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Learning e-Resources from
HKIEd Library
Background information
Finding e-books
Searching databases
E-Journals lists
Videos online
Organizations links
Classroom resources
Sharing blogs
Background information
Reference works such as biographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories, bibliographies, etc.
provide useful background information. The Reference Collection is a good place to start your research.
Selected samples are:
Dictionary of environmental science and technology
Oxford Dictionary of Biology
Encyclopedia of global warming
Encyclopedia of global warming and climate change
Global Warming
Climate change : an encyclopedia of science and history
Environmental Encyclopedia
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) Searchable full text of reference
books in many subjects.
Finding e-books
Books related to environmental science can be found in the following call
number ranges:
GE1-350 Environmental sciences
GE70-90 Environmental education
GE170-190 Environmental policy
GE195-199 Environmentalism. Green movement.
GE300-350 Environmental management
More e-books …
Adjudicating Climate Change : State, National, and International
Approaches / edited by William C. G. Burns, Hari M. Osofsky. (2009)
Carbon sinks and climate change : forests in the fight against global
warming / Colin A.G. Hunt. (2009)
The ethics of global climate change / edited by Denis G. Arnold. (2011)
Climate : causes and effects of climate change / Dana Desonie. (2008)
Climate change, supply chain management, and enterprise adaptation :
implications of global warming on the economy / by Costas P. Pappis. (2010)
Human rights and climate change : a review of the international legal
dimensions. (2011)
Climate Change Mitigation : What Do We Do? / Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development. (2008)
More e-books …
Climate ethics : essential readings / edited by Stephen M. Gardiner ... [et
al.]. (2010)
China's dilemma : economic growth, the environment and climate
change / Ligang Song and Wing Thye Woo, editors. (2008)
The climate diet : how you can cut carbon, cut costs, and save the planet
/ Jonathan Harrington. (2008)
Climate change : in context / Brenda Wilmoth Lerner & K. Lee Lerner,
editors. (2008)
Climate change : shifting glaciers, deserts, and climate belts / Timothy
Kusky. (2009)
Climate change : a reference handbook / David L. Downie, Kate Brash,
and Catherine Vaughan. (2009)
Climate change justice / Eric A. Posner, David Weisbach. (2010)
Cities and climate change : responding to an urgent agenda / Daniel
Hoornweg ... [et al.], editors. (2011)
Finding books from iSearch
Use the following online catalogs to search for books:
iSearch - search for library books, online journals articles and more …
Catalogue - search for physical items of books and multimedia resources
Useful search terms
Suggested Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
to use as search terms for this topic include:
Climatic Changes
Climatic Changes – Effect of human beings on
Global Warming
Global Warming – Political aspects
Global Warming – Economic aspects
Greenhouse gases
Greenhouse gases – Environmental aspects
Green Movement
More search terms …
CLIMATIC CHANGES
May be subdivided using DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL
ASPECTS; FORECASTING; GOVERNMENT POLICY; HISTORY;
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESEARCH,
etc.
May be subdivided geographically, e.g., CLIMATIC CHANGES--ANTARCTICA
See also as subdivision CLIMATIC FACTORS, e.g., BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY-CLIMATIC FACTORS
GLOBAL WARMING
See also as subdivision EFFECT OF GLOBAL WARMING ON, e.g., PLANTS-EFFECT OF GLOBAL WARMING ON
Searching databases
Academic Search Premier Coverage: Abstracts 1965 + Full Text 1975 +
It is the world's largest scholarly, multi-discipline full text database
containing full text and peer-reviewed publications which covers all
aspect of academic study.
Cambridge Journals Online Coverage: Varies
Covers Cambridge University Press's collection of over 200 e-journals
in subject areas of sciences, social sciences and humanities.
Environment Complete Coverage: 1940 +
Environment Complete offers deep coverage in applicable areas of
agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural
resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste
management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy,
social impacts, urban planning, and more.
More databases (i) …
Environmental Studies and Policy Collection Coverage: 1980-2012
Providing robust coverage of the field of environmental issues and policy,
this collection, which includes magazines and academic journals, provides
instant access to the multiple viewpoints of this volatile field of study,
including perspectives from the scientific community, governmental policy
makers, as well as corporate interests.
Gale Virtual Reference Library Coverage: Varies
An e-book database of encyclopedias, almanacs and reference sources for
multidisplinary research. It supports full-text search within and across
collections, advanced search capabilities, bookmarks and annotations.
