PSC 313 - Natural Resources Law & Policy
Librarian for Political Science : Lynda Kellam
Email: lmkellam@uncg.edu
Phone: 336-334-5251
Finding primary sources of Natural Resources Law
Cornell University Law School's Legal Information Institute's page on natural resources law
- Wiki on legal topics includes section on natural resources law
LexisNexis Congressional Universe
- Provides fulltext information published by and about the United States Senate and House of Representatives.
- Useful for locating bills, laws, legislative histories, hearings, Congressional Research Service reports, and more.
Catalog of Government Publications
- Primary finding tool for federal publications. You can search by keywords in the agency name, document title, subject headings, or general keywords.
- Some federal publications will be available through a link (under the Internet Access column). Others will not have an available link and will be print (or microtext) documents. Please stop by the reference desk for help with those. WE MAY HAVE THEM IN JACKSON!!!!!
Finding Case Law
Open Jurist
- Free site offering access to major case law.
- To make searching easier, use the full case citation.
LexisNexis
Academic
"Legal Research" section includes legal news, law review
articles, state and federal case law, state and federal statutory law,
federal regulations, tax law and European Union law
- Select the "LexisNexis Academic" link above.
- If you are off-campus, you will be asked for your E-Spartan username and password. If you are on-campus, you will connect into LexisNexis Academic.
- On the red Search bar at top, select “Legal”.
- On the far right menu, select “Federal and State Cases”.
- Search by keywords, by case citation, or by case name.
FindLaw: Cases and Codes
- Free website for finding federal and state law, U.S. codes, and other legal resources.
- Requires the creation of a free log-in account.
- Best for U.S. Supreme Court opinions.
Finding Scholarly Articles
Finding Scholarly Journal Articles
All EBSCOhost databases can be linked together and searched. Use this EBSCO link to search them simultaneously. Simply check the boxes next to the name of the databases you would like to include in your search. You may also search them individually using the links below.
Academic Search Premier
- Use to find articles from magazines and journals
- Offers full text for over 1,200 academic journals on all subjects.
- Great starting point, but you need to keep going!
Environment Complete
- A comprehensive database integrating resources in the environmental sciences, public policy, and law.
- Indexes more than 1,500 domestic and international titles going back to the 1950s, as well as more than 100 monographs.
- Provides the full text of over 400 journals and 80 monographs.
- More info
GreenFILE (via Academic Search Premier)
- Multi-disciplinary database with full-text and abstracts.
- Covering global warming, energy conservation, natural resources, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
- Scholarly articles, government documents and reports and general interest titles.
- More info
The following are other databases you could search for your topics, but they can't be included in the EBSCO search.
PAIS International
- Indexes periodicals, books, government documents, reports, and internet sites on public affairs, policy, law, political science, government, and social sciences
- 1972 - present. Abstracts are included since 1985.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Finding Citations to More Articles
Social Science Citation Index
- Indexes more than 2,100 peer-reviewed social science journals cover-to-cover, providing complete bibliographic data, full-length author abstracts, and cited references.
Finding Legal Journal Articles
LexisNexis Academic
"Legal Research" section includes legal news, law review
articles, state and federal case law, state and federal statutory law,
federal regulations, tax law and European Union law.
- Select the "LexisNexis Academic" link above.
- If you are off-campus, you will be asked for your E-Spartan username and password. If you are on-campus, you will connect into LexisNexis Academic.
- On the red Search bar at top, select “Legal”.
- The default screen searches law review articles.
- To find specific terms mentioned in the text of an article, you would type text (United States Fish and Wildlife Service)
- Use Expanded List option (beside Show) to see your terms used in the article.
- Change Sort method (beside Sort) by choosing Relevance.
Finding Books
KEYWORD Anywhere is the simplest way to search the Library Catalog, but not the most effective.
- Try using "KEYWORD in Subject" to find more specific sources.
Below are some examples:
- conservation of natural resources--United States
- conservation of natural resources policy
- renewable natural resources--law and legislation
Writing and Citing
Annotated Bibliography Help Page (from The Owl at Perdue)
More writing tips and information for Non-Purdue Students (from The Owl at Perdue)
Library Guide to Turabian Reference Lists
EndNote
EndNote is a citation management software available in desktop or web versions. If you have questions, please ask Lynda or at the Reference Desk. Also, it is still your responsibility to check the citations against the Turabian Guide (or whatever style guide you are using) to keep from turning in incorrect citations!
Library User Guide
EndNote Web
Importing citations from a database on the EBSCOhost platform:
Export records directly into EndNote Web:
- It is best to start with EndNote Web open in a tab on your browser.
- Choose a reference using Add to folder link.
- Choose the Folder link
- Within the Folder, check the box next to each reference and choose Export
- On the next screen, choose Direct Export to EndNote Web then hit the Save button
- If you are logged into EndNote Web already, the EndNote screen will open and import your references automatically. If you are not logged into EndNote Web, it will send you to the log in screen.
- To see your references, click My References and [Unfiled].
- Click a reference title to view the entire entry.
For additional databases and platforms, please see the library user guide.
Additional support resources
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