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Image copyright: Pat & Rosemarie Keough | This resource guide was created to accompany the international traveling exhibit, ANTARCTICA - Passion and Obsession, hosted by Western Washington University Libraries, April through June, 2008. The exhibition showcased the exquisite photographs and award-winning book Antarctica by Pat and Rosemarie Keough. This guide offers a sampling of resources available from Western Libraries, and points to more, to help students and others with their research into topics inspired by the exhibition. The guide's focus is on major themes suggested by the Keoughs' project on Antarctica: environment and geology, discovery and exploration, birds and marine mammals, and the arts of photography and bookmaking. The emphasis is on selected reference sources and also includes some seminal and recent works, article databases, journals, videos, and children's literature. Citations link to bibliographic records in the online catalog to verify item location and availability. |
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Find Books & More
Use Western Libraries website to find materials for your research. Search the library catalog for books, videos, government documents and more using keywords or subject terms. For more information, see the How to Use the Library Catalog Guide.
Here are some works on particular areas of research about Antarctica, with suggested subject terms to use to find more:
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Environment & Geology
The Keoughs write that "Antarctica is a harsh land of extremes ... and of superlatives. Magnificent on a grand scale, it can also be hostile and unforgiving.... It is the coldest, the windiest and the most isolated of the seven continents, as well as the highest and the driest. Antarctica, a desert, ironically has over 70 percent of the world’s freshwater locked up by ice and snow in a great polar ice cap which smothers nearly the entire landscape. The very whiteness of this continent reflects the sun’s warming rays, thus perpetuating its frozen state in spite of the fact that in summer Antarctica is the sunniest continent on earth.” [from their web site, http://www.keough-art.com]
The main subject heading in Western Libraries catalog is Antarctica. For more sources, try the narrower terms South Pole or Antarctic Ocean. Find works on many other topics using the subject term Antarctica with subheadings like birds, geology, glaciers, maps, marine animals, marine pollution, meteorites, natural resources, paleontology, or zoology.
- Antarctica : an encyclopedia from Abbott ice shelf to zooplankton
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference G855 .A58 2002
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- Encyclopedia of the Antarctic
Location(s): Haggard 2 -Reference G855 .E55 2007 v. 1-2
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- Antarctica / compiled and drawn in the Cartographic Division of the National Geographic Society for the National Geographic magazine ; James M. Darley, chief cartographer
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- Antarctica, a new age of exploration / produced by National Geographic Maps for National Geographic Magazine ; Allen Carroll, chief cartographer ; design, Robert E. Pratt ; text, Lynne Warren ; art, Don Foley ; sea ice image, Mark R. Drinkwater, European
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- Antarctica ; Pinnipeds around the world / produced by the Cartographic Division, National Geographic Society [for] National Geographic magazine ; John B. Garver, Jr., chief cartographer ; Harold E. Aber, Jr., associate chief ; John F. Shupe, associate chi
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- International environmental disputes : a reference handbook
Location: Haggard 2 -Reference K3585 .S388 2006
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This work on international environmental law, part of the Contemporary World Issues series, contains a chapter titled "Antarctica: A Successful Mature Treaty Regime."
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Discovery & Exploration
Here are just a few works on the fascinating and challenging story of the discovery and exploration of Antarctica. To find more, use the main subject headings Antarctica discovery and exploration and Antarctica history, or try the narrower term Scientific expeditions Antarctica.
- A history of Antarctic science
• Location: Haggard 3 -Books G860 .F64 1992
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- Innocents on the ice : a memoir of Antarctic exploration, 1957
Location: Haggard 3 -Books G850 .B44 1998
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- Mountains of madness : a scientist's odyssey in Antarctica
Location: Wilson 4W -Books QE22.L755 A3 2001
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- Scott's last expedition : the journals
Location: Haggard 3 -Books G850 1910.S4 S36 1996
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- Shackleton [videorecording]
• Location: Wilson 2W-Video COLL (DVD) PN1997.A23 S5224 v. 1-3
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- Shackleton's forgotten men : the untold tragedy of the Endurance epic
• Location: Haggard 3 -Books G850 1915 .A63 2000
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Birds & Marine Mammals
Antarctica teems with birds and marine mammals, including Emperor and Adelie penguins, wandering albatrosses, petrels, skuas, terns, seals, and whales. Together the Keoughs photographed, authored, designed, and published ANTARCTICA, the first book in their “Explorer Series,” and the product of their 24-month sojourn exploring the Antarctic’s polar plateau, mountainous coasts, and icy seas. In keeping with the mission of the series to create beautiful books while assisting environmental and social causes, Pat and Rosemarie Keough have pledged all profits to international albatross conservation programs to help reverse the precipitous decline in the world’s population of albatrosses and large petrels. For more sources, try Antarctica with birds, marine animals or marine biology.
