Sustainability Librarian Contact Information
Librarian liaisons for topics related to sustainability:
- Matt Torrence, USF Tampa Library: torrence@usf.edu
- Liaison for the Patel College of Global Sustainability and the School of Geosciences
- Chris Sturgeon, USF Tampa Library: csturgeo@usf.edu
- Liaison for the Muma College of Business
- Theresa Burress, USF St. Petersburg Nelson Poynter Library: tburress@usf.edu
- Liaison for the College of Marine Science, Mathematics & Statistics, and Honors College
Sustainability
Databases
- AnthroSourceProvides a single point of access to publications of the American Anthropological Association, including peer reviewed journals, newsletters, and bulletins.
- Art & Architecture SourceAbstracts, citations, and some full text for books and journals in fine art, architecture, design, decorative and commercial art, etc. Coverage from 1921 forward.
- Historical AbstractsFocuses on global history, including environmental and sustainability-related topics.
- JSTORJSTOR coverage spans a variety of disciplines, with a focus on the humanities and social sciences. The included content is comprehensive for archival and historical materials in the collection’s scholarly titles. The most recent 3-5 years of each journal is not available directly via JSTOR, however the USF Libraries provides access to current issues of a majority of these titles in other database and e-journal subscriptions.
- Literature Online (LION)Provides access to literary criticism, including discussions on environmental themes and sustainability.
- Philosopher's IndexCoverage includes environmental ethics, sustainability philosophy, and ecological thought.
- Project MUSE: eJournalsProvides access to humanities and social sciences journals, with coverage of environmental studies.
- Sociological AbstractsAbstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines published since 1963.
Books & Encyclopedias
Transnational Interconnections of Nature Studies and the Environmental Humanities by ISBN: 1527546306Publication Date: 2020
Ecological Ambivalence, Complexity, and Change: Perspectives from the Environmental Humanities by ISBN: 1032627980Publication Date: 2025
Websites and Other Resources
- Environmental Humanities InitiativePart of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Culture and the Environment at the University of South Florida.
- Humanities for the EnvironmentGlobal organization of observatories collaborating to harness the arts and humanities in addressing social and environmental challenges within society and academics.