Government and legal information available at WIU on related topics:
Search Strategies
Book & Manuscript Tips
Search these Library of Congress subject headings in WestCat, the library's online catalog:
Tips: Use the Quick Search option and enter the terms below in the search box and select Subject as the search.
ecology
pollution
mining
Clean Water Act
Clean Air Act
ocean dumping
pacific garbage patch
oil spill(s)
pipeline
ecosystem
smog
fishkill
soil erosion
deforestation
invasive species
endangered species
fracking
hydraulic fracturing
conservation
wildfires or forest fires
desertification
drought
water supply
ozone
environmental protection agency
Use the Quick Search option and enter desertification, deforestation or ecosystem? in the search box and select Any Word Anywhere as the search.
Use the Advance Search option and search "Clean Air Act" or "hydraulic fracturing" as phrases.
If you are having trouble finding material on your topic, try searching I-Share (through WestCat), a database of the catalogs of over 80 Illinois libraries or WorldCat, a database of library catalogs from all over the world.
Any book you find which we don't have may be requested through Interlibrary Loan. Allow a week to 10 days.
Search Nexis Uni for full-text law review articles.
WIU Libraries purchases access to many journals made available electronically. If a database you're searching doesn't provide access to the article, click on the Find It! WIU Libraries button to see if it's available through another database or available in print. Make sure WIU doesn't have access to articles you find in databases by searching the journal title using the Journals tab on the Libraries website. This is our master list of all journals and full-text e-journals purchased and/or held by WIU Libraries.
Any article you find to which we don't have access may be requested through Interlibrary Loan. Allow a week to 10 days.
This useful web application from the EPA has many facets. It shows you both positive and negative health impacts from the environment by ecosystem. It can also recommend ecosystems that will benefit a person according to their health-related issue. You can also use the EnviroAtlas to make Health Impact Assessments on community proposals, including the location of agricultural wetland banks, where to plant trees for urban air quality or heat island abatement, etc. You can also track maximum and minimum temperature projections, precipitation, and more through 2099. There is a lot here to explore.
This agency of the Department of the Interior deals primarily with fish, wildlife, and plants, and highlights efforts to work with citizens on conservation.
Often the first agency one thinks of when considering the environment, this site from the EPA's homepage links to pertinent libraries, dockets, publications, newsletters, databases, and more.
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