- Animals of the Antarctic; the ecology of the Far South
Location: Wilson 4W -Books QL106 .S76 1972
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- Antarctic bird studies
• Location: Wilson 4W -Books QL695 .A87
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- Antarctic wildlife
Location: Wilson 4W -Books QL106 .H67
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- Edward Wilson's Birds of the Antarctic
Location: Wilson 4W -Books-Oversize QL695 .W5
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- March of the penguins [videorecording]
Location: MediaDesk - Video Reserve QL696.S473 M367 2005
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- Oceanic birds of South America : a study of species of the related coasts and seas, including the American quadrant of Antarctica, based upon the Brewster-Sanford collection in the American Museum of Natural History / Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference QL689.A1 M8
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- The penguins : Spheniscidae
Location: Wilson 4W -Books QL696.S473 W55 1995
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Children's Literature
The Keoughs' stunning multimedia presentation at Western Washington University was open to familes from WWU and the wider community. The fascination with the cold continent, and its wildlife, is a cultural phenomenon - witness the popularity of the documentary film, March of the Penguins. Research on authors and illustrators of children's literature is becoming a strong focus at WWU, so here is a sample of nonfiction books and fictional stories about Antarctica written for children and young adults, located in the Children's Literature Interdisciplinary Collection of Western Libraries. For more sources, limit your search to Location: Children's Collection.
- Antarctica / Kim Stanley Robinson
Location(s): Wilson 4E-Children's Coll CHIL F R6624an 1998
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- Antarctica : journeys to the South Pole / Walter Dean Myers
Location: Wilson 4E-Children's Coll CHIL 919.8 M996an 2004
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- Black whiteness : Admiral Byrd alone in the Antarctic
Location(s): Wilson 4E-Children's Coll CHIL 919.8 B995b 1998
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- Braving the frozen frontier : women working in Antarctica
Location(s): Wilson 4E-Children's Coll CHIL 919.8 J687br 1997
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- My season with penguins : an Antarctic journal / Sophie Webb
• Location: Wilson 4E-Children's Collection QL696.S473 W42 2000
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- Winter of the white seal / Marie Herbert
• Location(s): Wilson 4E-Children's Coll CHIL F H537w
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Book Arts
Canadian photographers, book-artists and explorers Pat and Rosemarie Keough spent a decade creating the stunning art of the award-winning book, ANTARCTICA, a luxurious 27-pound tome considered by critics to be among the finest photography books of the modern era. This body-of-work encompasses landscapes, seascapes, ice, snow, wildlife, "the hand of man", abstracts, and realism. The book is bound by hand using antique bookbinding traditions. To date, the Keoughs have received 23 prestigious awards for excellence in photography, book arts, design, and printing. These awards include World's Best Photography Book, Nature Photographers of the Year, and Outstanding Book of the Year. For more information about the Keoughs and their project, visit their web site at http://www.keough-art.com.
Western Libraries' copy of Antarctica was purchased with the generous support of the Provost's Office, the Deans of the Colleges, and donors to Western Libraries. This magnificent tome with 336 stunning images, accompanied by its custom-made African mahogany display stand, is part of the Libraries' Rare Book Collection.
Here are just a few works on book arts. For more, try the subject heading bookbinding, or terms like book design, books-history or printing.
- The binding of books
• Location: Wilson 5 West Z271 .P46
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- The book : its history and development
• Location: Wilson 5 West Z4 .D27
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- Cover to cover : creative techniques for making beautiful books, journals & albums
Location: Wilson 5 West Z271 .L44 1995
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- The ideal book : essays and lectures on the arts of the book
Location: Wilson 5 West Z116.A3 M65425 1982
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- Meggs' history of graphic design
Location: Haggard 2 -Reference Z246 .M43 2006
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Photography
The Keoughs' work, which captures the rare beauty of Antarctica's mountains, glaciers and wildlife, is the result of two austral summers spent on the Antarctic continent. In a statement about their photography experience the Keoughs said, "We keenly felt the immensity of Antarctica and also a certain vulnerability.... Our photographs, many of which we composed together using one camera on one tripod, reflect our shared emotional response to what could easily be construed as overwhelming stimulus." Through their photography, the Keoughs portrayed the "white continent" as a place of magnificent color. They have captured "the myriad shades of white, blue, pink, purple, gold, and even green - colours which change throughout the long days at the whim of the weather and with the angle of the sun." [from their web site, http://www.keough-art.com] For more sources, try nature or landscape photography.
