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William Madison Randall Library

Gulf Oil Spill Resources

The following guide identifies resources pertaining to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (April 2010) in the Gulf of Mexico that are available at UNCW's Randall Library, online through its subscription databases, or freely available via the Internet.

General Books & Library Materials

Sea mammals and oil : confronting the risks by Joseph R. Geraci, David J. St. Aubin
Call Number: QL713.2 .G47 1990
Marine Mammals and the Exxon Valdez by Thomas R. Loughlin (Editor)
Call Number: QL713.2 .M353 1994
Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1 by John McEachran; Janice D. Fechhelm
Call Number: QL621.56 .M383
Coral Reefs of the USA by Bernhard M. Riegl (Editor); Richard E. Dodge (Editor)
Call Number: GB464 .C67 2008
The Marine Mammals of the Gulf of Mexico by Bernd Würsig; Thomas A. Jefferson; David J. Schmidly
Call Number: QL713.2 .W87 2000

Cleanup and Restoration Books & Library Materials

Restoration of habitats impacted by oil spills by John Cairns, Jr., Arthur L. Buikema, Jr
Call Number: QH545 .O5 .R47 1984
Oil Spill Dispersants by Clayton/Payne
Call Number: TD427.P4 C59 1993
Basics of Oil Spill Cleanup by Merv Fingas; Jennifer Charles
Call Number: TD427.P4 F55 2001

Energy and Sustainability Books & Library Materials

Energy and Climate Change by David Coley
Call Number: TJ163.2 .C625 2008
Fueling Our Future by Robert L. Evans
Call Number: TJ163.2 .E86 2007
The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler
Call Number: TP355 .K86 2005

Human Dimensions Books & Library Materials

Silent Spill by Thomas D. Beamish
Call Number: TD196.P4 B43 2002
Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota V. 2; Ocean and Coastal Economy by James C. Cato (Editor)
Call Number: QH92.3 .G834 2009
Marine Natural Resources and Technological Development by Marco Colazingari
Call Number: GC1015.2 .C65 2008
Over a Barrel by John S. Duffield
Call Number: HD9566 .D82 2008
The Coastal Environment by Gary A. Klee
Call Number: HT392 .K54 1999
Environmental Law by Nancy Kubasek; Gary Silverman
Call Number: KF3775 .K83 2014
Crude World by Peter Maass
Call Number: HD9560.5 .M23 2009
The Age of Oil by Leonardo Maugeri
Call Number: TN870 .M339 2006
Oil by Andrea C. Nakaya (Editor)
Call Number: HD9565 .O55 2006
Oil and Ideology by Diana Davids Hinton; Roger M. Olien

Offshore Drilling Books & Library Materials

The Seaweed Rebellion by Edward A. Fitzgerald
Call Number: KF1856 .F58 2000
Oil in Troubled Waters by William R. Freudenburg; Robert Gramling
The Politics of Offshore Oil by Joan Goldstein
Call Number: HD9566 .P64 1982
Offshore Drilling by Margaret Haerens (Editor)
Call Number: TN871.3 .O338 2010

Oil Spills in the Marine Environment Books & Library Materials

Oil Spills and the Marine Environment by Donald F. Boesch; Carl H. Hershuer; Jerome H. Milgram
Call Number: QH91 .8 .O4 .B57
Environmental Problems in Coastal Regions VI by C. A. Brebbia (Editor)
Call Number: GB450.2 .I5685 2006
Oil Spills by Joanna Burger
Call Number: TD196.P4 B87 1997
Oil in the Sea by National Research Council Staff
Call Number: GC1085 .O34 1985

Videos, DVDs, & Music

Blind spot by Adolfo Doring
Call Number: HD9560.5 .B555 2009
ISBN: 9781932869347
Publication Date: 2009
Crude impact by James Jandak Wood
Call Number: TD195.P4 C78 2009
ISBN: 1422936708
Publication Date: 2009
Documentary DVDs
Who killed the electric car? by a Chris Paine film
Call Number: TL220 .W46 2006
ISBN: 1424819547
Publication Date: 2006