Community Focus
Green Living - Solar & Alternative Energy
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Solar Power 101 Series - A Community Education Series
Listen to sessions from this series on our Your Library On Demand page.
Resources discussed are available on Congresswoman Giffords' web site.
Books
- Ramsey, Dan. The complete idiot's guide to solar power for your home.
- 690.9370472 R1493c 2007
- Ewing, Rex A. Got Sun? Go Solar: get free renewable energy to power .
- 621.47 Ew55g 2005
- Schaeffer, John, and Pratt, Doug. Gaiam Real Goods solar living sourcebook: your complete guide to renewable energy technologies and sustainable living.
- 621.04202 G123g 2005
- Coleman, Debra Rucker. The sun-inspired house: house designs warmed and brightened by the sun.
- 690.8370472 C6772s 2005
- Kemp, William H. The renewable energy handbook: a guide to rural independence, off-grid and sustainable living.
- 621.042 K3209r 2005
- Stanley, Tomm. Going solar: understanding and using the warmth in sunlight.
- 690.837 St257g 2004
- Ewing, Rex A. Power with nature: solar and wind energy demystified.
- 621.47 Ew55p 2003
- Sklar, Scott. Consumer guide to solar energy: new ways to lower utility costs, cut taxes, and take control of your energy needs.
- 621.47 Sk41c 2002
- Chiras, Daniel D. The solar house: passive solar heating and cooling.
- 697.78 C445s 2002
Databases on the Environment
- Alternative Energy
- Issues surrounding both current energy sources and alternative energy options
- EBSCOHost MasterFile Premier
- Index and abstracts to almost 3000 magazines covering a broad range of topics. Many are available in full-text, dating as far back as 1990.
- Environment Complete
- Covers ecology, energy, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environment, public policy, urban planning, and more. Includes full text articles from 400 journals.
- Expanded Academic Index
- Scholarly journals, news magazines and newspapers, including Ecology, Futurist, World Watch, and Earth Island Journal. Covers all academic disciplines.
- InfoTrac
- Contains more than 6,000 full-text titles, including Mother Earth News, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, and Journal of the Southwest, with coverage from 1980 to present.
- Pollution A to Z
- Pollution issues including sources, disposal, remediation, legal & ethical issues, careers, and more
- Science Resource Center
- An in-depth science database that provides a one-stop resource for all science-related research needs.
Websites & Online Resources
The following online publications contain alternative energy resource information.