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Going Green , Hurricane Season , Independence Day , Swine Flu
Hurricane Season, June - November
Access the latest hurricane news , Web sites or
scroll down to COM Only Resources like related eBooks
and print books in COM Library. Thanks to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration/ Department of Commerce for the use of the Hurricane Image.
Want More?
See Com Library's Weather page.
Web Sites
American Red Cross: Prepare Your Home and Family , Pets , Prepare Your Workplace and Employees
American Red Cross (Houston Chapter) Preparedness Tips
CDC: What You Need to Know When the Power Goes Out Unexpectedly
chron.com: Hurricane
Central , Hurricane
Preparation Guide
CNN: Hurricane
Season
FEMA: Hurricane , Disaster Assistance , Disaster Assistance Available from FEMA
Galveston County Daily News: Hurricane
Guide
GCOEM : Brazoria/Galveston/Harris
County Hurricane Evacuation Map by Zip (PDF)
Houston Red Cross
Houston SPCA
Hurricane
Insurance Information Center
KHOU: Hurricane
Central (requires free registration), Texas
hurricanes (1766-2002)
NOAA: National Hurricane
Center , Historical
Hurricane Tracks , Hurricane
History , Aircraft Operations Center (Hurricane
Hunters)
NWS Houston/Galveston
TDI: Insurance
Tips for Storm Season , Repairing Siding After The Storm , Repairs After the Storm , Re-Roofing After The Storm , Repairing Windows After The Storm , Repairing Garage Doors After a Storm , Windstorm
Inspection Program , Product
Evaluation Index
Texas City: Hurricane
Preparedness and Responsibilities , Galveston
County Hurricane Preparedness & Flood Safety Tips (PDF)
Texas Online: Emergence Preparedness
Texas Prepares.org: Are You Ready Or Not? (create your own hurricane plan with online help)
TXDoT: Current Road Conditions
TXDPS: Hurricane
Planning Materials
COM Only Resources
These resources are restricted to COM students, faculty staff and COM Library
card holders.
After the flood
F379.N543 P655 2006
Breach of faith : Hurricane Katrina and the near death
of a great American city
HV636 2005.N4 H66 2006
Encyclopedias of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones
QC 944 L66 1998 Ref
The great deluge : Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi
Gulf Coast
HV636 2005.L8 B75 2006
Hurricane almanac
QC944 .H863 Ref
Hurricane Katrina
HV551.4.G85 h36 2006
Hurricane watch : forecasting the deadliest storms on earth
QC944 .S56 2001
Hurricanes : a reference handbook
QC944 .F58 2005
Katrinaville chronicles : images and observations from a New Orleans photographer
F379.N543 S68 2007
The Scariest Place on Earth: Eye to Eye With Hurricanes
QC 944 F57 1994
Top of Hurricane Season
Top of HotSpots
Going Green
Access Web sites on going green and why we need to, things you can do to save the planet ,
or scroll down to COM Only Resources to access full text articles, eBooks and
print books in COM Library.
an inconvenient truth
CIESIN: Climate
Change
Co-op America
COM Library: Extreme Book Makeover , The Greening of COM Library
CRSR: Climate
Change
Environmental
Defense : What is Gloabl Warming?
Environmental
Working Group
Discovery
Channel: Planet
Earth
DOS: Global
Climate Change
EnviroLink
EPA: Climate , Why
Should We Care? (PDF), Global
Warming , Global
Warming and Our Changing Climate — Answers to Frequently
Asked Questions (PDF), The
Greenhouse Effect (PDF) What
Can We Do About Global Warming? (PDF), What
Is Global Warming? (PDF), National Center
for Environmental Assessment
Global Warming
Early Warning Signs
GLRC:
Environment Report (subscribe to podcast)
Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change
IUCN: Climate
Change Initiative
Keep America Beautiful
Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Eco-Site
Mother
Earth News
NASA: Earth ; Sun-Earth Day ; Visible
Earth
NOAA: Global
Climate Change , Greenhouse
Warming , What
is Global Warming? A Historical Perspective
NPR: Environment , Environment (subscribe
to podcast)
Pew Center
on Global Climate Change : Global
Warming Basics , Global
Warming in Depth
RD: The
50 Cleanest (and Dirtiest) Cities in America
UCS: Global
Warming
Union of Concerned Scientists
US Global
Change Research Program
USGS: Environment , Global
Change Research
Yahoo! Full
Coverage: Climate Change ; Global
Warming
Things You Can
Do to Save the Planet
COM Only Resources
These resources are restricted to COM students, faculty
staff and COM Library card holders.
