The Human Place in the Global Environment 
Intersections
Selected CD-ROMs

(Some of these CD-ROMs are meant for elementary school children, but may still contain images and information of use to Intersections students and faculty.)

• 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
  CD-ROM 578.68 Iu 2 ts 2000 

• America's living oceans: charting a course for sea change
   CD-ROM 333.9164 Am 3 L
  Report from Pew Oceans Commission

• Biodiversity:  Aquatic Habitats of Iowa
  CD-ROM 333.91 Bi 6 a
  This searchable CD contains information about aquatic habitats in Iowa and some 370 plants, animals, and other species that live there. Each species account includes the following information: color photos, scientific classification, features, natural history, habitats, range map, sound and status.

• Coral Reefs  (for children) 
  CD-ROM 577.789  Co 7 r

• Deserts  (for children)
  CD-ROM 551.415 De 7

• Dive to the Coral Reefs  (for children)
  CD-ROM 577.789 Di 8 c

• Dynamic modeling
   CD-ROM 003.85 Ha 5 d 2nd ed
  Accompanies book by the same title.

• Dynamic modeling for marine conservation
   CD-ROM 333.916416 Dy 5 m 
  Accompanies book by the same title.

• Dynamic modeling of environmental systems
   CD-ROM 628.015 De 2 d  
  Accompanies book by the same title.

• Earth  (for children)
  CD-ROM 550 Wo 7 b

• Earth Trails Loess:  an interactive exploration of nature
  CD-ROM 508.777 Ea 7 t
  Explores the Loess Hills in Iowa and Missouri.

• Earth's Endangered Environments   (requires QuickTime)
  CD-ROM 333.73 Ea 7 e    
  Contains two movies "Rain Forests" and "Wetlands" this CD brings to life the beauties of two of the world's most valuable ecosystems-- and the problems confronting them.

• From Alice to Ocean
  CD-ROM 919.4 Fr 6 a
  Based on the book by the same name which follows Robyn Davidson's trek across Australia.

• Global Environment Outlook 3 Data Ccompendium (2002)
  CD-ROM 363.70526 GL 6 e
  From the United Nations Environment Programme.

• Global Environment Outlook 3 : past, present and future perspectives (2002)
  CD-ROM 363.70526 GL 6 eo

• Material World: a global family portrait   (requires QuickTime)
  CD-ROM 306.85 Me 5 m
  Provides an intimate look into the everyday lives of thirty typical families from around the world through photographs, interviews, and video gathered by sixteen photojournalists.

• Nuffield Council on Bioethics
  CD-ROM 174.2 Nu 3 c

• Oceans  (for children)
  CD-ROM 551.46 Oc 2

• Physical-chemical Properties and Environmental Fate Handbook
  CD-ROM 540 Ph 9 c
  Updated 5-vol. set of handbooks on this CD-ROM brings together physical-chemical data for similarly structured groups of chemical substances that influence their fate in the multimedia environment of air, water, soils, sediments and their resident biota.

• Planet Earth
  CD-ROM 304.2 PL 2 e
  A multimedia guide to the lands, habitats, peoples, and cultures of the world through the use of digital video, computer graphics, photographs and music, and satellite remote-sensing techniques.

• Polar Lands  (for children)
  CD-ROM 919.8 Po 5 L

• Rain Forests  (for children)
  CD-ROM 577.34 Ra 4 f

• Storms  (for children)
  CD-ROM 551.55 St 6

• Volcanoes  (for children)
  CD-ROM 551.21 Co 5

• Volcanoes: life on the edge
  CD-ROM 551.21 Vo 5 L
  Follows photo-journalist Roger Ressmeyer on his explorations of Mount St. Helens, Pinatubo, Unzen, Kiluea, Galeras and other volcanoes to examine the scientific and cultural effects of volcanic activity.

• Water  (for children)
  CD-ROM 553.7 Wa 7

• Weather  (for children)
  CD-ROM 551.6 We 2

• Wildlife Forever
  CD-ROM 363.7 Wi 5 f
  Learn about the history of wildlife conservation, wildlife management concepts, and the organizations that are dedicated to preserving America's wildlife heritage.

• World environmental library:  a cooperative library to provide environmental information to all
   CD-ROM 333.7 Wo 7 e 
  Collection of over 400 publications comprising 45,000 pages of environmental information. Topics include agriculture, biodiversity, climate change, environmental impact assessment, energy, health, natural resources policy, sustainable development, waste management, and water.

• World water vision:  making water everybody's business
   CD-ROM 333.91 Co 7 w 
  (Accompanies Reference book with the same title)

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