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POL 223-Introduction to Environmental Policy-Library Research Guide

Purdue University Libraries have numerous information resources dealing with governmental environmental policy. These resources can be found in many of Purdue's Libraries including Humanities, Social Science, and Education (HSSE), Engineering, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (EAS), and LIFE Science Libraries. Go here for a listing and map of Purdue Libraries.

You can find books on various aspects of environmental policy in the Libraries online catalog Sample catalog subject searches you can do to look for books on this and related topics include:

Climatic Changes Economic Aspects United States
Environmental Policy
Environmental Protection
Hazardous Substances
Hazardous Substances Law and Legislation

Journal Article Databases

Purdue Libraries subscribe to many databases featuring scholarly journal articles dealing with environmental law and policy including:

Academic Search Premier. (Indexes articles from journals in a variety of subjects)
LexisNexis Environmental (Provides access to a variety of journal articles, news, and federal and state environmental laws.
PAIS International(Indexes articles from political science journals, reports from public policy research institutions, and some U.S. Government documents.)
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts(Indexes political science journal articles.)
JSTOR (Provides acces to articles from political science and other social science journals in a variety of subjects. Most recent five years NOT included.)

Other Database
LexisNexis Academic(Provides access to U.S. and international newspaper articles, federal and state court cases, and federal and state laws.)

Selected U.S. Legal and Regulatory Information Resources
United States Code (Online 1995-present). Contains the complete text of U.S. laws broken up into 50 titles or subject areas. Some environmental laws are in Title 42.)
Code of Federal Regulations (Online 1996-present). Contains the complete text of regulations agencies use to enforce laws. Broken up into 50 titles or subject areas. Many environmental regulations are in Title 40.)

Selected Indiana State Laws and Environmental Regulations
Indiana Code (Complete text of Indiana state laws broken up into 36 titles or subject areas. Many environmental laws are in Title 13.)
Indiana Administrative Code (Complete text of Indiana state regulations used to enforce laws broken into several hundred titles. Some environmental regulations are in Title 318.)

Selected Federal and Indiana Governmental Environmental Websites
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA has many offices focusing on environmental policy areas such as water, air, pesticides etc.)
U.S. Government Manual (Annual publication featuring information on agency organizational structure and names of key officials.)
Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management
For a detailed guide to conducting governmental environmental policy research use Government Documents on the Environment

Professor Bert Chapman
Government Information & Political Science Librarian
chapmanb@purdue.edu