Research Guides: Geography and Environmental Resources: Research Resources

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OpenSIUC

Climate Change Indicators

Climate Change Indicators in the United States, EPA
EPA partners with more than 50 data contributors from various government agencies, academic institutions, and other organizations to compile a key set of indicators related to the causes and effects of climate change.

Key Databases

Also Try

Alexandria Digital Library

GPO Catalog of Government Publications

TOXMAP Environmental Health Maps

Web of Science Core Collection

Search Morris Library's Catalog

Search for books, ebooks, journals, government documents, DVDs, CDs, and more.

Can't find it at Morris?

Request items from around the world through Interlibrary Loan. Check and request books from I-Share first before requesting books through this service.

Interlibrary Loan
Request books that you can't find at Morris Library or through I-Share. Articles are usually delivered to your @siu email; books are delivered to the first floor circulation desk at Morris Library.
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WorldCat
Worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 member institutions. If you find a resource in WorldCat, check in the library catalog to see if Morris Library or an I-Share library own a copy. If not, try Interlibrary Loan.

Dissertations and Theses

For in-depth arguments (often) not yet published, try these databases of dissertations and theses.

Morris Library Catalog
Searchable catalog of print and electronic materials accessible through Morris Library. Includes books, journals, eBooks, government documents, DVDs, CDs, and more.
Dissertations and Theses @ Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Contains Ph.D. dissertations and Master's theses produced by SIUC students. Full text PDFs are included when available. Note: records include an option to buy a print or microform copy of a dissertation or thesis, but Morris Library can loan its print copies of dissertations and theses for free.
Dissertations and Theses Global
Includes dissertations and theses from around the world, offering millions of works from thousands of universities. Full-text coverage spans from 1743 to the present, with citation coverage dating back to 1637.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
Includes more than one million electronic theses and dissertations from across the globe. Faceted searches available by language, continent, country, date, format, and source institution. Not all theses and dissertations included are open-access.
Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)
Indexes over 1.8 million theses and dissertations from more than 800 colleges, universities, and research institutions
Research Papers from SIUC
Primarily papers written after 2008. Search the library catalog for older papers.

R. Buckminster Fuller

Morris Library owns the following maps and other materials by R. Buckminster Fuller. Click the links for more information about each item and visit Geospatial Resources on the 4th floor to see them.

Maps

Dymaxion airocean world: the Raleigh edition of Fuller projection
1954 edition, published 1982
Dymaxion airocean world: the Raleigh edition of Fuller projection
1954 edition, published 2009
Dymaxion sky - ocean world
Dymaxion sky-ocean world: Grip-Kitrick edition of Fuller projection
Fuller projection Dymaxion air-ocean world
R.R. Donnelley and Sons Co. edition
Fuller projective-transformation
Our spaceship Earth: one island in one ocean ... from space
The spaceship Earth Dymaxion globe

Text

Airocean world planning
Describes Fuller's assumptions and strategies for traffic patterns.
[Buckminster Fuller exhibition illustrations]
The dymaxion sky-ocean world map: R. Buckminster Fuller and Shoji Sadao, cartographers.
A description by the SIU Design Initiative of Fuller's projection technique and map.
Latitudinal-longitudinal orientation of spherical icosahedron vertexial control points on R.B. Fuller air-ocean world map
Remapping our world
An article by Fuller published in "Today's Education".
World one : Waterocean ; World two : Airocean