Global warming
Posted by rcslibrarian on March 27, 2007
I’ve had some requests for help finding information about global warming recently. Here’s some tips to get you started…
Think about the keywords you use when searching for information. What other words and phrases are associated with global warming? Climate change? Greenhouse effect? Can you think of any more? Do they all mean the same thing or are they different?
Books
There are some books in the library that may help you. Here are a few to get you started. The numbers in brackets at the end of each line are Dewey numbers. You can find these on the spines of every non-fiction book in the library. Follow the labels on the shelves to help you find them.
Allaby, M. Greenhouse effect and other issues. [363.7]
Hare, T. Greenhouse effect. [363.7]
Peckham, A. Global warming. [333.7]
Websites
Remember to use your different keywords and phrases when searching for information on the Internet.
Climate change and Climate change: in depth
These webpages from the BBC contains lots of links to news articles and explanations about climate change and its implications.
Climate change experiment results
This webpage from explains a recent experiment that the BBC conducted and shows the results for how climate change will affect the UK and the world and gives suggestions for what individuals can do to make a difference.
EPA Climate Change Kids Site
This America website has lots of information and is easy to navigate. Check out Climate Change – What it is first to find useful definitions of climate change, global warming and the greenhouse effect.
Global warming
This is a website from CBBC that is very easy to understand and covers all the important issues about global warming.
Global warming – an overview
Written by Helen Willetts from BBC Weather, this webpage outlines what is meant by the term ‘global warming’. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to find a link to the follow up article explaining what can be done to halt global warming.
