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Credo Reference

A digital reference library that provides information from more than 600 high-quality reference books from the world's leading publishers.

• Dictionary of Environmental Science and Technology
• The Princeton Guide to Ecology
• The Environmental Debate: A Documentary History
• Guide to Global Hazards
• Encyclopedia of Energy
• Encyclopedia of Volcanoes
• Field Guide to Rivers of North America
• Guide to the Oceans
• The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography

Gale Virtual Reference Library

 Provides searchable full text of 267 Reference works in 16 subject areas including Science: 

• Environmental Encyclopedia 4th ed. 2v 2011
• Biodiversity, 2014
• Encyclopedia of Global Warming & Climate Change, 2nd ed., 3 V. 2012
• Encyclopedia of Environmental Change,  3 V. 2014
• Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability Vol. 5: Ecosystems Management and Sustainability, 2012
• Encyclopedia of Sustainability, 3v, 2010
• Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy, 2v, 2009
• Environmental Leadership: A Reference Handbook., 2012
• Human Geography: People and the Environment, 2v, 2013

Salem Science

• Biomes & Ecosystems, 4. volumes, 2013
• Encyclopedia of Global Resources, 4 volumes, 2010 

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