TA Information: Erin James ejames@icess.ucsb.edu Office Hours: References and Material for the Lab Lab Assignments: LAB 1:   Introduction to Web Research and Team Coordination LAB 2: Impacts on individual countries - Presentation Preparation Lab_country_presentation.pdf LAB 3:   Research on Principles of Protocol Lab_principles.pdf LAB 4:   Human Impact Decision Education Simulator - Presentation Preparation IPCC_Scenarios.pdf HIDES_Lab.pdf HIDES Instructions.pdf http://www.planetearthscience.com/HIDES.exe LAB 5 and 6:   Research on Topics LAB 7:   Research on Potential Actions LAB 8:   Additional Research as needed General References: Library Information: Melvyl -- online library catalog (when searching from a computer on the UCSB network, access provided to some online journals) SearchLight -- search multiple databases through the California Digital Library Decoding the Kyoto Protocol -- A list of acronyms Country Information: World Resources Institute EarthTrends Country profiles in a number of topical areas:  coastal and marine ecosystems; water resources and freshwater ecosystems; climate and atmosphere; population, health, and human well-being; economics, business and the environment; energy and resources; biodiversity and protected areas; agriculture and food; forests and grasslands; and environmental governance and institutions United Nations Environment Programme UNEP.net Country profiles include:  national environment outlook; domestic environmental profile; international environmental profile; and environmental indicators CIA World Factbook Country profiles include:  A brief background, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues Journalist/Media Kit Information: World Resources Institute Has examples of media kits for several different topics NGO Information Kit: NGO Organization An alphabetical listing of the NGOs associated with the United Nations Lab Policy Writing Information: Citing Electronic References