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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Following is some general information about resources and tools to assist researchers in the field of Environmental Policy. This list is just a sampling of what the Quimby Library has in its collection.

FINDING BOOKS

            The library’s holdings are best accessed through Athena, our online catalog.  This system can be searched by author, title, subject heading, or key word.  Help in using the system is available online and at the reference/circulation desk. The library catalog [http://www.unity.edu/library/] can be accessed from the library as well as your home or office via the internet.

            The library holdings are arranged by the Library of Congress Classification system and uses Library of Congress subject headings. Examples of possible subjects include:

Agriculture and state; Conservation of natural resources; Democracy; Energy policy; Environmental ethics; Environmental justice; Environmental law; Environmental policy; Environmental policy – Citizen participation;  Environmental protection; Food supply – Government policy; Environmentalism; Forest policy; Hazardous substances; Land use; Life sciences – Authorship; Marine resources – Government policy; Natural resources – Government policy; Nature conservation – Government policy; Proposal writing for grants; Recycling (Waste, etc.); Report writing; State governments; Technical writing; Wildlife conservation – Government policy; Wildlife management – Government policy;

REFERENCE SOURCES

American environmental leaders : from Colonial times to the present REF GE55 .B43 2000

The Columbia guide to American environmental history / Carolyn Merchant.  REF GF501 .M47 2002a

Conservation Directory REF QH543 .A125 2003

Cooper's comprehensive environmental desk reference REF GE123 .C64 1996

A Dictionary of environmental economics, science and policy / R.Q. Grafton, L.H. Pendleton, & H.W. Nelson REF HC79.E5 G685 2001

Directory of country environmental studies: an annotated bibliography of enivronmental and natural resource profiles and assessments / IIED; World Resources; IUCN. REF TD191 .D57 1992

Doing honest work in college : how to prepare citations, avoid plagiarism, and achieve real academic success / Charles Lipson. PN171.F56 L56 2004

ECOLEX: a gateway to environmental law http://www.ecolex.org/ecolex/index.php

Encyclopedia of environmental issues REF GE10 .E52 2000

Encyclopedia of global change : environmental change and human society REF GE149 .E47 2002

Environmental regulation: law, science, and policy / R.V. Percival, et al. REF KF3775 .E548 2003

Environmental regulation of land use / by Linda A. Malone REF KF5698 .M264 1990

The environmental resource handbook.  REF GE20 .E586 2003/04

The environmentalists : a biographical dictionary from the 17th century to the present  REF 363.7 0092 Ax22e

The environmentalist's bookshelf : a guide to the best books / Robert Merideth  REF GE195 .M47 1993

Handbook of environmental sociology REF GE195 .H35 2001

I'll grant you that : a step-by-step guide to finding funds, designing winning projects, and writing powerful grant proposals / Jim Burke & Carol Ann Prater. HG177 .B868 2000

International encyclopedia of environmental politics / edited by John Barry and E. Gene Frankland  REF GE170 .I55 2002

A legislator's guide to Maine's major natural resource and environmental laws. REF KF5505.Z99 M22 1997

Ocean politics and policy : a reference handbook / P. Jacques & Z.A. Smith REF GC64 .J33 2003

Recycling in America: a reference handbook / Debi Kimball. REF TD794.5 .K55 1992

Writing for science / R. Goldbort T11 .G626 2006

World at risk : a global issues sourcebook. / CQ Press  REF JZ1242 .W67 2002

World resources : a report by the World Resources Institute and the International Institute for Environment and Development. REF HC10 .W827 2002-04

Digital Book Index http://www.digitalbookindex.com/about.htm

National Academy Press (Full text of over 3000 titles) http://books.nap.edu/index.html

FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES AND CONFERENCE REPORTS

            The following abstracting/indexing databases will help you find published non-book literature

Academic Search Premier  (EBSCOhost) http://search.epnet.com/ 

Agricola (EBSCOhost) http://search.epnet.com/ 

Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) http://www.unity.edu/library/link_database.asp

Environment Complete (EBSCOhost) http://search.epnet.com/

Georef  http://www.unity.edu/library/link_database.asp

Environmental Articles, Reports, etc. (free access to 1500+ articles, technical papers, reports, and case studies) http://www.environmental-expert.com/article-index.htm

MyLibrary@OCKHAM http://mylibrary.ockham.org/?cmd=about

Water Quality Information Center (NAL) http://grande.nal.usda.gov/wqic/

JOURNALS

Agriculture and human values: journal of The Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society

Applied Environmental Education and Communication

Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review

Congressional Digest

CQ Researcher

E: The environmental magazine

Earth First!: the radical environmental journal

Endangered Species Update: science, policy & emerging issues

EnviroAction: environmental digest of the National Wildlife Federation

Environment : where science and policy meet

Environmental Action

Environmental Economics & Policy Studies http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?jid=71X&db=aph

