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Environmental Studies/Science

This guide will help students researching topics in Environmental Studies.

Why Use Reference Sources?

Reference books are helpful starting places if you need:

  1. An overview of topic, person, place, or event.
  2. To browse for topic ideas.
  3. Help with focusing or narrowing your topic.
  4. A list of core resources for your topic. Many reference books provide a short bibliography and/or suggested scholarly readings. These readings usually represent the best scholarship for the topic at hand up to the time the reference work was published.