NCLC 210: Sustainable World

Don't count out books as a valuable resource for your project.  Books are a great way to get a broad overview and/or specific information on a topic.  Remember that you don't necessarily have to read the whole thing... most chapters in scholarly books can be read as you would an article from a journal.

Here are a few suggestions for searching the Library's Catalog.

Start with keywords related to your topic:

Electronics AND sustainability           Electronics AND environmental        Electronics AND (recycling OR waste)

"sustainable agriculture"        Coffee AND industry        Clothing AND production       

renewable AND (fuel OR energy) AND production     

Your keyword searching may also lead you to potentially useful Subject Headings such as these:

Industries-- environmental aspects        Green technology        Business enterprises-- environmental aspects

Food industry and trade-- environmental aspects        Coffee industry

Product life cycle        Product life cycle-- environmental aspects        Recycling industry        Recycling (waste, etc.)             

Search these catalogs to locate the books you need.  Also included in the library catalog are videos, music, maps, government publications, e-books, and more!

Library books are assigned call numbers (based on the subject of the book) using the Library of Congress (LC) Classification system.

Materials are shelved alphabetically and numerically by call number. Once you find a book's call number in the library’s catalog, you can find it on the shelf, and browse for other items with similar call numbers.

Call numbers have two formats as shown below:

In the catalog: (read from left to right)

Z678.H9 1987