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Te taiao me te toitūtanga Environment & sustainability

Recent book picks

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Recent items

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Other new books:

catalogue link for Chancers and visionaries : a history of New Zealand wine, by Keith StewartHave a look at the libraries' Home and Garden Recent Picks and Science Recent Picks for more new books.

Magazines

Where do I find the magazines?

In our collections we have both our regular print magazines, as well as our online magazines (eMagazines). Our branch libraries hold a range of print magazines on the environment and sustainability — in branches you will find them on the regular magazine stands.

Online Magazines

Check out our Magazines on Overdrive and our Pressreader database for digital magazines which can be read on desktops, tablets and smartphones.

You'll find many popular titles -- have a browse!

Popular print titles:

Here are links into the catalogue for just a few of our most popular home, gardening and DIY magazines (ordered by subject and with an option to find all magazines in a particular subject). Enjoy!

Sustainability

Gardening

Online databases & articles

The library subscribes to several online resources which will provide more information on environment & sustainability issues.

GREENR

Gale's GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) focuses on the physical, social, and economic aspects of environmental issues. Topics include authoritative analysis, academic journals, news, case studies, legislation, conference proceedings, primary source documents, statistics, and multimedia.

Go to GREENR

Other titles available:

Full-text versions of several magazines are available through the EBSCO database, including:

Shelf Help

Subject: Dewey number:
Ecology 304.2
Energy and the environment 333.7
Sustainable land management 333.73
Water 333.9
Economic development 338.9
Resource management (law) 346.044
Environment 363.7
Global warming 363.738
Climate change 551.6
Dwelling environmental aspects 690.837
Sustainable architecture 720.47
Architecture environmental aspects 728.047
Organic gardening 635.0484
Sustainable living 333.72, 363.7, 640

(Or try this Sustainable Living Catalogue Search)

Useful Websites

Contact us

This page is written and maintained by library staff. Our aim is to keep you informed about the environment and sustainability collection at the library and to highlight parts of the collection which may interest you.

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