Subject Headings
The library’s Reference Room and general book collections are organized using the Library of Congress system of subject headings. Some online databases use the same subject headings we use in the library. Use of these subject headings can make you a more effective researcher.

Listed below are some of the subject headings applicable to sustainability and green design. Click on the links to go to the library catalog and conduct a search within these subject headings.

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Reference and Background Information
Refer to these background information sources found in the library's Reference Room when you are just starting to research a topic. Click on the title to see the catalog record for the item.

A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Reference Room QH540.4 .L56 1998

Encyclopedia of Global Change: Environmental Change and Human Society

Reference Room GE149 .E47 2002

 

The Environment Dictionary

Reference Room GE10 .K45 1998

 

The Environmental Dictionary and Regulatory Cross Reference

Reference Room KF3775.A68 K57 1995

 

Environmental Encyclopedia

Reference Room GE10 .E38 2003

Interior Concerns Resource Guide: A Guide to Sustainable and Healthy Products and Educational Information for Designing and Building

Reference Room NA2542.35 .S36 1993

 

A Visual Dictionary of Architecture

Reference Room NA31 .C44 1995

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Books

Books about sustainability and green design will be found in many sections of the library. In addition to finding books under the subjects of architecture (NA) and building construction (TH), you will also find relevant books under the subjects of human ecology (GF), social reform (HN), and environmental sciences (GE). Use the subject headings listed above to guide your search.

Listed below is a selection of books about sustainability and green design. Click on the title to see the catalog record for the item. Unless otherwise noted, these books are available in the stacks (A-G 3rd floor, H-PS 4th, PT-Z 5th).

Architecture, Planning, and the Environment

Architecture and the Urban Environment: A Vision for the New Age
NA2542.36 .T48 2002

A Building Revolution: How Ecology and Health Concerns are Transforming Construction

TH6021 .R66 1995

 

Ethics and the Built Environment

NA2542.35 .E88 2000

 

Green Shift: Changing Attitudes in Architecture to the Natural World

NA2542.35 .F37 1999

 

Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on a Finite Earth

Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education (4th Floor) BA LS 48

Building Materials and Construction Methods

Alternative Construction: Contemporary Natural Building Methods

TH146 .A48 2000

 

The Art of Natural Building: Design, Construction, Resources

Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education (4th Floor) BA LS 52

 

Building Inside Nature's Envelope: How New Construction and Land Preservation Can Work Together

TH4812 .W36 2000

 

Energy Efficient Building: Architecture, Engineering, and Environment

NA2542.3 .H39 2002

 

Green Building Materials: A Guide to Product Selection and Specification

TH455 .S65 1999

 

Sustainability at the Cutting Edge: Emerging Technologies for Low Energy Buildings

NA2542.3 .S65 2003

Design

Design with Nature

HC110.E5  M33

 

Ecohouse 2: A Design Guide

Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education (4th Floor) BA LS 49
 

Ecological Design

GE170 .V36 1996

 

Green by Design: Creating a Home for Sustainable Living

Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education (4th Floor) BA LS 50
 

Planning and Design Strategies for Sustainability and Profit: Pragmatic Sustainable Design on Building and Urban Scales

NA2542.36 .P578 2004

 

Your Natural Home: A Complete Sourcebook and Design Manual for Creating a Healthy, Beautiful, Environmentally Sensitive House

TH4812 .M2367 1995

Guides and Handbooks

Ecological Design Handbook: Sustainable Strategies for Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, and Planning

NA2542.35 .E26 1999

 

Green Architecture

NA682.O73 W56 2000

 

Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate

HD255 .G73 1998

 

The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design

NA2542.35 .M445 2000

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Online Indexes and Databases

Online indexes and databases contain citations and/or full text articles that allow you to conduct current, and sometimes historical, research on your topic. Access the indexes listed below through Article Databases.  You can browse a list of indexes or search for a specific index with Find Resources.  You could also use the Custom Search function and select indexes and perform a simultaneous search.  Try the Arts or Natural Resources categories.

Academic Search Elite

This multi-disciplinary database offers full-text to many of it 2,000+ scholarly/general journals/magazines; 1,500 of these are peer-reviewed. Covers almost every area of academic study.

 

Applied Science and Technology Full Text
Full-text database that covers, among other subjects, construction engineering, engineering materials, and environmental engineering.

 

Art Full Text
Citation database that indexes, abstracts, and provides full-text articles from more than 313 periodicals published throughout the world.

 

Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Indexes 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals. Subjects covered include architecture, art, and history.

 

Biological Abstracts
Includes citations with abstracts derived from life sciences research journals published worldwide. Subjects covered include ecology and the environment.

 

OmniFile Full Text

Complete content - indexing, abstracts, and full text - from six of Wilson's full-text databases: Education, General Science, Humanities, Readers' Guide, Social Sciences, Wilson Business. 

Department of Energy Sustainable Design Program: Links

http://www.pnl.gov/doesustainabledesign/links/

From the U.S. Department of Energy's Sustainable Design Program. List of external sites that contain sustainable design concepts.

 

Green Design Initiative

http://gdi.ce.cmu.edu/

From the site: "The Green Design Institute is a major interdisciplinary research effort to make an impact on environmental quality through green design."

 

The Hannover Principles: Design for Sustainability

http://www.mcdonough.com/principles.pdf

Prepared by William McDonough Architects for Expo 2000 at the 1992 World's Fair in Hannover, Germany, The Hannover Principles: Design for Sustainability is one of the first documents to comprehensively address the fundamental ideas of sustainability and the built environment.

 

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

http://usgbc.org/leed/leed_main.asp
From the site: "The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System^® is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings."

 

Oikos Green Building Source

http://oikos.com/green_products/index.php

From the site: "Oikos is a World Wide Web site devoted to serving professionals whose work promotes sustainable design and construction."

 

Smart Communities Network

http://www.sustainable.doe.gov

From the U.S. Department of Energy. Provides information on topics such as green buildings, green development, and resource efficiency.

 

Sustainability News

http://nature.nps.gov/SustainabilityNews/

Full-text access to the National Park Service's online magazine Sustainability News.

 

U.S. Green Building Council

http://www.usgbc.org/

From the site: "The Council is the nation's foremost coalition of leaders from across the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work."

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