Sustainability

Interlibrary Loan enables borrowing of items not owned by the library from another library at the request of a registered library user.

To plance an Interlibrary Loan request go here: https://www.waubonsee.edu/student-experience/library/services/interlibrary-loan

The Waubonsee Community College Library provides access to several different e-book collections. Not all e-book titles are available in one online resource but many are held in the Online Discover System: 

• eBook Search
  To find e-books in the catalog, use the eBooks tab featured on the website, enter search terms as normal. Once you receive your search results, you may use the filters below the search box.
• Other e-book collections
  A listing of other available e-book collections.

Looking for an e-book that the Waubonsee Community College Library does not currently have? Please use the Suggest Library Material form and select "E-book" in the Item Type field.

You can also use the search box below to look for eBooks. 

You can request books from Aurora Downtown, Sugar Grove - Todd Library, and Aurora Fox Valley , through your Library Account. 

Intercampus mail currently takes 1-3 days to arrive. 

To view due dates and materials checked out, please use My Account. 

To browse the shelves in the library, look in these LC call number ranges:

• GE: Environmental Sciences
• GE25-35: Communication in Environmental Sciences
• GE40-45: Philosophy. Relation to Other Topics. Methodology
• GE50: History
• GE70-90: Environmental Education. Study & Teaching. Research
• GE140-160: Environmental Conditions. Environmental Quality. Environmental Indicators. Environmental Degradation
• GE170-190: Environmental Policy
• GE195-199: Environmentalism. Green Movement
• GE220-240: Environmental Justice
• GE300-350: Environmental Management
• GF: Human Ecology (covers the relationship between humans and their environment)
• GF75: Human influences on the environment 
• HD: Economics, with specific call numbers for energy resources (e.g., HD9502) 
• HT: Social problems, with specific numbers for cities and urban issues
• TD: Environmental Technology, Sanitary Engineering 
• TD169-17185: Environmental Protection 
• TD194-195: Environmental Effects of Industries and Plants 
• TD419-428: Water Pollution 
• TD878-894: Special Types of Environmental Pollution (e.g., air, noise) 
• TD1020-1066: Hazardous Substances and Their Disposal 

Sample searches for books about Sustainability:

• Agricultural conservation
• Buildings – environmental aspects
• City planning – citizen participation
• Common good
• Dwellings – energy conservation
• Environmental sciences
• Ecological houses
• ​Garden cities
• Green products
• Green roofs (gardening)
• Greenways
• House construction – environmental aspects
• Human geography
• ​Open spaces
• Personal space
• Public spaces
• Renewable energy sources
• Sustainable architecture
• Sustainable buildings
• Sustainable development
• Urban homesteading