Sustainability

Sources for background information

• Dictionary of Ecology
• Dictionary of Environment and Conservation
• Encyclopedia of Earth
• Encyclopedia of Ecology and Environmental Management
• Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy
• International Encyclopedia of Human Geography
• The Oxford Companion to Global Change

Searching the library catalogue

Use the basic word(s) anywhere or advanced keyword search in the library catalogue. You can search using terms like - sustainability, sustainab?, "life cycle costing", etc.

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Library Catalogue subject headings of interest (click and retrieve books and films on these topics)

• Campus planning -- environmental aspects
• Consumption (environment) -- environmental aspects
• Economic development -- environmental aspects
• Education -- environmental aspects
• Environmental economics
• Environmental education
• Green technology
• Local transit -- environmental aspects
• Political ecology
• Sustainability -- moral and ethical aspects
• Sustainable architecture
• Sustainable design
• Sustainable development
• Technological innovations -- environmental aspects
• Universities and colleges -- environmental aspects

Article databases

Subject-specific

• GreenFILE 
  Focuses on human impact on the environment. Topics covered include green issues, global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
• GREENR
  Devoted to the study of sustainability and the environment and provides access to academic articles, news articles, background information, video, primary source documents and statistics.
• PAIS International
  Covers global public policy, social issues, demography, environmental studies, general social sciences.
• ProQuest Environmental Science Collection

Multidisciplinary

• ABI/Inform Global
  General management and business database covering many sustainability issues.
• CBCA Complete 
  Covers Canadian business and current affairs; includes some newspaper sources.
• Google Scholar
  Searches scholarly literature across disciplines and sources.
• Scopus
  Multidisciplinary database with excellent coverage of the sciences.
• Web of Science
  Multidisciplinary database.

Government websites

• Ville de Montréal - Développment durable
• Environment Canada
• Recyc-Québec (French)
• Développement durable - Développement durable, Environnement et Parcs Québec (French)
• United Nations Environment Programme
• United States Environmental Protection Agency

Newspaper articles

• Canadian Newsstand  (ProQuest)
  A searchable full-text database of major Canadian daily newspapers. Major titles include Calgary Herald (1988-), Edmonton Journal (1989-), Halifax Daily News (1990-), Montreal Gazette (1985-), National Post (1998-), Ottawa Citizen (1985-), Toronto Star (1985-), Vancouver Sun (1987-).
• Factiva 
  Canadian and international news sources. Search by date, newspaper, author, keyword, subject.
• Lexis-Nexis 
  Local and international news and legal sources.
• PressDisplay 
  Browse recent newspapers from around the world as if you were browsing their print counterparts.

Other resources

• Campus Sustainability Discussion Forums - Association for the Advancement of Sustainbility in Higher Education (AASHE)
• Canada Green Building Council
• Environment Canada
• EcoTrust
• Équiterre
  Nonprofit involved in consulting, awareness building, and research projects
• Ressources sur le développement durable
  Online directory for sustainable development published by La Maison du développement durable (French)
  Broken down into eight categories: food and agriculture; responsible consumption; major issues; housing and contruction; horticulture and greening; waste; transportation
• McGill Sustainability Office