society

Local sites

Quick reference tools

General environmental studies
Item Location/ reference number
A dictionary of green ideas (Button, John) in the Geographical Sciences Library at U2.N3 BUT
A dictionary of the environment: a practical guide to today's most important environmental issue (Elsworth, Steve) in the Geographical Sciences Library at U2.N3 ELS
Encyclopedia of global change: environmental change and human society in the Chemistry Library at R(03)R ENC
The environment dictionary (Kemp, David D.) in the Geographical Sciences Library at U2.N3 KEM
Environmental encyclopedia in the Arts and Social Sciences Library at Oversize GF4 ENV
Macmillan dictionary of the environment. 4th ed. (Allaby, Michael) in the Geographical Sciences Library at U2.N3 ALL

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Environmental science
Item/ description Location/ reference number
CRC handbook of chemistry and physics
for analytical techniques and applications
  • Chemistry Library at XR CRC
  • Physics Library at A1 CRC
  • Wills Library at Ref. QC5 CRC
  • Queen's Building Library at Ref. QD65 CRC
  • an online version is also available
Dictionary of environmental science and technology (Porteous, Andrew) in the Geographical Sciences Library at U2.N3 POR
Dictionary of environmental science and engineering (Pfafflin, James R.) in the Wills Library, Earth Sciences at Ref. QE5 PFA
Dictionary of the environmental sciences (Durrenberger, Robert W.) in the Wills Library, Earth Sciences at Ref. QE5 DUR
Encyclopedia of analytical science - for analytical techniques and applications in the Chemistry Library at T(03)R ENC
Encyclopedia of atmospheric sciences in the Chemistry Library at R4(03)R ENC
Encyclopedia of ecology & environmental management
  • in the Biological Sciences Library at 30 CAL
  • in the Arts and Social Sciences Library at Oversize QH540.4 ENC
Longman dictionary of environmental science in the Geographical Sciences Library at U2.N3 LAW
Treatise on Geochemistry in the Wills Library at QE515 TRE

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Environmental health and medicine
Item/ description Location/ reference number
The Merck index: an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals - current edition
  • in theMedical Library at V14c MER
  • in theChemistry Library at XR MER
Other useful sources in the Medical Library at R3

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Environment and society
Item/ description Location/ reference number
CBI environmental management handbook in the Queen's Library at HD30.255 ENV
Companion enyclopedia of geography: the environment and humankind in the Geographical Sciences Library at U2.N3 COM
Dictionary of environment and sustainable development (Gilpin, A.) in the Geographical Sciences Library at U2.N3 GIL
Dictionary of environmental economics in the Geographical Sciences Library at U2.N4 DIC
Encyclopedia of Planning Law
for UK & EU legislation, guidance notes, etc		 in the Wills Library, Law at KN96 ENC
Other useful sources try the subject search on the library catalogue, using relevant keywords
(truncation can also be useful, for example, environ* to find environment, environmental, etc)

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Impact assessments
Item/ description Location/ reference number
Handbook of environmental risk assessment and management in the Geographical Sciences Library at N3 HAN
Many useful sources in the Queen's Library at TD194
(you can use the Browse facility on the library catalogue to find what is at this classmark)

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Reviews and bibliographies

Item/ description Location/ reference number
Advances in Geophysics
  • ongoing, in print in the Wills Library at Serial QC801.A283
  • not available here online
Analytical Chemistry
approximately every 2 year reviews entitled 'Water analysis' and 'Environmental analysis' are published
  • online via the eJournals Catalogue
  • until 2002, in print in the Chemistry Library at Shelf 6-7
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Earth Science Reviews
  • online via the eJournals Catalogue
  • until 2001, in print in the Wills Library at Serial QE1.E17
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
  • online via the eJournals Catalogue
  • until 2000, in print in the Wills Library at Serial QE501.P53

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Information skills training for undergraduates

  • please see the corresponding page to this in the subject page for your academic department to find out about about skills training for your course.
  • A number of general 'Self-learning resources' are available below, including video tutorials, downloadable library guides, and web resources.
  • Find out about referencing in your written work and EndNote referencing software in 'Referencing help'.

Information skills training for postgraduates

  • please see the corresponding page to this in the subject page for your academic department to find out about about skills training for postgraduates.
  • A number of general 'Self-learning resources' are available below, including video tutorials, downloadable library guides, and web resources.
  • Find out about referencing in your written work and EndNote referencing software in 'Referencing help'.

Self-learning resources

  • Video tutorials - topics include the Library Catalogue, understanding references on reading lists, using the MetaLib resource gateway, off-campus access to eResources, etc.
  • Finding and using information pages - covering key aspects of information skills, including researching a topic, effective use of Google, evaluating your search results, avoiding plagiarism, etc. Also includes a Jargon-buster page.
  • Library guides - downloadable guides to each branch library, our main search tools, special library services, etc.
  • External resources for developing your information skills - including online tutorials and downloadable guides.
  • Find out about referencing in your written work and EndNote referencing software in 'Referencing help'.

Referencing guidance

Writing for the subject, and how to avoid plagiarism

EndNote referencing software

EndNote is the University of Bristol's recommended bibliographical management software, which can be used to collect, store, organise and manage references, and to output them as reference lists or bibliographies. A particularly useful function is 'Cite While You Write', enabling you to format Word documents, producing bibliographies and adding references within the text.