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