• Renewable Energy
• Sustainability
• Coral Reefs
• Floods
• United Nations
• Climate Change Conference 2009 and Kyoto Protocol

To learn more —   http://www.gale.com/greenr

If you have ever worked in a library, done research on any animal or helped with “animal homework,” you very likely know the 17-volume print encyclopedia — the place to go for “everything animal.”  Now you can take advantage of this new resource — part of the next generation of resources from Gale.

Watch a video of lions, discover photos of exotic creatures like the twinspot goby or listen to the sound of a harbor seal.    You will find information on more than 4,000 species, covering topics such as evolution, habitat, behavior, ontology and conservation status.  More than 12,000 photos, maps, videos, audio clips and interactive tools, make Grzimek’s Animal Life not only a great reference tool but just plain fun to explore.

For a video preview, to sign up for a free trial or to register for a Webinar, visit www.gale.com/AnimalLife.

Our Gale bloggers were excited to provide a handful of the thousands of interesting posts from bloggers in 150 countries.

If you are interested, you can follow all the latest posts and tweets on a new live stream on the www.blogactionday.org homepage.

And if all of this has inspired you to learn more about climate change, here are a few resources you can look at –

 Global Viewpoints – Climate Change. Greenhaven Press. October 2009. Provides students and other readers with the information they need to explore global connections and think critically about the worldwide implications of Climate Change.

 Global Warming 101. Greenwood Publishing Group. June 2009. A compact, plain-spoken guide to the science and controversies of global warming including descriptions of scientific issues related to melting ice, rising seas, and effects on plants and animals, as well as human health and consideration of possible solutions.

 Climate Change in Context. Gale. June 2008. Presents the history, politics, economics, ethical debates and more of climate change. Recognized in 2009 as an “Outstanding Reference Source” by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association.

 Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change. SAGE Publications. May 2008. 750 articles explore global warming and climate change—ranging geographically from the North Pole to the South Pole, and thematically from social effects to scientific causes. Library Journal’s Best Reference 2008.

 Interested in more about Climate Change?

Take a look at the many resources Gale has to offer.  Environmental Resources from Gale

 One of our latest is GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources), a new electronic resource offering authoritative reference content on the environment, energy, economic development and natural resources. 

You will find news, analysis, background information, video, primary source documents and statistics, covering relevant categories including energy systems, healthcare, food, climate change, population, international relations, economic development and more.

 And check back at gale.com for the GREENR blog – coming soon.

GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources), is a new electronic resource from Gale, offering authoritative reference content in the area of the environment, energy and natural resources. 

Watch for it – Summer 2009.  GREENR focuses on the academic study of sustainability and the environment.   It is a one-stop site with news, background information, video, unique commentaries, primary source documents and statistics.

One of the things that makes GREENR so user-friendly is it does not look like a database product – you view content in a way that resembles the open Web.

GREENR also offers:

• Interactive maps, allowing users to browse by country or topic

• Opportunities for forums, networking and open discussion, allowing students and teachers to participate in general forums or those designed for specific classes

•  Localization to highlight community resources, allowing libraries to  advertise their assets as well as upcoming local events

• Web 2.0 tools to facilitate content portability and community building