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Geography Research Guides: Climate Change


USEFUL LINKS

Climate Change | Fact sheet form the World Health Organization

Impacts of Climate Change | Information on the impacts of climate change in Australia from the Australian Museum 

How Our Food System Affects Climate Change | The way we produce and consume food is inextricably connected to the earth’s changing climate.

10 Ways Climate Change Hurts Agriculture & Seafood | 

DIGITAL RESOURCES

The following PREMIUM DIGITAL RESOURCES may be useful for research in this subject . However they are password protected and when you click on any of the icons below you will be re-directed to a page that requires authentication.

The Gale Ebooks is a collection of e-books that you can browse by collection or do a keyword search.  This resources is good for background information.

Opposing Viewpoints provides information on social issues and has a Topic Guide on Global Warming and Climate Change.
 

 

SEARCH STRATEGY TIPS

Before starting your research, it is good practice to think about and create a list of  keywords that you can use to search for information on your topic.  Google is very intuitive however databases  usually require a search string. Here are a few tips to help you.

  • Words are sometimes spelled differently, for example, colonization is sometimes written as colonisation.
  • Many search engines and databases use Boolean logic to construct a search term. The asterisk is known as a wild card. The use of AND, OR and NOT can also be helpful.
  • Sometimes it is useful to use other words that mean similar or the same thing (synonyms)
  • Use quotation marks when you are searching for a phrase.
  • Using keywords that relate to the topic will focus the search

Suggestions for this topic:

climate change (impact OR effect)

climate change (effect OR impact) humans

climate change (effect OR impact) environment 

climate change (effect OR impact) workers

 

CLIMATE CHANGE FACTS

Science, Solutions, Solidarity for a livable planet.

Click HERE to see more about causes and effects of climate change.

Our World in data focusses on poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality. Click on Browse by topic and choose Energy and the Environment.

CLICKVIEW VIDEOS ON THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

YouTube CLIMATE CHANGE VIDEOS

LIBRARY CATALOGUE

BOOKS

The Campion Library has quite a few books on food security. A  trolley of books may have been organised for you. If not you can use Oliver to find books on your specific topic or you can shelf browse in different sections of the Non-fiction Collection.

304.2 Human Ecology
333.79 Energy
338.1 Agriculture
363.8 Food supply
551.3 Meteorology and Climate

 

FREE ONLINE ARTICLES

REFERENCING

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The Referencing Libguide has resources on how to cite/reference sources in research.

The  SLASA Online Reference Generator allows you to create citations and bibliographies using the Harvard Referencing Style for a comprehensive list of resources including Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)

       

Zotero  is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research. You can paste in a DOI, ISBN or add a URL from the browser and have the fields populate automatically.  Instructions on how to use Zotero are on the Referencing Libguide