EBSCO: GreenFILE
Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE will serve as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. GreenFILE ’s initial release will include A&I for more than 600 titles, including comprehensive coverage – from to volume 1, issue 1 to present – for Bioscience (back to 1964), Conservation Biology (back to 1987), Journal of Ecology (back to 1913) and Journal of Environmental Planning & Management (back to 1948). The total number of records is approximately 295,000, and full text is provided for more than 4,600 records from open access titles.
365 ways to save the Earth
TR721 .B68 2005
Climate : the force that shapes our world and the future of life on Earth
QC981.8.C5 O26 2005
Don't throw it out : [recycle, renew, and reuse to make things last]
TX303 .B35 2007b
Earth almanac : an annual geophysical review of the state
of the planet
QB 631 G65 2000 Ref
Earth and you : tales of the environment
GE 140 O34 2000
The earth around us : maintaining a livable planet
GE 105 E16 2000
Earth from space : Smithsonian National Air and Space
Museum
QB637 J63 2004
The emerald planet : how plants changed Earth's history
QE905 .B44 2007
The empty ocean : plundering the world's marine life
QL121 .E5794 2003
Environmental disasters, natural recovery and human responses
QH545.N3 M67 2007
Environmental science : earth as a living planet
GE105 .B68 2007
Firefly guide to the state of the world
D860 W75 2005 Ref
The future of life
QH75 .W535 2002
Genetically modified planet : environmental impacts of genetically
engineered plants
SB123.57 .S74 2004
Global warming : very short introduction
QC981.8.G56 M38 2004
Global Warming: The Complete Briefing
QC 981.8 G56 H68
Global Warming: Opposing Viewpoints
QC 981.8 G56 G581945 1997
The global warming survival handbook : 77 essential skills to stop climate change--or live through it
QC981.8.G56 R68 2007
Impact of Global Warming on Texas
QC 981.8 G56 I47 1995 Texana
Land Use and the Causes of Global Warming
HD 156 A34 1994
Greenhouse: The 200-year Story of Global Warming
QC 981.8 G56 C48 1999
High noon : 20 global issues, 20 years to solve them
GE140 .R57 2002
Life on earth : an encyclopedia of biodiversity, ecology,
and evolution
QH541.15.B56 L54 2002
Raising baby green : the earth-friendly guide to pregnancy
RG525 .G7284 2007
Satanic Gases: Clearing the Air About Global Warming
QC 981.8 G56 M537 2000
Weighing the world : the quest to measure the Earth
Q334 .D36 2005
July
4th, Independence Day
It changed the world. Learn about Independence Day and the American
Revolution. Access Web sites or scroll down to COM
Only Resources like eBooks and related print books in COM
Library. Thanks to NARA for the use of the image.
America.gov: Road
to Independence , U.S. Independence Day a Civic and Social EventAmericans celebrate July 4, 1776, adoption of Declaration of Independence
Archiving
Early America: Explore
The Amazing World of Early America
Avalon Project: The
American Revolution - A Documentary History , Papers of Thomas
Jefferson
CIA: The Founding Fathers of American Intelligence , Intelligence
in the War of Independence
Constitution Society: Anti-Federalist
Papers
ETC: The
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin--Benjamin Franklin
The History Place: American
Revolution
LOC: Declaring
Independence: Drafting the Documents , The
Federalist Papers , Thomas
Jefferson , Today
in History: Independence Day
NARA: America's
Founding Fathers , The
Declaration of Independence , Revolution
and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
NPS: Independence
National Historical Park
PBS: A Capitol Fourth , Freedom,
A History of US: Independence , Liberty!
The American Revolution
SI: Spy Letters of the
American Revolution
UO: Give Me Liberty
or Give Me Death
US Census Bureau: The Fourth of July Facts
USA.gov: Fourth of July is Independence Day
Top of Independence
Day
COM Only Resources
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staff and COM Library card holders.
eBooks*
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Related Books in COM Library
(Check the catalog for more )
1776
E208 .M396 2005
American Revolution
E208 .M9 2003
American Revolution : a history
E208 .W85 2002
American Revolution : an eyewitness history
E 275 A2 B87 2001
American Revolution : writings from the War of Independence
E 203
A579 2001
Daily life during the American Revolution
E209 .V65
2003
The Declaration of Independence : the story behind America's founding document and the men who created it
E221 .G865 2005
The Fourth of July : and the founding of America
E286 .A266 2007
George Washington : the Founding Father
E312 .J67 2005
Leap in the dark : the struggle to create the American republic
E195 .F47 2003
Revolutionary mothers : women in the struggle for America's independence
E276
.B47 2005
Samuel Adams : father of the American Revolution
E302.6.A2 P85 2006
Thomas Jefferson : author of America
E332 .H66 2005
Young patriots : the remarkable story of two men,their impossible
plan, and the revolution that created the Constitution
E303 .C38 2005
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