Elizabeth Stephan Librarian for the College of Business and Economics
CBE Reference hours:
CBE Office PH45/45B
Oct 13 - Dec 2
Tuesday 1:30-3:30
Wednesday 9:30-11:30
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Haggard Hall 226
Phone: 360-650-2061
Email: Elizabeth Stephan
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Find Books and more in our Library Use the Library Catalog to locate materials within our collection. The Library Catalog provides location, call number and bibliographic information for the books, journals, newspapers, selected government documents, microforms and other media, as well as online or electronic resources owned or accessed by the Western Libraries.
Books and other resources can be found in the Western Library catalog or the Summit catalog by searching by subject. Please use the following Library of Congress subject headings
EBSCO (All Databases) EBSCO (All Databases) is a combination of Academic Search Complete (a scholarly, multi-disciplinary database, with more than 10,000 journals, with more than 5,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed journals) and Business Source Complete (a full-text index to journals in business, management, marketing, etc.)
EconLit • Dates covered: 1969-current
EconLit contains citations, with abstracts, of articles from over 400 economics journals. In addition, subject indexing and abstracts of books and dissertations are included. Corresponding print sources are the Journal of Economic Literature, Index of Economic Articles, and the Cambridge University Press Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics. Site License.
Environmental Universe
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JSTOR JSTOR provides searchable full-text access to backfiles of core scholarly journals in many fields including African American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Language & Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology, and Statistics. There is a gap, usually from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the content available in JSTOR. Site License.
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HB1.A1 P822
• Dates covered: 1972-current
• Check Catalog PAIS contains over 400,000 citations and abstracts of journal articles, books, book chapters, conference proceedings, government documents, and statistical directories. Site License.
Atlas of United States environmental issues / Mason, Robert J., 1955- • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference G1201.G3 M3 1990
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Reference Works: Bibliographies
Beacham's guide to environmental issues & sources • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference GE115 .B43 1993
• Check Catalog This is a bibiography of literature related to environmental issues worldwide. Topics include energy, transportation, environmental economics, sustainable development, third world food supply and different types of pollution.
The greening of industry resource guide and bibliography / Groenewegen, Peter (editor) • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HC79.E5 G6924 1996
• Check Catalog Analysis and commentary from sources that examine environmental issues. Chapters address specific economic, social, and technical aspects, such as environmental performance assessment, cleaner production, strategic cooperation and product life cycle management, and more. Entries are a series of essays and annotated references and includes overview and introduction to the field.
Reference Works: Dictionaries
A dictionary of environmental economics, science and policy / Grafton, R. Quentin, 1962- • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HC79.E5 G685 2001
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General Resources
Eco-portal Eco-Portal is a guide to environmentalist views and news on the Web.
Environmental resource web (ER-Web) / ER-Web Environmental Resource Web (erWEB) is a comprehensive web utility that conveys current information about the Environmental Industry to all sectors of American society. In this way, erWEB is helping Americans understand and utilize the products and services of the emerging Environmental Industry.
EPA Federal Register / United States. Environmental Protection Agency This is a searchable database containing a list of all EPA Federal Register documents back to 1994. It is useful to see what sort of environmental issues a company has faced. It does provide some environmental impact statements.
Mandala Projects / Lee, Jim The Mandala Projects includes collections of case studies focussing on international trade, environmental issues, conflict, and culture; course syllabi; and links to other websites. These are categorized under the headings of Trade Environment Database (TED), Inventory of Conflict and Environment (ICE); Global Classroom (GC); and Developing Projects.
Scorecard / Environmental Defense This is a popular resource for information about pollution problems and toxic chemicals. The database is searchable by company, zip code, or state to determine the type/s of pollution problems which exist.
World resources : a report by the World Resources Institute and the International Institute for Environment and Development • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HC10 .W827
• Check Catalog Reports are issued every several years. The 2005 edition is subtitled The Wealth of the Poor: Managing ecosystems to fight poverty. "Ecosystems are -- or can be -- the wealth of the poor. For many of the 1.1 billion people living in severe poverty, nature has always been a daily lifeline -- an asset for those with few other material assets."
Environment Industry Information
Industry sector notebooks / United States Environmental Protection Agency The Sector Notebook series is a unique set of profiles containing a wealth of sector-specific environmental information. Each Notebook includes:
a comprehensive environmental profile
industrial process information
pollution prevention techniques
pollutant release data
regulatory requirements
compliance/enforcement history
government and industry partnerships
innovative programs
bibliographic references
Standard and Poor's industry surveys; Jan. 1973- / Standard and Poor's • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HC106.6.S74
• Dates covered: current years are in Reference
• Check Catalog These are concise investment profiles for a wide range of key industries, including non-manufacturing industries such as retail and service. The profiles include a summary of the current state of the industry, trends, a section on "how the industry operates", and analysis of companies within an industry. Individual surveys also contain an overview, financial analysis and projections, rankings of top companies, market share, and much more.
Value line investment survey / Value Line Inc. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HG4501 .V26
• Check Catalog Value Line is a geared towards investors, but knowing the financial performance of a company and its competitors is another way to sum up a company and industry. Value Line is updated quarterly. Included for each company is an analyst commentary on the future performance expectations of a company's stock. Companies in Value Line are organized by industry and each industry has a one-page summary.
Environment Policies
Corporate environmental policies / Graham, John W., 1961- • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HD30.255 .G72 1999
• Check Catalog This book contains over 230 environmental policies from leading corporations in more than 20 countries. Entries are arranged alphabetically by the name of the company but there is a geographical and industry index.
