Below are some questions about finding resources in environmental science. The questions are followed by suggestions from thisguide about where to locate relevant information and get started on your research.
I would like to know about the environmental science. Where do I start?
- Wyman, Bruce C., and L. Harold Stevenson. The Facts on File Dictionary of Environmental Science. Infobase Publishing, 2001.
- Mongillo, John F., and Linda Zierdt-Warshaw. Encyclopedia of Environmental Science. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 2000.
What are the pressing issues that environmental scientists are currently working on?
- GreenFILE. Dates of coverage vary. (EBSCOhost):
Note: This source as accessible via library’s subscription to EBSCO databases. A University password is required to access it.
- Science Daily. Accessed March, 21, 2019.
- Dodson, John, ed. Changing Climates, Earth Systems and Society. Dordrecht and New York: Springer Science & Business Media, 2010.
- Harris, Frances, ed. Global Environmental Issues. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
Where can I learn about the alternative views on the environment and environmental issues?
- Lee, Debbie and Kathyrn Newfont, eds. The Land Speaks: New Voices at the Intersection of Oral and Environmental History. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Lomborg, Bjørn. The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- Klein, Julia A., Hopping, Kelly A., Yeh, Emily T., Nyima, Yonten, Boone, Randall B., Galving, Kathleen A. “Unexpected climate impacts on the Tibetan Plateau: Local and scientific knowledge in findings of delayed summer.” Global Environmental Change 28 (2014): 141-152. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.03.007
- Timoti, Puke, Philip Lyver, Rangi Matamua, Christopher Jones, and Brenda Tahi. "A representation of a Tuawhenua worldview guides environmental conservation." Ecology and Society 22, no. 4 (2017): art.20.
Where do I find information about legal regulations that apply to the environment?
- Philpott, Don. Critical Government Documents on the Environment. Lanham, Maryland: Bernan Press, 2015.
- E&E Daily. https://www.eenews.net/
Note: On the home page of E&E News, look for the E&E Daily tab at the top of the page.
Where do I find the latest environmental news and updates on the environmental issues?
I would like to get involved in solving environmental problems. Where do I learn about activist groups and advocacy organizations active in my region?
