Energy and the Environment
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Current Environmental Topics
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Global Warming & Climate Change |
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Hot off the Press
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Reference Books at the Library
- Encyclopedia of Global Change: Environmental Change and Human Society
- The Environmental Guidebook
- Famous First Facts about the Environment
- Annual Air Quality Report - Michigan
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Magazines and Journals at the Library
- The library owns literally thousands of magazines and newspapers in print, microfiche, microfilm, and electronic formats. These magazines are located in the Reading Room, our Youth Services Department, the Grand Rapids History and Special Collections Department, and our Retrieval Desk at the Main library, as well as at each of our branches.
- Search our catalog for specific titles or browse a more comprehensive A to Z list. Our catalog will tell you the dates we own, the most recent issues we've received, and which locations hold these magazines and newspapers.
- Search our databases for full-text articles and citations from thousands more magazines and newspapers. Check MeL (the Michigan Electronic Library) to find out if a magazine's full-text articles are included in a database. For a list of all magazines included in our databases, either as full-text or as a brief citation, search here.
- Below are links to the catalog for current subscriptions in specific subject areas as well as links to these titles' websites.
| Adbusters
American Forests Audubon E: The Environmental Magazine Great Lakes Bulletin Jack Pine Warbler Michigan Botanist |
catalog catalog | website website | Michigan Environmental Report
North Woods Call OnEarth Outside People, Land & Water Sierra Yes |
catalog catalog | website website |
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Databases
These subscription databases are openly accessible to all patrons from any of our library locations. Home access is limited to Grand Rapids Public Library cardholders only.
Science Resource Center(InfoTrac) from Michigan Electronic Library
Browse a list of all GRPL Databases
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Community Resources
- City of Grand Rapids Environmental Services
- The Environment Report from the Great Lakes Radio Consortium
- Land Conservancy of West Michigan
- Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation
- Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
- Michigan Environmental Council
- Michigan Landuse Institute
- Rain Gardens of West Michigan
- West Michigan Environmental Action Council
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Web Resources
- Alternative Fuels Data Center
- Earth 911 Find practical advice on everything green.
- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy U.S. Dept. of Energy
- Environmental Protection Agency
- National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition
- Science.gov Explore selected science websites by topic
- World Resources Institute
