{"id":213,"date":"2022-06-30T18:25:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T18:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/erc\/?page_id=213"},"modified":"2023-06-08T13:49:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T17:49:22","slug":"about-the-collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/library\/about-the-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][breadcrumb-shortcode][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"text-center\">About the Collection<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_344\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-344\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-344\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/collectiondisplay-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/library\/collectiondisplay-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/library\/collectiondisplay-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/library\/collectiondisplay-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/library\/collectiondisplay-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/library\/collectiondisplay.jpg 1663w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A selection of books, reports, and periodicals from the library&#8217;s collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The DEP Library maintains a collection of circulating books, reference works, scholarly journals and agency reports for use by DEP scientists and researchers. Subjects include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Environmental health<\/li>\n<li>Toxicology<\/li>\n<li>Environmental science and technology<\/li>\n<li>Environmental policy, law and economics<\/li>\n<li>Energy and climate<\/li>\n<li>Historic preservation<\/li>\n<li>Natural resource conservation<\/li>\n<li>Regional ecology and natural history<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The collection also contains resources for employee professional development such as civil service and PE exam prep books, supervisory\/management resources, and skill training resources such as software and GIS instructional books.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Books and E-Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Books and E-Books held by the library can be searched online using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njstatelib.org\/#tab-njsl-catalog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NJ State Library\u2019s online public catalog.<\/a> The catalog searches the combined collections of the NJ State Library system, including the DEP Library, the DOT Library (Dept. of Transportation) and the Attorney General&#8217;s library. Circulating books and e-books can be accessed with an active <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njstatelib.org\/research_library\/get_a_library_card\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NJ State Library Card<\/a>. Print reference books such as very large encyclopedias and manuals generally do not circulate, though library staff are happy to make copies of specific entries or chapters if needed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Journals and Periodicals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The NJ State Library provides access to thousands of scholarly journals, trade publications and other periodicals through a wide variety of online <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.njstatelib.org\/az.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">databases<\/a>. Remote access to subscription databases is restricted to state employees and Thomas Edison students, faculty and staff with active library cards.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the DEP Library subscribes separately to a small number of supplementary scholarly journals, newsletters and magazines most frequently used by DEP staff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEP Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The library serves as a permanent repository for historical DEP reports and scientific research publications going back to the agency&#8217;s founding in the 1970&#8217;s. Many of these documents have been digitized and can be found online at Rutgers&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/njedl.rutgers.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NJ Environmental Digital Library<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/dspace.njstatelib.org\/handle\/10929\/9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NJ State Publications Digital Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Legal and Regulatory Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The DEP Library subscribes to the <em>NJ Register<\/em> and Title 7 of the <em>NJ Administrative Code<\/em> and provides access to legal reference books such as <em>New Jersey Legal Research Handbook <\/em>and <em>New Jersey Environmental Law Handbook. <\/em>The collection also contains materials related to regulation development such as historical Basis and Background documents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Standards and Methods<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The library provides access to publications such as ASTM Standards and current and historical versions of <em>Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. S<\/em>elect standards from other organizations such as ANSI, API, and NSF are purchased or borrowed as needed. If you would like to request a specific standard publication, please contact <a href=\"mailto:Tonia.Wu@deptest.nj.gov\">Tonia Wu<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][breadcrumb-shortcode][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] About the Collection [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The DEP Library maintains a collection of circulating books, reference works, scholarly journals and agency reports for use by DEP scientists and researchers. Subjects include: Environmental health Toxicology Environmental science and technology Environmental policy, law and economics Energy and climate Historic preservation Natural resource conservation Regional ecology and natural history [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-213","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}