1. Global warming & Climate change
Learning e-Resources from EdUHK Library

2. Contents: Background information Finding e-books Searching databases
E-Journals lists
Videos online
Organizations links
Classroom resources
Sharing blogs

3. 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.

4. Finding e-books GE70-90 Environmental education
Books related to environmental science can be found in the following call number ranges:
GE Environmental sciences
GE Environmental education
GE Environmental policy
GE Environmentalism. Green movement.
GE Environmental management

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Searching databases
Academic Search Premier Coverage: Abstracts Full Text 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: 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.

11. More databases (i) …
Environmental Studies and Policy Collection Coverage: 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.

12. 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.

13. More databases (iii)…
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) - Sciences Edition Coverage: 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.

14. 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: PAIS is a bibliographic index to the literature on public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general dated back to 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 Full Text 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.

15. 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: 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.

16. More databases (vi) …
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 e- books which the Library has a subscription.

17. 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: 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。

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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?

22. 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)

23. 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

24. 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. %20(TC%20Lee).ppt Dissertations: “The impact of climate change on residential transactions in Hong Kong” by Li, Rita Yi Man 2009 (HKU) “Temperature projection in Hong Kong using remote sensing and dynamic modelling” by To Pui Hang 2012 (PolyU)

25. More classroom resources …
Images:
Britannica Image Quest
Interactives:
Global Climate Change
Photos:
Global warming stock photos and images
Greener action:
dual_actions/climateers/beaclimateer/whos_climateering/michelle_law/

26. More classroom resources …
HK Public Libraries factsheets:
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obal_Warming_2010.pdf
HK Public Museums:

27. 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” e.pdf

28. More relevant papers …
Information paper provided by the Administration for the Environmental Affairs Panel meetings on 28 May Information note entitled "Policies and measures for mitigation of climate change" prepared by the Research and Library Services Division Minutes of the Environmental Affairs Panel meeting on 28 May Administration's response to deputations' views

29. More classroom resources …
E-learning for kids: ”Environmental skills – Global warming”
learningforkids.org/Courses/EN/global_warming/course/shell.html
Projects by Students for Students
A Student’s Guide to Global Climate Change

30. Android applications
Global Warming Global Warming Causes

31. 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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