Library Guides: Sustainability Studies M.A.: Books

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Omni

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RACER
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WorldCat
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Google Books
Millions of books online you can read for free. The majority of available books are either out of copyright or open-access. For unavailable titles use the information to request an Interlibrary Loan (RACER).

Find Books in Omni

Use Omni to discover books available through the library, whether they're ebooks or physical.

Filters let you limit to "Available Online" (ebooks) or Available in Library (physical).

Omni even finds chapters within books.

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Link to the Omni search tool.
Omni Guide
A guide for using the Omni search tool.

E-Books

The majority of our e-books are included in omni and can be found with any search.

The following resources contain collections of e-books, which can be searched at a more detailed level than our catalogue allows, and you can find links to specific chapters or pages. Most offer the option to create an account for yourself and save books, as well as adding notations and highlighting.

Scholars Portal Books This link opens in a new window
Scholars Portal Books is the largest database of e-books available to the Trent Library. It contains the majority of e-books we purchase and duplicates the content of many of our other providers.

ebrary
A collection of books from a variety of publishers. ebrary is one of the platforms provided for e-books.

eBooks on EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
A collection of e-books available on the EBSCOhost platform.

Cambridge University Press
A collection of 2,431 e-book titles from Cambridge UP and Cambridge UP USA. All of these books can also be found by searching the Library Catalogue. Users can search the full text of all content on the platform and reference this by keyword, author, ISBN, publisher, publication date, subject or category. Text and images can be copied from titles into Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint (subject to individual publisher restrictions) . These books are available through the ebrary platform. They are included in the Scholars Portal Books database.

Canada Commons This link opens in a new window
Monograph publications from Canadian public policy institutes, government agencies, advocacy groups, think-tanks, university research centres and other public interest groups. The organizations included in this collection represent the leading edge of primary research and opinion in all areas of Canadian public policy. Their publications are vital to the understanding of developing issues in every arena of Canadian public life.

Includes the Canadian Health Research Collection from agencies working in the area of health and medical research. The organizations included in this collection are active publishers of primary research in the field. The publications included are both general policy documents as well as those of a specialized technical nature.

There are over 40,000 titles in the current combined collection to date, and the service provides 300-400 new current titles to subscribers every month.

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Canadian Publishers Collection
A collection of about 2,000 non-fiction and reference books published by Canadian publishers. These e-books are available through the ebrary platform. The collection is also included in the Scholars Portal Books database.
Oxford University Press
A collection of 5038 e-book titles from Oxford University Press. All of these books can also be found by searching the Library Catalogue. Users can search the full text of all content on the platform and reference this by keyword, author, ISBN, publisher, publication date, subject or category. Text and images can be copied from titles into Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint (subject to individual publisher restrictions) . These books are available through the ebrary platform. They are also included in the Scholars Portal Books database.

SpringerLink This link opens in a new window
This scholarly collection includes both e-journals and e-books. Both books and journals are accessible from the Springer website. Springer journals are also included in Scholars Portal Journals and Springer books are also included in Scholars Portal Books.

Taylor & Francis
A collection of almost 12,000 e-book titles from Taylor & Francis. All of these books can also be found by searching the Library Catalogue. Users can search the full text of all content on the platform and reference this by keyword, author, ISBN, publisher, publication date, subject or category. Text and images can be copied from titles into Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint (subject to individual publisher restrictions) . These books are available through the ebrary platform, but they are NOT yet included in the Scholars Portal Books database, due to license restrictions.
uO Research
A collection of 30+ books freely available from the University of Ottawa institutional repository. The goal of uO Research is to promote scholarly communication by collecting, preserving and providing free and open access to the digital research products created by the uOttawa faculty, researchers and graduate students. These books are downloadable in .pdf format. Many are in French.

University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO) This link opens in a new window
UPSO is a collection of tens of thousands of scholarly ebooks, with new books added every month. The books are from prestigious university presses worldwide, including Oxford University Press, Read online or download a PDF of a chapter. You can personalise the site, saving searches and favourite books. These books are also included in Scholars Portal Books.

