This page highlights materials at the Rare Books and Special Collections library related to Climate Change.
Rare Books and Special Collections acquires books and pamphlets in a number of areas of specialization. Our main interests are the exploration, history, literature, maps, social life and peoples of British Columbia. We also have strong interests in Canadian history and literature, selected areas of English literature, children’s literature, maps and cartobibliography, the history of science and medicine, as well as Guangdong Province of China.
Rare Books and Special Collections maintains its own set of research guides providing researchers with assistance in using and accessing our collections. These research guides are available at the RBSC Collection Resources page on the RBSC website.
Research Guides of particular relevance to researchers visiting RBSC for the fist time and/or looking for Climate Change Related Materials include:
The Rare Books and Special Collections Library recently added subject headings to all of its archival materials, allowing researchers to view all of our archival materials related to specific topics. To view collections related to the subject 'Environment', visit our listing of environment related archival materials on the RBSC archival database.. Please note that because climate change is so interdisciplinary, other subject terms may also be useful for research, including Agriculture, Industries, Natural resources, Land, Settlement and immigration, Politics, and Geographic features.