Environment

Overview and Background

Dictionary of Energy Ref TJ163.28 .D53 View HOLLIS record

Earth Portal
This site consists of three components: The Encyclopedia of Earth, the Earth Forum (commentary), and Earth news (news stories on environmental issues). (Free Resource)

Eldis
Coordinated from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in Brighton, United Kingdom, Eldis is a portal for publications from over 7,500 international development organizations. (Free Resource)

Historical Dictionary of the Green Movement REF GE195.P36 2007 View HOLLIS record

National Council for Science and the Environment
Over 2,000 reports on environmental and related topics. (Free Resource)

OECD environmental outlook to 2030 Ref HC79.E5.O333 2008 View HOLLIS record
Provides analyses of economic and environmental trends to 2030, and simulations of policy actions to address the key challenges.

Oxford Reference Online: Earth and Environmental Science
Includes the Dictionary of Environment and Conservation, Encyclopedia of Global Change and more.


News

EcoAmericas HC130.E5 E22x View HOLLIS record
EcoAméricas covers development and the environment in Latin America for an international audience of businesses, NGOs and public agencies.

Environment & Energy Publishing
Comprehensive, daily coverage of environmental and energy policy and markets. Includes Environment & Energy Daily, GreenWire, ClimateWire and EnergyWire publications.

Environment News Service
Daily independent international newswire covering environment issues like renewable energy. (Free Resource)

Linkages
News, information, and analysis on international environment and sustainable development negotiations and policy making. (Free Resource)


Journals

Climate Policy
This journal presents refereed research and analysis on the policy issues raised by climate change. Coverage from 2001-present.

Climatic Change
This journal is available online in full-text from 1977 to the present via two databases from SpringerLink.

Ecos : the environmental communique of the states PER View HOLLIS record
Published by the Council of State Governments. The HKS library has the current 3 months in print only.

Environment PER View HOLLIS record
Official publication of Scientists' Institute for Public Information. The library keeps the current 3 months in print and full-text is available online back to 1975.

Review of environmental economics and policy PER View HOLLIS record
Library keeps latest year only. Full-text is available online back to 2007.

The Ecologist
Full-text articles about environmental affairs going back to 1970. (Free Resource)

The Harvard environmental law review PER View HOLLIS record
Current issue in HKS Library, full-text available online back to 1979.


Articles & Working Papers

CAB Abstracts
Over 7,400 journals from 140 countries in 50 languages for the areas of agricultural science, veterinary medicine, nutrition, and natural resources.

Environment Index
Covers more than 1700 U.S. and international technical and general environmentally related journals.

EPA's Gateway to Free Digital & Paper Publications
Access to more than 33,000 full-text documents & research reports. (Free Resource)

GreenFILE
Indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment.

Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements Working Papers
Links to working papers and resources regarding climate change policy. (Free Resource)

Pollution Abstracts
Scientific research and government policies including conference proceedings and grey literature on pollution.

Science.gov
Links to authoritative scientific documents, reports and position papers from a variety of U.S. Federal agencies. (Free Resource)


Statistics & Data

EarthTrends
Searchable databases and data tables by topic from the World Resources Institute. (Free Resource)

Envirofacts
Access to EPA environmental data including data available for downloading in a variety of formats. (Free Resource)

EPA Datafinder
Find a vast selection of EPA data sources, organized into topics such as air and water that are in easily downloadable formats. (Free Resource)

OECD Environmental Data Compendium
Data linking pollution and natural resources with activities in economic sectors and data showing the state of air, inland waters, wildlife, etc., for OECD countries. (Free Resource)

UN Statistics Division Environmental Indicators
UNSD Environmental Indicators disseminate global environment statistics on ten indicator themes compiled from a wide range of data sources. (Free Resource)


Other Research Guides

Enviro Links
(Free Resource)