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Encyclopedic articles about basic concepts and interrelationships between ethical principles and the demands of scientific and technological innovations. Students and researchers will find the cross-referenced articles convenient to use for papers and assignments. The encyclopedia is a complete revision of the Dartmouth Medal-winning set first published in 1995.

A comprehensive reference source on education. The fully revised edition offers a complete view of the institutions, people, processes, roles and philosophies found in educational practice in the United States and throughout the world. Features include 121 biographies of influential educators; profiles of historic colleges and universities; profiles of organizations active in the field; and an appendix of full text primary source documents including education related legislation, international treaties and testing methods.

Examines the philosophical and ethical issues underlying contemporary and historical environmental issues, policies, and debates. More than 300 peer-reviewed articles cover concepts, institutions, topics, events and people, including global warming, animal rights, environmental movements, alternative energy, green chemistry, industrial ecology, and eco-sabotage.

" The third edition of the Gale's Environmental Encyclopedia provides in depth, worldwide coverage of environmental issues. Entries range from 100 to more than 2,000 words. Some are complemented by black-and-white photographs and diagrams. Each article is written in a non-technical style and provides current status, analysis, and suggested solutions wherever possible.

covers the entire area from the earth’s outer atmosphere to its very inner core and all the environmental factors relating to this discipline.

960 e-books in Business, Economics, Environment, Innovation & Technology, and Public & Social.

and professional associations including McGraw Hill, Wiley, Springer and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Energy Citations database (ECD) contains over 2.6 million bibliographic citations for energy and energy related subjects from the Department of Energy. It also provides access to over 221,000 electronic documents with continued growth through regular updates. The database covers disciplines such as chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, and computer science. It includes bibliographic citations to report literature, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and patents.

Research database covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Draws on the connection between the environment and other disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Topics covered include global warming, fuel sources, pollution, recycling, renewable energy and more. It indexes scholarly journals, magazines, government documents, and reports. Ebsco.

A statistical yearbook presenting a wide range of key statistics of the OECD countries. It contains more than 100 indicators covering a wide range of areas including economy, agriculture, education, energy, environment, foreign aid, health and quality of life, industry, information and communications, population/ labor force, trade and investment, taxation and public expenditure. The data is accompanied by explanatory analysis, tables, and figures to enable cross-country comparisons.

"PANGAEA" stands for "Publishing Network for Geoscientific & Environmental Data"

"Academic Earth is an organization founded with the goal of giving everyone on earth access to a world-class education. We are building a user-friendly educational ecosystem that will give internet users around the world the ability to easily find, interact with, and learn from full video courses and lectures from the world’s leading scholars. Our goal is to bring the best content together in one place and create an environment in which that content is remarkably easy to use and where user contributions make existing content increasingly valuable."

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"Earth Hour is organized by WWF. With almost 5 million supporters and a global network in over 100 countries, it’s one of the world's largest and most respected independent conservation organizations. WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the Earth's natural environment and build a future where people live in harmony with nature."

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