Environmental Issues

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Description: From the National Agricultural Library. Contains citations about all aspects of agriculture and related fields. Includes: journal articles, monographs, proceedings, theses, patents, translations, audiovisual materials, computer software, and technical reports. 

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Description: Contains National Geographic Kids magazine 2009-present (3-month embargo), 200 National Geographic Kids books, and 500 kid-friendly and downloadable images.

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Description: Contains National Geographic magazine 1888-Current, National Geographic Traveler magazine 2010-Current, as well as hundreds of videos, maps, atlases, and other downloadable images.

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Description: Containing resources that present multiple sides of an issue, this database provides rich content that can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.

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Description: Contains full text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, encyclopedias, reference books and a vast collection of images.

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Description: Highly engaging, interactive, curriculum-driven digital resource with reading levels for students in grades 4 through 9. Includes videos, experiments and information on careers in science.

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Description: Includes digital Scholastic True Books, links to further information in Grolier Online and websites about each topic. Non-fiction topics include: continents, ancient civilizations, U.S. government westward expansion, natural disasters, space, human body and ecosystems.

• Chicago Center for Health and Environment
• Chicago Wilderness Green Visions Initiative
• City of St. Charles Recycling Program
• Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
• Forest Preserve District of Kane County Resource Management
• Friends of the Fox River
• Illinois Environmental Council
• Illinois EPA
• Kane County Climate Action Plan
• Kane County Recycles
• Prairie Rivers Network
• SCARCE
• US Army Corps of Engineers Fox River Connectivity & Habitat Study

• Climate.gov
• Ekoru
• EPA – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Fuel Economy
• Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
• National Wildlife Federation
• Nature Conservancy
• C2ES Center for Climate and Energy Solutions