GreenFILE Coverage: Varies
It covers all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of
scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global
warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable
energy, recycling, and more.
More databases (ii) …
Greenr Coverage: Varies
The Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources
(GREENR) focuses on the physical, social, and economic aspects of
environmental issues. Topic, organization, and country portals form research
centers around issues covering energy systems, health care, agriculture,
climate change, population, and economic development. Portals include
authoritative analysis, academic journals, news, case studies, legislation,
conference proceedings, primary source documents, statistics, and rich
multimedia.
International Studies Encyclopedia Coverage: Varies
A searchable encyclopedia published by Wiley Blackwell in association with
the International Studies Association. ISE is a referential kind of work for the
fields of international studies and international relations.
More databases (iii)…
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) - Sciences Edition Coverage: 2008 +
A resource tool for the evaluation of science journals, containing citation
data from roughly 8,000 journals in the areas of science and technology.
Users can filter the journals by subject and then sort them by impact factor,
immediacy index, total cites, current articles, cited half-life, or journal title.
JSTOR. Arts & Sciences Collection Coverage: Varies
It covers Arts & Sciences I, II, III, IV, V and VII Collections with over 800 titles
across 43 discipline, including art, economics, education, health policies,
health sciences, language & literature, law, linguistics, mathematics, music,
performing arts, philosophy, psychology, religion and sociology, etc.
MyiLibrary Coverage: Varies
Provides access to over 4000 purchased ebooks on various subjects such as
Education, Arts, Language and Literature, Music and Science.
More databases (iv)…
Oxford University Press Coverage: Varies
Oxford University Press provide access to over 150 journals subscribed by the Library.
Subject covers humanities, life sciences, mathematics, medicine, physical sciences and
social sciences.
PAIS Coverage: 1972 +
PAIS is a bibliographic index to the literature on public policy, social policy, and the social
sciences in general dated back to 1972. Materials indexed include journal articles, books,
government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports,
conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material,
etc.
ProQuest Research Library Coverage: Abstracts 1971 + Full Text 1987 +
Provides access to information from journals across a wide range of subject areas, including
arts, business, children, education, humanities, psychology and sciences etc.
ProQuest Science & Technology Databases Coverage: Varies
This provides simultaneous searching on Dissertations & Theses, Research Library
databases in the subject areas of science and technology.
More databases (v) …
Science Direct Coverage: Varies
Provides electronic access to over 240 Elsevier journals and over 350 e-books
subscribed by the Library.
Scopus Coverage: 1966 +
An abstracting and indexing database that includes 18,000 peer-reviewed
journal titles in the social sciences, health sciences, life sciences and physical
sciences. Apart from getting extensive inter-disciplinary access to journal
articles, the database also contains cited references to articles from 1996
onwards.
SpringerLink Coverage: Varies
Over 1300 journals and 500 e-books from Springer for researchers in
biomedicine, life science, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer
science, humanities, and economics.
More databases (vi) …
SwetsWise (Click on "Login via IP authentication") Coverage: Varies
Provides full text access to over 250 journals with table of contents. Subjects
covers: arts, language, philosophy, religion, science, medicine, geography,
history, social sciences and technology.
Web of Science Science Citation Index is a "multidisciplinary index to
international science literature."
Wiley Online Library Coverage: Varies
Education, social sciences, psychology, business and science electronic
journals from Wiley. Full text access is limited to about 700 journals and 9 ebooks which the Library has a subscription.
More databases (vii) …
中文電子期刊服務 CEPS: Chinese Electronic Periodicals Service
Coverage: Varies
收錄範圍包括台灣、中國大陸及其他各地以中文為主的資料。涵蓋的科目有人文學、
社會科學、自然科學、應用科學、醫學與生命科學等。每種期刊收錄年代不一，但
主要為2000 年之後。
中國知網 China Knowledge Resource integrated Database (CNKI)
Coverage: Varies
包含《中國期刊全文數據庫》、《中國優秀博碩士學位論文全文數據庫》、《世紀
期刊人文社科精品數據庫》及《中國年鑒全文資料庫》。
中國期刊全文數據庫 -〈基礎科學〉及〈信息科學〉 China Academic Journal
Full-text Database - (Mathematics/Physics/Mechanics/Astronomy) & (Electronic
Technology & Information Science)
Coverage: 2002 - 2003
收錄中國出版的理工科期刊之全文文獻，範圍包括數學、物理、、生物、地理、地
質、電子情報、科學研究等。
E-journals list
Annual Review of Environment and Resources
British Journal of Environment & Climate Change
Climatic Change
Climate Dynamics
Climate of the Past Discussions
Climate Policy
Dealing with climate change
Environmental Education Research
More e-Journals …
Global Warming Focus
Green Futures
Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology
The Business of Global Warming
International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts & Responses
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
Videos online
地球暖化
命送天氣
全球暖化如何影響香港
Are we doing enough to fight global warming?
