Focus on Global Warming

Compiled by: R. Dealy

Introduction
Books, government documents, and periodicals on Global Warming may be found listed in the Libraries' catalog by keyword or subject heading searches using "Global Warming." Materials listed here represent items on both the Queens and Staten Island campuses. Those available only on the Queens campus have been marked with an asterisk (*).

The following items are representative samples from the Libraries' collections.

Circulating Books
This is a selective list of books that can be checked out from the Queens and/or Staten Island Libraries.

Christianson, Gale E. Greenhouse: The 200-Year Story of Global Warming. New York: Walker and Company, 1999. (Science QC981.8.G56 C48 1999) *

Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis: Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the IntergovernmentalPanel on Climate Change. Edited by J.T. Houghton et al. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. (Science QC981.8.C5 C511345 2001) *

Climate Variability, Climate Change, and Social Vulnerability in theSemi-Arid Tropics. Edited by Jesse C. Ribot et al. Cambridge: New York, Cambridge University Press, 1996. (Science QC981.8.C5 C62 1996) *

Drake, Frances. Global Warming: The Science of Climate Change. London: Arnold, 2000. (Science QC981.8.G56 D73 2000) *

Encyclopedia of Global Change. Edited by Andrew S. Goudie. 2 vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. *

Evaluating Climate Change Action Plans: National Actions forInternational Commitment. Edited by James C. White. New York: Plenum Press, c1996. (Science QC981.8.C5 E944 1996) *

Global Warming and Biological Diversity. Edited by Robert L. Peters and Thomas E. Lovejoy. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. (Science QH543 .G56 1992) *

Jepma, C.J. Climate Change Policy: Facts, Issues, and Analyses. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. (Science QC981.8.C5 J47 1998) *

Lamb, H.H. Climate, History, and the Modern World. London: Routledge, 1995. (Science QC981.L277 1995) *

Nordhaus, William D. Warming the World: Economic Models of GlobalWarming. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, c2000. (Science QC981.8lG56 .N67 2000) *

Turekian, Karl K. Global Environmental Change: Past, Present, andFuture. Upper Saddle river, NJ: Prentice Hall, c1996. (Science QC861.2 .T87 1996) *

Victor, David G. The Collapse of the Kyoto Protocol and the Struggleto Slow Global Warming. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, c2001. (Science QC981.8lG56 V53 2001) *

Reference Books
This is a selective list of books that are located in the Reference section of the Queens and/or Staten Island Libraries. These materials are for in-library use only.

Newton, David E. Global Warming: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, Calif.:ABC-CLIO, c1993. (Science Ref. QC981.8.G56 N48 1993) *

Government Documents
The following is a selective list of materials located in the Government Documents collection on the Queens campus. These materials are for in-library use only.

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Global Warming. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993-. (Gov. Doc. Y 4.EN 2/3:103-167) *

United States. Congress. House. Committee on governmental Reform and Oversight. The Kyoto Protocol: Is the Clinton-Gore AdministrationSelling Out Americans? U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999. (Gov. Doc. Y 4.G74/7:K 99/2) *

United States. Congress. House. Committee on on Science. Roadfrom Koyoto. U.S. Government Printing Office, 4 vols., 1999. (Gov.Doc. Y 4.SCI 2:105-76) *

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. ClimateChange: The State of the Science. U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001. (Gov. Doc. Y 4.SCI 2:107-13) *

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Fiscal Year2001 Climate Change Budget Authorization Request. U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001. (Gov. Doc. Y 4.SCI 2:106-94/V.1-2) *

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Examining the Koyoto Treaty on Climate Change and ItsEffect on the Agricultural Economy. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999. (Gov. Doc. Y 4.AG 8/3:S.HRG.105-823) *

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Agency for International Development and U.S. Climate Change Policy. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999. (Gov. Doc. Y 4.F 76/2:S.HRG.106-242) *

United States. Report of the National Assessment Synthesis Team, US Global Change Research Program. Climate Change Impacts onthe United States: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variabilityand Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. (Gov.Doc. NS 1.2:C 61/FOUNDA.) *

Periodicals
This is a selective list of periodicals to which the Queens and/or Staten Island Libraries subscribe and that contain articles relevant to this topic. Please note that some periodical titles are available in electronic full-text format (see Full Text eJournals).

  • Annual Review of Energy and the
  • Environment *
  • Economist
  • Environmental Diplomacy *
  • Environmental Heath Perspectives *
  • Ethics and the Environment
  • Global Environment Outlook
  • Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • Science and Technology Review *
  • Time

Online Databases
These are online databases that are of particular interest for this subject. Selected databases include full-text coverage of journal articles. Also included are the citations of a number of articles that may be useful for this topic. For a complete listing of our databases, please check the Libraries' Databases A-Z page.

  • Dialog @ Carl
  • EBSCOhost (full text)
  • Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
  • Health Reference Center-Academic
  • High Wire Press
  • Los Alamos/NSF Archive
  • Medline
  • ProQuest (full text)
  • Science Direct
  • Toxline
The following is a selection of articles from ProQuest, using the search term Global Warming.

Anonymous. A Bill to Control Global Warming. Earth Island Journal, San Francisco, Autumn 2001, p. 12.

Anonymous. Ignoring Evidence of Global Warming A Risky Gamble. National Catholic Reporter, Kansas City, January 11, 2002, p. 20.

Broecker, Wallace S. Glaciers That Speak in Tongues and Other Tales of Global Warming. Natural History, New York, October 2001, pgs. 60-69.

Hengeveld, Henry. Global Warming: The Science of Climate Change. Bulleting of the American Meteorological Society, Boston, September 2001, 2 pgs.

Lindsay, James M. Global Warming Heats Up: Uncertainties, Both Scientific and Political, Lie Ahead. The Brookings Review, Washington, Fall 2001, issue 4.

Masibay, Kim Y. Does My Gas Cause Global Warming? ScienceWorld, New York, January 21, 2002, pgs 18-19.

Pistorio, Pasquale. Global Warming: Business' Biggest Economic Threat. Chief Executive, New York, October 2001, p. 18.

Schneider, Stephen. Global Warming: Neglecting the Complexities. Scientific American, New York, January 2002, pgs. 62-65.

Wirth, Timothy. Hot Air Over Kyoto: The United States and the Politics of Global Warming. Harvard International Review, Cambridge, Winter 2002. pgs 72-77.

E-Books
The following are relevant e-book selections from the Libraries' NetLibrary collection.

Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions. Committee on the Science of Climate Change. National Research Council, 2001.

Evaluating Vehicle Emissions Inspection and Maintenance Programs. Committee on Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance Programs, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Transportation Research Board. National Research Council, 2001.

Global Climate Change. Edited by Andrew J. Hoffman. San Francisco: Lexington Books, 1998.

Sayre, April Pulley. El Niqo And La Niqa. Brookfield, Conn.: Twenty-First Century Books, 2000.

The Fragile Tropics of Latin America: Sustainable Management of Changing Environments. Edited by Toshie Nishizawa and Juha I. Uitto. HTML at UNU Press.

Web Sites
The following list contains links to a few web sites on this topic that have been selected for the quality and relevance of their content.

CIESIN Thematic Guide: Human Health and Global Environmental Change
Information and documents provided by the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network.

Congressional Research Service Reports
Background reports and issue briefs prepared for the U.S. Congress by CRS, a part of the Library of Congress

Globelaw: International and Transnational Law
Sources and Reference Material for International Conventions and International Law and Policy.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPCC was established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). Assesses scientific, technical, and socio-economic information relevant to human induced climate change.

* Available only at the Library on the Queens Campus.