Catalog Search Tips
If you find a great book while you are searching in the catalog, scroll down and take a look at the subject headings. You can click on them to find more resources with the same subject. Also, if you're not finding all that you need try using the "Search Summit" button at the top of the page. It will bring back resources that you can borrow from other schools by hitting the "Request This Item" link. Below are a few other ideas to get you started.
Specific Books
Harker, Donald F.; Where we live : a citizen's guide to conducting a community environmental inventory Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1995.
GE180. H37 1995
Novotny, Patrick.; Where we live, work, and play : the environmental justice movement and the struggle for a new environmentalism. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.
GE180. N68 2000
Thurston Regional Planning Council.; The Profile: For Thurston County and the Cities/Towns of: Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater, Bucoda, Rainier, Tenino and Yelm.
REF HD5725.W2 P76 2004: The Reference section has 1996-2004. The 2005 version of The Profile is available from the Thurston Regional Planning Council.
Library of Congress (LC) Subject Headings
Try searching for these subjects; you don't have to enter the dashes.
Sustainable agriculture -- Washington (State)
Sustainable agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Northwestern States
Sustainable Agriculture Washington State Directories
Sustainable architecture -- Northwest, Pacific
Cities and towns -- Washington (State) -- There are 19 different subdivisions below this one. Be sure to press the next button.
Sustainable Forestry Northwest Pacific
Sustainable Forestry Northwest Pacific Congresses
Sustainable Forestry Pacific States
Sustainable Forestry Washington State
Sustainable Forestry Washington State
Sustainable Forestry Washington State Olympic Peninsula
Land use -- Environmental aspects
Land use -- Environmental aspects -- Washington (State) -- Thurston County
Keyword Searches
These keyword searches come up with some interesting results:
ecology Washington
ecology Northwest
human ecology northwest
Wetland ecology washington
Thurston County environment
Thurston county
Puget Sound environment
Puget Sound Region environment
Budd Inlet
Author Searches
Thesis and program papers from Evergreen are often focused on specific elements of the local area that you might not find in more general works.
Evergreen State College. Applied Environmental Studies Program
Evergreen State College. Exotic Species in Marine Ecosystems Program
Evergreen State College. Environmental Resource Center
Evergreen State College. Human Ecology
Evergreen State College. Political Ecology Park Group
Evergreen State College Graduate Program In Environmental Studies - This one has the most, over 300.