Climate Central
Climate change in Hong Kong
Climate conscious
Counting carbon
Global climate change and greenhouse emissions
More videos …
Global warming
Global Warming and Hong Kong
Global Warming and the Copenhagen conference
Gore goes global ; Heating up
International climate change Conference
Mercury rising
Selling green ; Hidden identity
Should we be scared of climate change?
The butterfly storm
The Signs of Warming : Tai Mo Shan
What can Hongkongers do about the worsening pollution problem?
Wind win situation?
Links to international organizations
Center for Health and the Global
Earth Observatory NASA
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Climate Change Site
Geological Survey Climate Change
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Resources for the Future
The Library of Congress Science Reference Services
The U.N. Environment Programme
US Global Change Research Program
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Links to local organizations
世界自然（香港）基金會
Environmental Protection Department (EPD)
Friends of the Earth Hong Kong
Hong Kong Observatory
Classroom resources
PowerPoint:
The latest on climate change in Hong Kong / by TC Lee ; HKCCF Programme
on climate change 21 September 2010, Hong Kong Observatory.
http://www.hkccf.org/download/cpd2010/Climate%20Change%20in%20HK
%20(TC%20Lee).ppt
Dissertations:
“The impact of climate change on residential transactions in Hong Kong” by
Li, Rita Yi Man 2009 (HKU)
http://www.tbher.org/index.php/tbher/article/viewFile/17/18
“Temperature projection in Hong Kong using remote sensing and dynamic
modelling” by To Pui Hang 2012 (PolyU)
http://repository.lib.polyu.edu.hk/jspui/handle/10397/5545
More classroom resources …
Images:
Britannica Image Quest
Interactives:
Global Climate Change
Photos:
Global warming stock photos and images
http://www.inmagine.com/searchterms/global_warming.html
Greener action:
http://www.wwf.org.hk/en/whatwedo/footprint/climate/examples_of_indivi
dual_actions/climateers/beaclimateer/whos_climateering/michelle_law/
More classroom resources …
HK Public Libraries factsheets :
http://www.hkpl.gov.hk/textonly/english/kids_teens/ele_res/ele_tee/ele_tee
.html
http://www.hkpl.gov.hk/textonly/english/kids_teens/ele_res/ele_tee/files/Gl
obal_Warming_2010.pdf
HK Public Museums:
http://www.museums.gov.hk/web/portal/students.html
Legislative Council Panel Meeting
Legislative Council Panel on Environmental Affairs Meeting on 28 January
2008 “Background brief on greenhouse gas emissions and their effects on
global warming”.
http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr07-08/english/panels/ea/papers/ea0128cb1-64719-e.pdf
More relevant papers …
Information paper provided by the Administration for the Environmental Affairs Panel
meetings on 28 May 2007
http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr06-07/english/panels/ea/papers/ea0528cb1-1666-15-e.pdf
Information note entitled "Policies and measures for mitigation of climate change"
prepared by the Research and Library Services Division
http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr06-07/english/sec/library/0607in14-e.pdf
Minutes of the Environmental Affairs Panel meeting on 28 May 2007
http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr06-07/english/panels/ea/minutes/ea070528.pdf
Administration's response to deputations' views
http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr06-07/english/panels/ea/papers/ea0528cb1-2202-1-e.pdf
More classroom resources …
E-learning for kids: ”Environmental skills – Global warming”
http://elearningforkids.org/Courses/EN/global_warming/course/shell.html
Projects by Students for Students
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0110881/greenhouse_en.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/00442/wuglobalwarming.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/J003411/causes.htm
A Student’s Guide to Global Climate Change
http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html
Android applications
Global Warming
Global Warming Causes
Sharing blogs
The “GWon air” (dummy) is a social platform for all HKIEd students to
share their view points, phenomenon, findings and resources on how global
warming and climate change will affect the living environment of Hong Kong.
-Organize discussions, talks and outdoor activities virtually
-Construct knowledge transfer both inside and outside classrooms
-Analyze survey results data and draw solutions
-Smart tips from our daily life actions to save our planet
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