- The photography encyclopedia / McDarrah, Gloria S.
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference TR9 .M39 1999
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- A world history of photography / Rosenblum, Naomi.
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference TR15 .R67 1997
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- LANDSCAPE & NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
- Antarctica / Pat & Rosemarie Keough
• Location: Special Collections -- Rare Book Collection - Extra Oversize G860 .K34 2002
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Western Libraries' copy of Antarctica was purchased with the generous support of the Provost's Office, the Deans of the Colleges, and donors to Western Libraries. This magnificent tome, copy 405 of a limited signed edition of 950, with its 336 stunning images and accompanied by a custom-made African mahogany display stand, is part of the Libraries' Rare Book Collection.
- Creative techniques in landscape photography
• Location: Wilson 4W -Books TR660 .W67
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- John Shaw's nature photography field guide
• Location: Wilson 4W -Books TR721 .S52 2000
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- Landscape as photograph
• Location: Wilson 4W -Books TR660 .J87 1985
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- Picturing place : photography and the geographical imagination
• Location: Wilson 4W -Books TR660 .P52 2003
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Find Articles
To locate articles on specific topics use online or print indexes. Ask at the Reference & Information Desk for assistance or see the How to Locate Articles in Journals and Magazines guide.
- 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.)
- 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.
- ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES & BIOLOGY
- Biological and Medical Sciences
• Dates covered: 1982-current
This interdisciplinary database offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. Supporting over two dozen areas of expertise, this CSA database provides access to literature from over 6000 sources including serials, conference proceedings, technical reports, monographs and selected books and patents. Subfiles include ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts; Biological Sciences; Biology Digest; Conference Papers Index; MEDLINE; Oceanic Abstracts; and Plant Science
- Environmental Universe
Includes Environment Abstracts (1970-current ), which indexes more than 1,000 journals, plus government publications and conference papers. Many of the pre-2004 indexed publications can be found full-text in the Envirofiche collection, in Wilson Library 2West. Other databases, all full-text, include Environmental News (1975-current), Environmental Law Reviews (1981-current), etc. Site License.
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- GeoRef
• Dates covered: 1785-current
Produced by the American Geological Institute, GeoRef indexes and abstracts journals, special reports, etc. in geology, geophysics, and the earth sciences. Site License.
- Science Citation Index (Web of Science)
• Dates covered: 1990-current
Available via the Web of Science. A multidisciplinary citation index to the literature of science, technology, biomedicine, and related disciplines. Features include citation indexing, related records, and shared references. Consortium (12 Libraries) Share 15 Simultaneous Users.
- America: History and Life / ABC-Clio
• Dates covered: 1964-current
A bibliographic database indexing scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. The scope includes citations and abstracts of journal articles, dissertations, as well as book and media reviews. 6 Simultaneous Users.
- Historical Abstracts
• Dates covered: 1954-current
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Historical Abstracts Includes abstracts and citations of books, journal articles, books, and dissertations on world history from 1450 to the present, excluding the United States and Canada. Political, diplomatic, economic, religious, social, cultural, and intellectual history, as well as the history of science, technology, and medicine are represented. 6 Simultaneous Users.
- Art Index
• Location: N1 .A59 (Wilson 1 East - Periodicals)
• Dates covered: 1984-current
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This international index covers contemporary art, art history, architecture, archaeology, computers in art, crafts, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, motion pictures, museology, photography, textiles, and related fields. Reproductions of works of art appearing in periodicals are also indexed. The print version of Art Index provides coverage back to 1929. 12 Simultaneous Users.
- Bibliography of the History of Art
• Dates covered: 1973-current
The Bibliography of the History of Art covers European and American art from late antiquity to the present, indexing and abstracting art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs, and articles from more than 2,500 periodicals. Updated quarterly. Unrestricted access.
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Journals
Here are some scholarly journals from Western Libraries' subscriptions in which you will find articles about Antarctica. Some of the journals can be browsed online and offer articles in fulltext.
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More Resources
- Summit
Summit is the combined library catalog of Pacific Northwest academic libraries. Use Summit to locate and request materials like books and videos which are not available from Western Libraries. To access Summit, search our library catalog first, then choose the option to Repeat search in Summit.
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Additional Help
Help locating information for your research project is available.
Come in to the Reference & Information Desk on Haggard 2.
Call Reference & Information at 360-650-3094.
Request quick help online using email reference.
Contact a subject librarian.
- LIBRARIANS for Antarctica subject areas:
- Margaret Fast
Librarian for Art, History, Modern & Classical Languages, East Asian Studies, Classics and Linguistics, Humanities Reference
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