The decision to select library materials is the responsibility of the Liaison Librarian, Margaret Aquan-Yuen in consultation with the Faculty Library Representative, Robert Gibson.
Materials are collected to serve the teaching and research needs of the students and faculty in the Department of Environment and Resource Studies. The Department offers Honours Environment and Resource Studies (BES) and Master of Environmental Studies (MES) degrees.
The focus of the department is oriented toward the study of the many dimensions of human inter-relationships with various environments, including natural and managed landscapes, buildings and cities, small groups, communities, and whole societies.
Core materials in English and French are preferred. Materials in any European Language are collected if appropriate.
Canada, United States and Europe are areas of special interest. Library acquisitions are not restricted by geographic limitations.
Primary emphasis is on contemporary material.
Priority is given to materials published in North America and Europe.
Focus on contemporary material.
In general, the Library does not acquire any type of materials in a format for which access cannot be provided in the Library.
The following types of materials are generally included: Books, periodicals, reference works, government publications and textbooks in print or electronic format as appropriate.
The following types of materials are collected selectively: Conference proceedings symposia reports, theses and government publications.
The following types of materials are excluded: Films slides and videos.
| Human and Ecological Systems | |
| Environmental assessment | 4 |
| Ecological monitoring | 4 |
| Climate change | 4 |
| Landscape ecology | 3 |
| Restoration ecology | 4 |
| Healthy and sustainable communities | 4 |
| Urban ecology | 4 |
| Ecological and human health | 4 |
| Sustainable Agriculture | 3 |
| Systems thinking/systems ecology | 4 |
| Environmental Action, Planning and Governance | |
| Adaptive management | 4 |
| Natural resources and environmental policy | 4 |
| Environmental economics | 4 |
| Green business | 4 |
| Energy resources | 4 |
| Water | 4 |
| Park management | 4 |
| Waste management | 4 |
| Mining resource policy | 4 |
| Forest resource policy | 4 |
| Biodiversity conservation | 4 |
| Environmental decision making | 4 |
| Public administration | 4 |
| Global environmental governance | 4 |
| Eco activism | 4 |
| Environmental justice | 4 |
| Environmental journalism | 4 |
| Sustainability | |
| Environmental ethics | 4 |
| Environmental thought | 4 |
| Environmental philosophy | 4 |
| Ecofeminism | 4 |
| Gender | 4 |
| Conserver society | 4 |
0. Out of Scope
The library does not collect in this subject.
1. Minimal Information Level
The collection supports minimal inquiries about this subject with a limited selection of monographs and reference works.
2. Basic Information Level
The collection serves to introduce and define the subject. Only the most important reference works, general surveys, the most significant works of major authors, and a limited selection of representative general periodicals are collected.
3. Instructional Support Level
The collection supports all courses of undergraduate study and master’s degree programmes. Materials collected include a wide range of reference works, fundamental bibliographic tools, and an extensive collection of monographs and periodicals. Access to owned or remotely-accessed electronic resources, including texts, journals, data sets, etc. is provided.
4. Research Level
The collection includes major published source materials required for doctoral study and independent research in the subject. All formats, including appropriate foreign-language titles, are acquired. Historically important monographs, archival materials, and back-runs of serials are acquired as necessary.
5. Comprehensive Level
The collection is exhaustive in its depth and scope. All relevant materials, in all formats and applicable languages, are retained and preserved. The collection may he recognised as a national resource.
All collections should be systematically reviewed for currency of information and to ensure that essential and important resources are retained. Superseded editions and titles containing outdated information should he withdrawn as necessary. Classic retrospective materials should be retained and preserved to serve the needs of historical research.
Adapted from RLG guidelines.
| BF 353 | Environmental psychology |
| GC 1000-1581 | Marine pollution |
| GE 1-350 | Environmental sciences |
| GF 1-900 | Human ecology |
| GV 1-200.6 | Tourism |
| HC 79.E5 | Environmental policy and economic development. Sustainable development |
| HC 79 P55 | Pollution |
| HC 79 W3 | Waste |
| HC 79 W32 | Water pollution |
| HD 30.255 | Environmental aspects of industrial management |
| HD 1690-1702 | Water resources development |
| HD 2329 | Industrialization |
| HD 7285-7391 | Housing |
| HD 9502-9503 | Energy Industries. Energy policy. Fuel trade. |
| HT 101-384 | Urban sociology. Cities and towns |
| JA 75.8 | Political Science-Political ecology (including Green Movement) |
| JS 141-231 | Municipal government |
| K 3581-3595 | Environmental law. Environmental pollution |
| KE 3575-3635 | Canada. Public health. Sanitation. Environmental pollution. |
| QH 75-77 | Nature conservation. Landscape protection. |
| QH 540-549.5 | Ecology |
| QK 901-938 | Plant ecology |
| RA 565-600 | Environmental health |
| RA 1190-1270 | Toxicology |
| S 589.7 | Agricultural ecology - general |
| S 622-627 | Soil Conservation and protection |
| S 900 - 972 | Natural resources conservation |
| SB 481-485 | Parks and public reservations |
| SD 411-428 | Forestry - conservation and protection |
| SD 430-557 | Forestry - exploitation and utilization |
| SK351-356 | Wildlife management. Game protection |
| T 14.5 | Technology - social aspects |
| TD168-193.5 | Environmental protection; environmental pollution |
| TD 194-196 | Environmental effects of industries & plants |
| TD 201-500 | Water supply for domestic & Industrial purposes (includes water conservation; water pollution & water reuse) |
| TD 785-812 | Municipal refuse. Solid waste |
| TD 813-870 | Street cleaning. Litter and its removal |
| TD 877-893 | Pollution - soil pollution; soil remediation |
| TD 895-899 | Industrial and factory sanitation |
| TJ 163.26-163.5 | Energy conservation |
The Library continues to explore various initiatives from a TriUniversity Group and Ontario Council of University libraries perspective.
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