A Sample of Books You Can Find in the Library Catalogue

Growing a Sustainable City? by Christina Rosan, Hamil Pearsall
ISBN: 9781442650619
Publication Date: 2017
Offers a critical analysis of the development of urban agriculture policies and their role in making post-industrial cities more sustainable. A case study of Philadelphia reveals how growing in the city has become a symbol of urban economic revitalization, sustainability, and - increasingly - gentrification.
Sustainable Consumption, Ecology and Fair Trade by Edwin Zaccaï (Editor)
ISBN: 9780415414920
Publication Date: 2007
Examines a range of interesting and relevant case studies including: household energy consumption, sustainable welfare, Fair Trade, Oxfam Worldshops, cotton farming and consumer organizations.
Empowering Electricity: Co-Operatives, Sustainability, and Power Sector Reform in Canada by Julie MacArthur
ISBN: 077483143X
Publication Date: 2016
This book looks at a very different part of the Canadian energy sector: the hundreds of renewable energy co-ops that have sprung up across the nation. These co-ops are democratically structured, community-based organizations that use sun, wind, rivers, tides, and plant and animal waste as sources of local power generation.
Sustainable Banking and Finance by Olaf Weber; Blair Feltmate
ISBN: 9781442645028
Publication Date: 2016
Introduces business leaders and students to the many ways in which financial institutions can manage their environmental and social impact and meet the needs of the current generation without compromising the needs of future generations.
Green Japan: Environmental Technologies, Innovation Policy, and the Pursuit of Green Growth by Carin Holroyd
ISBN: 9781487502225
Publication Date: 2017
Critically examines the Japanese effort to combine economic growth with commitments to environmental sustainability by exploring green growth strategies in various industries including conservation, energy, urban development, and international trade.
Sustainability Planning and Collaboration in Rural Canada by Lars K. Hallström
ISBN: 9781772120400
Publication Date: 2016
Fourteen case studies examine the shift toward sustainability-based planning as a key element of community development. Further, they explore the growth of partnerships between communities and post-secondary institutions, which extend beyond research and education into community development practices, capacity building, and participatory action research.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Environmental Science
ISBN: 007143397X
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Online only.
Public Participation in Sustainability Science by Bernd Kasemir (Editor); Jill Jaeger (Editor); Carlo C. Jaeger (Editor); Matthew T. Gardner (Editor); William C. Clark (Foreword by); Alexander Wokaun (Foreword by)
ISBN: 0521818184
Publication Date: 2003-04-10
Online only.
Basic Environmental Health by Annalee Yassi; Tord Kjellström; Theo de Kok; Tee L. Guidotti
Call Number: RA 565 .B376 2001 OR e-book
ISBN: 019513558X
Publication Date: 2001-03-29
Print copy is on Reserve. Bring call number to Circulation Desk to borrow this copy.
Dictionary and Introduction to Global Environmental Governance by Richard E. Saunier; Richard A. Meganck
Call Number: HC 79 .E5 S2675 2007
ISBN: 9781844074259
Publication Date: 2007-04-01
In print in Stacks at Bata Library.
Land and Limits by Susan E. Owens; Richard Cowell
ISBN: 9780415162760
Publication Date: 2001
Explores the impact of sustainable development on the institutions and practices governing use of land. It examines the paradox that in spite of increasing attention to sustainability, land use conflict is as ubiquitous and intense as ever.
Conservation for Cities by Robert I. McDonald
ISBN: 9781610915212
Publication Date: 2015
Offers a comprehensive framework for maintaining and strengthening the supporting bonds between cities and nature through innovative infrastructure projects.
Encyclopedia of Water, 5 Volume Set by Patricia Maurice (Editor)
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 1119300754
Publication Date: 2020
This encyclopedia provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary reference work containing hundreds of articles on topics ranging from the hydrologic cycle and water technology to societal considerations.