United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Information Resources
Management
(PM-211A)
January 1992
&EPA IDEA
Information > Decisions >il/nvironmental Action
An Information Service for EPA HQ Staff from the Headquarters Library
EPA/NOAA LINC On
CD-ROM
ANNOUNCING A NEW ARRIVAL
Through an EPA/NOAA joint project, the
combined records of the 28 EPA Libraries and
22 NOAA Libraries and Information Centers
are now available to you on a CD-ROM
workstation. EPA/NOAA LINC is an
automated catalog combining CD-ROM
technology with artificial intelligence. There
are several advantages to using LINC:
o Keyword Searching: using natural
language or a combination of
keywords, LINC produces a list of
relevant information.
o Limit Search: For example, your
search can be limited to only
items in the Headquarters Library
or by year of publication.
o Help Function: LINC has detailed
help screens which can be
accessed at any time during your
search, or the Library's reference
staff is always available to assist
you.
o Audio Tutorial: Available to help
you use the system easily and
efficiently.
LINC is located near the Reference
Desk. Please contact a member of the
Library's reference staff or call 260-5921 to
arrange a training session. Decisions —>
Environmental Action. We can provide the
information for decisions that lead to
environmental action. We'll keep you informed on
resources and services to help you work smarter,
as well as letting you know about developments in
new areas. This is also an open invitation for you
to use IDEA to share your new developments with
others in the Agency. Contact us for more details.
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Play it Again, Sam...
Ideas are often communicated most
clearly through sight and sound. The
Headquarters Library can help you expand
your understanding of issues new and old
through our collections of audio and video
tapes. Watch our videos in the Library or take
them to your office for a teambuilding session.
Listen to our audio cassettes during your
commute. We can even loan you cassette
players and headphones (batteries are
included).
The Library's video collection focuses
on Management and the Environment. In
future newsletters, we'll describe highlights of
the collections. Here are a few of the latest
arrivals:
Clear As Mud. Public speaking issues are
handled in a light-hearted way by puppets and
animated characters. Tips on how to
overcome common obstacles to clear
communication emphasize the importance of
being prepared for public speaking.
In Partnership With Earth: Pollution
Prevention For The 1990's. Humans must
learn to live in harmony with nature, says host
John Denver. Lessons stressed include
pollution prevention-, waste minimization and
recycling.
The KGB, The Computer And Me. Based on
Clifford Stoll's book The Cuckoo's Egg, this
episode of Nova, the popular PBS science
series, describes how astronomer-turned-
computer-scientist Stoll traced a 75 cent error
to an international computer espionage ring
by using the scientific method.
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Why Reinvent the Wheel...
Have an Online Search Done For You
You have the latest information
available to you in the Headquarters Library.
Whether you are looking for background
information for a new project, additional
information for a report, trying to locate
authorities in a particular subject area, or
tracking down a specific story that was in the
Washington Post, we have the databases for
you. The Headquarters Library has
access to over 400 databases covering a
variety of disciplines (environment,
government R & D, human resources
management, medicine, business, computer
science, marketing, science & technology),
and a growing number of major newspapers
in full text. Most database records include a
summary of the material.
An online search can be customized to
answer your request for specific technical or
business related information. It is easy to
have a search done. Discuss your topic with
one of the Reference Librarians and let us
help you to locate the information you need.
You can contact us at 260-5921. (ZSb
The Headquarters Library...
More than Just Books
Information can be found in a variety of
formats today. In this column we will feature
different types of technology that you can use
to locate information.
Public Policy Analysis
PAIS on CD-ROM is a bibliographic
database on a compact disc. It contains
citations to books, journal articles,
government documents, pamphlets, and
reports dealing with public policy aspects of
social, economic, and political issues and
problems. Publications indexed include
material published anywhere in the world in
English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese,
or Spanish. Subject headings and abstracts
are in English. PAIS on CD-ROM contains the
combined records from PAIS
INTERNATIONAL IN PRINT, PAIS
BULLETIN, and the PAIS FOREIGN
LANGUAGE INDEX, from 1972 to the
present.
PAIS on CD-ROM \s easy to use. You
can search the datafiles yourself, using a
novice or expert search level. Entries can be
located by title, author or a combination of key
words. All search results can be viewed on
the monitor screen, sent to a printer and/or
downloaded to a floppy disk.
There is a User's Manual and a
Reference Card available for this CD-ROM.
Please contact the Library's reference staff for
assistance with PAIS on CD-ROM or our
other CD-ROMs. Call 260-5921 to schedule a
CD-ROM training session. (£5)
Which Leadership Style is
Best??
