Environmental Engineering
| This is a guide to finding selected Environmental Engineering resources. For in-depth assistance, please contact the subject specialist, or Ask a Librarian. |  | Subject Specialist: Charles Uth email: uth@iit.edu phone: 312.567.5319 |
Search for Books | On the Shelf - Call Numbers | Subject Headings | Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, etc. | Textbooks
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On the Shelf - Call Numbers
Call numbers serve as a guide to browsing pertinent areas of the library's collection. When you have a call number for a book of interest, be sure to check the shelves nearby for related books. The call numbers listed below are a sampling of the major areas where books on environmental engineering can be found. Remember that there will be appropriate books found in other areas as well.
GE, GF, QD-QK, QR, TD, TP
Main circulating collection, reference (prefaced by REF), new book shelf, and reserves (Note: many other types of science are also represented nearby.)
540-559, 570-599, 628
Dewey Decimal Collection (Note: the library's Dewey Decimal collection contains older books published prior to 1985)
Subject Headings
Subject headings represent a convenient way to locate related books and conference proceedings using the library's on-line catalog. You can also search the catalog by author, title, or keyword. Some good general Library of Congress subject headings or keywords are:
BIOTECHNOLOGY; COLLOIDS; ECO-DEVELOPMENT; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESMENT; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGY; NOISE CONTROL; POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE PRODUCTS, WATER; WATER - POLLUTION, WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY; and WATER TREATMENT PLANT
For additional terms, consult a librarian or use the keyword feature in the library catalog.
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, etc.
These types of books are located in the Reference Collection (on the upper level of the library). Reference books cannot be checked out and must stay in the library. To search for reference books, use the IIT Library Catalog. The following is a list of some useful titles:
BASIC DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Academic Press Dictionary of Science & Technology
REF.Q123.A331992
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
REF.Q121.M31997
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Engineering
REF.TA9.M351994
Thesaurus of Scientific, Technical, and Engineering Terms
REF.Z695.1.S3T521988
Topics and Terms in Environmental Problems
REF.TD173.H64
Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia
REF.Q121.V31995
SPECIAL DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Dictionary of Dangerous Pollutants, Ecology, and Environment
REF.TD173.T83
Dictionary of Waste and Water
REF.TD9.S371981
Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology
REF.QH.540.4.E521995 v.1-3
Encyclopedia of Environmental Science and Engineering
REF.TD9.E51992 v.1-2
Encyclopedia of Geochemistry and Environmental Sciences
REF.QE515.F24
Encyclopedia of the Solid Earth Sciences
REF.QE5.E5171993
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Environmental Science
REF.QH540.4.M3
Water Encyclopedia
REF.TD351.V361990
Compilation of EPA's Sampling and Analysis Methods 2nd, Ed.
REF.TD193.C651996
Environmental Contaminant Reference Databook
REF.TD196.C45P731995 v.3
Environmental Engineers' Handbook 2nd. Ed.
REF.TD145.E5741997
Environmental Impact Data Book
REF.TD194.6.E6
Environmental Impact Statement Glossary
REF.TD194.6.E63
Fate and Exposure Data
REF.TD176.4.H691989v.1
Groundwater Chemicals Desk Reference
REF.TD426.M661990
Handbook of Acoustical Measurement & Noise Control
REF.TD892.H321998
Handbook of Air Toxics Sampling, Analysis, & Properties
REF.TD890.K41995
Handbook of Environmental Analysis
REF.TD193.P381997
Handbook of Environmental Data on Organic Chemicals 3rd. Ed.
REF.TD196.073H351996
Handbook of Environmental and Ecological Modeling
REF.QH541.15.S5.H361996
Handbook of Incineration Systems
REF.TD769.B7771991
Hazardous Chemicals Desk
REFerence, 3rd ed.
REF.T55.3.H3L491993
Hazardous Materials Handbook
REF.T55.3.H3P641996
Illustrated Handbook of Physical-Chemical Properties and Environmental Fate for
Organic Chemicals
REF.TD196.O73M321992v.1
Laboratory Waste Management
REF.TD899.L32L331994
Methods for the Determination of metals and Inorganic Chemicals in Environmental
Samples
REF.TD196.M4M48971996
Sigma-Aldrich Library of Regulatory and Safety Data
REF.T55.3.H3S541993
Standard Handbook of Environmental Engineering
REF.TD145.S721999
Toxic Air Pollution Handbook
REF.TD883.T651994
World Environmental Directory
REF.TD12.W651991
How to make Patent Drawings yourself
REF.T223.U3L61999
The Inventor's Notebook
REF.KF3114.6.G752000
Patent It Yourself
REF.KF3114.6.P742000
Patent Searching Made Easier
REF.T210.H582000
Textbooks
The library does not provide circulating copies of textbooks. However, some current and past textbooks have been placed on Reserve. Reserve books can be checked out for two hours at a time but cannot be removed from the library. This ensures they are available to as many students as possible during the semester they are assigned. To search for textbooks on reserve, use the IIT Library Catalog.
