College of DuPage Library

BIOLOGY 1110: Environmental Biology
Dan Clampitt

Marge Peters · (630) 942-2337 · petersm@cdnet.cod.edu

Lab 1 | Lab 2 | Lab 3 | Lab 4 | Lab 5 | Alternative Lab

Lab 1: PERSPECTIVES ON THE ENVIRONMENT
This is an opinion paper reflecting your own ideas. No library research is needed.

Lab 2: ENVIRONMENT AND BUSINESS "ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE" ADVERTISING

Think like an Advertiser:
If I wanted to get my message out to people concerned with the environment, what magazines would they tend to read?

American Forests		Mother Earth News
Audubon		National Geographic
Backpacker		National Parks
Discover		National Wildlife
E: The Environmental Magazine		Scientific American

LAB 3: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF NATURAL AND MAN- MADE DISASTERS

Encyclopedia of Disasters: Environmental Catastrophes and Human Tragedies Online Encyclopedia
Environmental Disasters General GE 140.5 .S74 1994
Environmental Disasters: a Chronicle of Individual, Industrial and Governmental Carelessness General GE 140 .D383 1998
Failed Technology General TA 169.5 .F74 1995
Also Reference Books Natural Disasters GB5014 .N373 2001 and GB5014 .D38 2002

Click on COD Library Catalog under Quick Links

Do a SUBJECT (S) search on topics such as Disasters, Natural Disasters, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Acid Rain, Endangered Species, etc. Don't forget tolook at "Related Subjects".

TRY IT: Biological invasions

Click on "Article Databases"

Choose Expanded Academic Index (InfoTrac). Type in your topic and View results or Narrow by subdivision, especially "Environmental Aspects".

Another good database: Academic Search Premier. Can limit to Full Text articles.

Also consider these databases: Newspapers (Proquest) including Chicago Tribune for fulltext of articles on local issues.

TRY IT: Zebra mussels

LAB 4: CHEMICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT: AGRICULTURE AND FOOD INDUSTRIES

PESTICIDES AND HERBICIDES

Go to your local hardware store or garden center and check the active ingredients in pesticides and herbicides to make a list of possibilities to explore.

Books to use:

**Kamrin, Michael A., ed Pesticide Profiles: Toxicity, Environmental Impact, and Fate. 1997. Call Number: Reference RA 1270 .P4 K285 1997

Briggs, Shirley A. Basic Guide to Pesticides: Their Characteristics and Hazards. 1992.
Call Number: General RA 1270 .P4 B73 1992

Moses, Marion. Designer Poisons.1995. Call Number: General RA 1270 .P4 M679

Thomson, W.T. A Guide to Lawn, Garden & Home Pest Control Products.1996.
Call Number: General SB 951 .T52 1996

Internet Sites:

EXTOXNET: The Extension Toxicology Network: Pesticide Information Profiles
A cooperative effort of University of California--Davis, Oregon State, Michigan State, and Cornell Universities.
http://extoxnet.orst.edu/pips/ghindex.html

TRY IT: Resmethrin (active ingredient in Raid)

FOOD ADDITIVES

Check foods you eat regularly for preservatives and other additives listed or use the Federal Government's Generally Regarded as Safe List (GRAS) List, Code of Federal Regulations(CFR), Chapter 21 Parts 182, 184 and 186. Marge has copy of list or search "GRAS list" using Google or another search engine on the Internet.
Website that lists additive by use:
Pacific Health Sciences: http://www.pacifichealth.com/gras_list.htm

Books to use

• Encyclopedia of Food Science and Technology. 4 vols.
Call number: Reference TP 983 .W54
• Foods & Nutrition Encyclopedia. 2 vols. Call number: Reference TX 349 . F575
• Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials. 3 vols.
Call number: Reference T 55.3 .H3 S3

Database: Micromedex

Marge can give you Login and Password to use from home. Type in name of chemical on search line. May get data on MSDS, poison considerations, reproductive effects, and other health issues.

Specific Internet Sites:

Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for Chemicals
Gives access to company-provided information on the safety and health effects of thousands of chemicals when handled in bulk
http://hazard.com/msds/index.php

Hazardous Substances Data Bank
Comprehensive, peer-reviewed toxicology data for about 5,000 chemicals. Excerpts of relevant data. Must locate original source for full information.
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB

Search the Internet
If you want to see sites with information about an additive (or pesticide), use a search engine, such as Google, Yahoo or Teoma or science gateway such as Scirus. http://www.scirus.com.
In most search engines, use quotation marks ("....") around phrases or + before words that must be present in any Internet site retrieved. Example: + "sodium bisulfite" +health

LAB 5: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THE NEWS
If you don't have access to enough newspapers and magazines on your chosen topic at home, you may want to use those in the library. See Lab 3 for ideas on how to research topics in magazines and newspapers. Please photocopy those that you want to include in your project booklet. Don't forget to take the information you need so that you can cite your source (Name of author, Title of Article, Journal name, Date, Pages)

Alternative Lab: ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES
See Lab 3 for ideas on how to research topics inmagazines and newspapers. Some headings to use: Solar power, Wind energy, Geothermal Resources.

BIOLOGY 1110: Environmental Biology Dan Clampitt

BIOLOGY 1110: Environmental Biology
Dan Clampitt