The focus of the latest Innovative
Management Strategies bibliography is
Leadership Styles. Do you want to be a
visionary leader, or lead others to lead
themselves? Do you know the difference
between masculine, feminine and
androgynous leadership styles? This may be
the bibliography for you! The report contains
summaries of journal articles, books, and
multimedia materials. Contact the
Headquarters Library for your complimentary
copy. ^
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EPA
Legislative Library
The Legislative Library is maintained
by EPA's Office of Congressional and
Legislative Affairs. It provides information on
federal environmental legislation to agency
staff and the general public. The Library
collection contains documents produced by
Congress, as well as various other
congressional reference guides and
periodicals. The Library tracks the status of
current legislation before Congress and helps
patrons with congressional research. The
Library abstracts the Congressional Record
each day Congress is in session, compiles
lists of and reports on the status of pending
bills, and prepares legislative histories. The
Library is in room 2439 Mall, and is open from
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday, phone (202) 260-5425.
— Joan Flatten,
EPA Legislative Librarian
Conferences, Meetings,
Symposiums, Workshops
If you wish to have an upcoming event listed
here, please forward the information to IDEA, HQ
Library, 401 M St., SW - PM 211 A, Washington, DC
20460. Please submit the information as soon as
possible prior to the meeting, because we list events
that are scheduled three months in advance of each
publication date.
16th Conference on Source Emission
Monitoring and Analysis. March 1-6,1992,
Palm Coast, FL. Sponsored by the Engineering
Foundation. For more information, contact: Charles V.
Freiman, Engineering Foundation, 345 E. 47th St., New
York, NY 10017 or call (212) 705-7835.
Environmental Health and Safety Law
Seminar. March 9-13,1992. Orlando. FL.
Sponsored by the Institute for Applied Management
and Law, Inc. For more information contact: Institute
for Applied Management and Law, Inc. 610 Newport
Center Drive, Suite 1060, Newport Beach, CA 92660 or
call (714) 760-1700.
Health and Safety Training for Hazardous
Waste Activities. March 11-15,1992,
Conshohocken, PA. Sponsored by Geraghty and Miller,
American Ecology Services Inc. For more information,
contact: Richard Miller, 127 E. 59th St., New York, NY
10022 or call (212) 371 -1620.
Identification and Abatement of Lead-
Based Paint Hazards—Course. March 10-12,
1992, Piscataway, NJ. Given by Universities
Occupational Safety and Health Educational Resource
Center. For more information contact: Universities
Occupational Safety and Health Educational Resource
Center, 45 Knightsbridge Road, Brookwood II,
Piscataway, NJ 08854-3923 or call (908) 463-5064.
Asbestos Abatement for Workers,
Contractors, Supervisors, and Project
Designers—Course. March 17-20,1992, Salt
Lake City, UT. Given by The Rocky Mountain Center
for Occupational and Environmental Health. For more
information contact: Roberta Moore, The Rocky
Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental
Health, Building 512, University of Utah, Salt Lake City,
UT 84112 or call (801) 581 -5710.
Computers, Freedom, and Privacy. March
18-20,1992, Washington, DC. Sponsored by the
Association for Computing Machinery. For more
information, contact: Conferences & Institutes, The
George Washington University, 2003 G Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20052 or call (202) 994-7238 or Fax
(202) 994-7048.
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United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
EPA/IMSD
January 1992
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BOOKLIST ON GLOBAL WARMING
Benedick, Richard Elliot. Ozone diplomacy: new
directions In safeguarding the planet.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1991.
Boyle, Stewart. The greenhouse effect and you:
a practical guide to reducing your carbon
dioxide bubble. London: Association for the
Conservation of Energy, 1991.
Changing by degrees: steps to reduce
greenhouse gases. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Office
of Technology Assessment, 1991.
QC912.3C4881991
Clark, Sarah L. Fight global warming:
29 things you can do. New York: Environmental
Defense Fund, 1991.
Climate change: evaluating the
socio-economic impacts. Paris: Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development, 1991.
QC981.8G56C54
Climate change and U.S. water resources ed. by
Paul E. Waggoner. New York: Wiley, 1990.
Confronting climate change: strategies for
energy research and development by
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on
Alternative Energy Research and Development
Strategies. Washington, D.C.: National Academy
Press, 1990.
Earth observations & global change
decision making a national partnership : a
conference. Malabar, Florida: Robert E. Krieger
Pub. Co., 1990.
Eastwood, Penny. Responding to global
warming: an examination of the prospects for
effective action. New York: St. Martin's Press (sole
distributor), 1991.
Edgerton, Lynne T. The rising tide: global
warming and world sea levels. Washington, D.C.:
Island Press, 1991. Intl QC981.8G56E341991
Ehrlich, Paul R. Healing the planet: strategies for
resolving the environmental crisis.
Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1991.
Global climate change and life on earth ed. by
Richard LWyman. New York: Routledge, Chapman
and Hall, 1991.
Global warming and energy choices: a
community action guide.
Washington, D.C.: CONCERN Inc., 1991.
Greenhouse warming: negotiating a global
regime ed. by Richard Elliot Benedick.
Washington, D.C.: World Resources Institute, 1991.
Intl QC 912.3 G74 1991
Gribbin, John R. Hothouse earth : the
greenhouse effect and gala. New York: Grove
Weidenfeld, 1990.
Grubb, Michael. Energy policies and the
greenhouse effect. London, England: Dartmouth
Pub. Co.. 1990. QC 912.3 .G78 1990
Lyman, Francesca. Greenhouse trap: what we're
doing to the atmosphere and how we can slow
global warming. Boston: Beacon Press, 1990. Intl
QC981.8.G56L971990
MacKenzie, James J. Driving forces, motor
vehicle trends and their implications for
global warming, energy strategies, and
transportation planning. Washington, D.C.: World
Resources Institute, 1990. QC981.8.D7 1990
Mitchell, George J. World on fire: saving an
endangered earth. New York: Scribner, 1991.
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Nance, John J. What goes up: the global assault
on our atmosphere. New York: W. Morrow, 1991.
Nitze, William A. Greenhouse effect: formulating
a convention. London, England: Royal Institute of
International Affairs, 1990. Intl HD 79.E5N58
One earth, one future: our changing global
environment ed. by Cheryl Simon Silver.
Washington. D.C.: National Academy Press. 1991.
Oppenheimer. Michael. Dead heat :the race against
the greenhouse effect. New York: Basic Books.
1990.
Potential effects of global climate change on the
United States ed. by Joel E. Smith and Dennis A.
Terpak. New York: Hemisphere Pub. Corp., 1990.
Rhodes, W. J. et al. Success of EPA's
Stratospheric Ozone Engineering Research.
Research Triangle Park, N.C. Air and Energy
Engineering Research Lab., 1990.
NTIS Number PB90-246265
EPA Report Number EPA/600/D-90/084
Schmidt, Karen. Industrial countries
responses to global climate change.
Washington, D.C.: Environmental and Energy Study
Institute, 1991. Intl HC 79 .E5S354
Schneider, Stephen Henry. Global warming: are
we entering the greenhouse century. New York:
Vintage Books, 1990.
Scientific assessment of stratospheric ozone,
1989. Washington, D.C.: U.S. National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, 1990. QC 879.7.S35
Singer, S. Fred. Global warming: do we know
enough to act? St. Louis: Center for the Study of
American Business, Washington University, 1991.
Stratospheric ozone depletion. Washington, D.C.:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air
and Radiation, 1989.
EPA Report Number EPA/IMSD/89-001
EPAX8906-0045
Titus, James G. Effects of changes In
stratospheric ozone and global climate.
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1986. EPAX8610-0001
Trexler, Mark C. Minding the carbon store,
weighing U.S. forestry strategies to slow global
warming. Washington, D.C.: World Resources
Institute, 1991.
Worrest, R. C. et al. Effects of Stratospheric
Ozone Depletion on Marine Organisms.
Washington, D.C.: Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Environmental Processes and Effects
Research, 1989.
NTIS Number PB90-216128
EPA Report Number EPA/600/J-89/347
Worrest, R. C. et al. Linkages between Climate
Change and Stratospheric Ozone Depletion.
Washington, DC.: U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Research and Development,
1989.
NTIS Number PB90-112590
EPA Report Number EPA/600/D-89/127
Worrest. W. C. et al. Potential Impact of
Stratospheric Ozone Depletion on Marine
Ecosystems. Washington, DC.: U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Research and Development, 1988.
NTIS Number PB90-112616
EPA Report Number EPA/600/D-89/125
Worrest, R. C. et al. United States Environmental
Protection Agency's Stratospheric Ozone
Research Program.
Washington, DC.: U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency.Office of Research and Development.; Air
and Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh,
PA. 1989.
NTIS Number PB90-112574
EPA Report Number EPA/600/D-89/129
Wuebbles, Donald J. Primer on greenhouse effect
gases. Chelsea, Mich.: Lewis Publishers, 1991.
U.S. efforts to address global climate change: a
report to Congress. Washington, D.C.: U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1991.
Intl EPAX9104-0018
The preceding list of books and reports
may help to provide answers to some of the
issues involved in Global Warming. EPA staff
can borrow these items through the
Headquarters Library. $j&
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