Research Guides: INI196: Environmental Writing: Explore Enviromental Collections &amp; Digital Archives

Online Collections and Archives

U of T Libraries digitized map collection
Scanned maps from the University of Toronto's Map and Data Library and Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
Primary Source Databases for Historical Research
Guide to primary source databases of value to history research.
Proquest Historical Newspapers
Searches all titles included in Proquest Historical Newspapers. International with strong American focus.

Environmental Issues Online (Video) This link opens in a new window
(UTORID) This database uses text, archival primary sources, and video to address major past and ongoing environmental issues—water challenges, air pollution, biodiversity, climate change, energy issues, consumption and waste issues, and land issues—in comparative, historical, global, and interdisciplinary ways.

Biodiversity Heritage Library
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives.
British Library - Sounds - Environment & nature
Earth Day 2020 Web Archive - Library of Congress
Environment & Society Portal - Multimedia Library
E&S Portal's Multimedia Library is an open access digital archive, featuring collections of scholarly, artistic, and popular environmental materials.
The Evolution of the Conservation Movement - Libary of Congress
The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920 documents the historical formation and cultural foundations of the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage, through books, pamphlets, government documents, manuscripts, prints, photographs
NiCHE, the Network in Canadian Environmental History
Research resources for the study of environmental history.
University of British Columbia's Open Collections - Natural Resources
International Climatic Changes and Global Warming collection
(UTORID) This collection documents the U.S.' response to climate change and global warming. This collection includes research behind studies, reports, and analyses that represent a review of facts, causes, and economic and political implications of climate change.