Environmental Ethics

Environmental Forum : The policy journal of the Environmental Law Institute

Environmental Law Review http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?jid=QLY&db=aph

Environmental Policy & Law http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?jid=EML&db=aph

Environmental Politics http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?jid=EIP&db=aph

Environmental Protection

Harvard Environmental Law Review

International Journal of Environmental Studies http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?jid=7VX&db=aph

ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment

Journal of Political Ecology http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/ej/jpe/jpeweb.html

Natural Resources and Environment

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Renewable Resources Journal

Resources

Whole Terrain (annual)

World Watch

ONLINE ARTICLES

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts – Discovery Guides Environmental Policy Issues           

Cars, light trucks and CAFÉ standards issues (August 2003) http://oh1.csa.com/hottopics/ern/03aug/overview.html

Defining sustainability, defining the future (September 2005)    http://ca1.csa.com.prxy5.ursus.maine.edu/discoveryguides/sustain/overview.php

The Endangered Species Act, issues (June 2004) http://oh1.csa.com/hottopics/ern/04jun/overview.html

Global environmental governance (August 2005) http://md3.csa.com.prxy5.ursus.maine.edu/discoveryguides/ern/05aug/overview.php

Global oil supply and United States energy policy (June 2005) http://md3.csa.com.prxy5.ursus.maine.edu/discoveryguides/ern/05jun/overview.php

Green building: Conserving the human habitat by Ethan Goffman (October 2006)

http://www-ca2.csa.com.prxy5.ursus.maine.edu/discoveryguides/green/review.php

Management of national parks and public lands by Heather E. Lindsay (July 2002)   http://oh1.csa.com/hottopics/ern/02jul/overview.html

Maritime issues (January 1998) http://www.csa.com.prxy5.ursus.maine.edu/discoveryguides/archives/98jan.php

NAFTA environmental issues (July 2000) http://md3.csa.com.prxy5.ursus.maine.edu/discoveryguides/ern/00jul/overview.php

Ocean Policy: Striking a Balance  (October 2000)                 http://www.csa.com.prxy5.ursus.maine.edu/discoveryguides/ern/00oct/overview.php

Population & the Ocean Issues (February 1998)             http://www.csa.com.prxy5.ursus.maine.edu/discoveryguides/archives/98feb.php

Water Resource Issues (April 1999) http://www.csa.com.prxy5.ursus.maine.edu/discoveryguides/archives/99apr.php

Wetlands: history and restoration issues (September 2003) http://oh1.csa.com/hottopics/ern/03sep/overview.html

Wildfires, fuel loads, and forest management policy issues (January 2004) http://md2.csa.com/hottopics/ern/04jan/overview.html

ASSOCIATIONS / SOCIETIES

Conservation Law Foundation http://www.clf.org/

GrowSmart Maine http://www.growsmartmaine.org/

Maine Environmental Policy Institute http://www.meepi.org/

National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) http://www.naep.org/

National Council for Science and the Environment http://www.ncseonline.org/

Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance   http://www.namanet.org/

GOVERNMENT / INTERGOVERNMENTAL

IUCN: The World Conservation Union http://www.iucn.org/

Maine State Legislature http://www.maine.gov/portal/government/legislature.html

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) http://www.unep.org/

United Nations Forum on Forests http://www.un.org/esa/forests (an intergovernmental policy forum to promote management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests)

USA.gov The U.S. Government’s official web portal http://www.usa.gov/ 

WEB SITES

Environmental Science Policy Primer (National Council for Science and the Environment) http://www.ncseonline.org/SciencePolicy/page.cfm?FID=2027

EPA Laws & Regulations http://www.epa.gov/epahome/rules.html

National Library for the Environment http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/

NEPAnet (National Environmental Policy Act) http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/nepanet.htm

Public law library http://www.wilderness.net

Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy http://www.yale.edu/envirocenter/index.htm

VIDEOS / DVDs

Earth on edge  / Public Affairs Television in collaboration with the World Resources Institute. VIDEO 333.72 B493

ECOnference 2000 / University of Pennsylvania. VIDEO 363.703 Ec72

Environmental ethics : constructive approaches to difficult issues. VIDEO 179.1 En89

Environmental vision : the power of positive solutions / Environmental Defense Fund. VIDEO 363.7 En89p

Green plans / J. de Graaf & J. Hamann. VIDEO 363.7 G82

The nature of business : partnering with the environment / UNEP/WWF Films DVD 658.408 N219

Whose home on the range : environmental conflict resolution in the Southwest / B. Daitz. VIDEO 333.7 W62

 

Dorothy W. Quimby Library                             Updated August 13, 2007