ENVS 243: Energy

Reference sources are useful for a number of reasons. They can

• give you an overview of a topic and help you learn about unfamiliar terms and concepts
• help you narrow down your topic by suggesting other avenues of research
• lead you to reliable and valid sources for further information (a beginning bibliography)
• provide data associated with topics in environmental studies

The sources in this list are reputable and have been vetted by the library and scholarly communities.

• Dictionary of Environmental Science and Technology
• Encyclopedia of Energy
• Encyclopedia of Environment and Society
• Encyclopedia of Renewable Energy
• Green Energy: An A-Z Guide
• Handbook of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Science Collection: TJ163.3H356 2007)
• Handbook of fuels: Energy Sources for Transportation
• Handbook of Global Environmental Politics
• Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy
• International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics
• The Palgrave Handbook of International Energy Economics
• Wind Energy Handbook

The Encyclopedia of Earth is "a free, expert-reviewed collection of content contributed  by scholars, professionals, educators, practitioners and other experts who collaborate and review each other's work." See the Energy section of The Encyclopedia of Earth.

Wikipedia can be considered a reference source, but, because the content in Wikipedia can be created by anyone, it has not been entirely accepted by the scholarly community as yet. (Traditionally published reference sources are vetted by scholars, generally.) Read Wikipedia articles with a critical eye in order to detect bias.

Wikipedia articles can be very helpful, however, because they often contain links to external content and additional references listed at the end.