Global warming & Climate change

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 • 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

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 …

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--ANTARCTICASee also as subdivision CLIMATIC FACTORS, e.g., BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY--CLIMATIC FACTORS • GLOBAL WARMINGSee also as subdivision EFFECT OF GLOBAL WARMING ON, e.g., PLANTS--EFFECT OF GLOBAL WARMING ON

10. Searching databases • Academic Search Ultimate • Offers access to resources cited in key subject indexes. The combination of academic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos meets the needs of scholars in virtually every discipline ranging from astronomy, anthropology, biomedicine, engineering, health, law and literacy to mathematics, pharmacology, women’s studies, zoology and more. • Cambridge Journals Online • Covers Cambridge University Press's collection of over 200 e-journals in subject areas of sciences, social sciences and humanities. • Environment CompleteEnvironment 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: 1980-2012Providing 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 LibraryCoverage: VariesAn 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. • GreenFILECoverage: VariesIt 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) … • GreenrCoverage: VariesThe 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 EncyclopediaCoverage: VariesA 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 EditionCoverage: 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: VariesIt 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. • MyiLibraryCoverage: VariesProvides 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 PressCoverage: VariesOxford University Press provide access to over 150 journals subscribed by the Library. Subject covers humanities, life sciences, mathematics, medicine, physical sciences and social sciences. • PAISCoverage: 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 LibraryCoverage: 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 DatabasesCoverage: VariesThis provides simultaneous searching on Dissertations & Theses, Research Library databases in the subject areas of science and technology.

15. More databases (v) … • Science Direct Coverage: VariesProvides electronic access to over 240 Elsevier journals and over 350 e-books subscribed by the Library. • ScopusCoverage: 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. • SpringerLinkCoverage: VariesOver 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 ScienceScience Citation Index is a "multidisciplinary index to international science literature." • Wiley Online Library Coverage: VariesEducation, 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: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。

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. • 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

25. 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_individual_actions/climateers/beaclimateer/whos_climateering/michelle_law/

26. 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/Global_Warming_2010.pdf • HK Public Museums: • http://www.museums.gov.hk/web/portal/students.html

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”. • http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr07-08/english/panels/ea/papers/ea0128cb1-647-19-e.pdf

28. 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

29. More classroom resources … • E-learning for kids: ”Environmental skills – Global warming” • http://e-learningforkids.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

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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