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Libraries Research Guide for POL 327-Global Green Politics

Purdue University Libraries have many information resources on the environmental policies of other countries and international government organizations. The Libraries online catalog is a good place to start looking for books and using Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH) searches is a good way to make your searches more precise. Examples of pertinent LCSH searches you can do include:

Climatic Changes
Climatic Changes Economic Aspects
Environmental Policy Canada
Environmental Policy Europe
Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development Africa
United Nations Environment Programme

Many books on international environmental policy are in the Humanities, Social Science, and Education (HSSE) Library. It is possible you may find related works in the Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (EAS), Engineering (ENGR), and Life Sciences Libraries (LIFE).

Scholarly Article Databases

Useful databases for finding scholarly articles on international environmental policies include:

LexisNexis Environmental (Database of U.S. and international environmental laws and information. Now produced by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.)
LexisNexis Academic (Provides access to U.S. and international environmental laws and news and U.S. and foreign newspaper articles.)
PAIS International (Access to political science journal articles, public policy research institution materials, and selected U.S. Government documents.)
SourceOECD (Information resources produced by the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development.)
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Additional Purdue Libraries Resources
Associations Unlimited (Directory of U.S. and international associations including non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Government Documents on the Environment
International Government Organizations (Provides links to international government organization websites.)
HSSE Library Research Centers (Provides links to U.S. and international public policy research center websites representing varied political perspectives.)

NGO Directories
Duke University Library
University of California-Berkeley Library

Selected Foreign and International Government Organization Environmental Agencies

Australia Dept. of Environment, Water, Heritage & Arts
Environment Canada
European Environment Agency
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
United Kingdom Dept. for the Environment, Food, & Rural Affairs
United Nations Environment Programme (United Nations principal environmental policymaking organization.)

Professor Bert Chapman
Government Information and Political Science Librarian
chapmanb@purdue.edu
(9/09)