LAW 624S - Climate Change Law (Prof. Nevitt - Fall 2024)

The Emory Catalog should be used to search for additional sources available to you and may be accessed from the MacMillan Law Library Website. Call numbers can be used to find books in the catalog and on the shelves. Subject terms searches can be used to find every resource tagged with that particular term, which is an excellent way to identify relevant works. Some helpful examples of both are provided below. 

Call Numbers

• Environmental Law - KFK3581 - 3598
• Environmental Sciences - GE 1 -350

Subject Terms

• Climatic changes--Law and legislation--United States
• Climatic changes--Law and legislation
• Climatic changes--Government policy--United States
• Climatic changes--Health aspects--United States
• Environmental impact analysis--Law and legislation--United States
• Environmental impact analysis--Law and legislation
• Environmental law, International
• Public health laws--United States
• Public health laws, International
• Human beings--Effects of environment on.
• Human ecology--Government policy

Browsing a few research guides is often a great way to begin creating a plan for your work. Research guides can quickly point you to reliable sources in an area of law or policy that isn’t yet completely familiar. 

Emory Law Library Research Guides:

• International Environmental Law (MacMillan Law Library - Emory Univ.)
• Human Rights Advocacy (MacMillan Law Library - Emory Univ.)
• Research Strategy for Academic Writing (MacMillan Law Library - Emory Univ.)

Emory University Library Research Guides:

• Environmental Science (Emory Univ.)
• Environmental Justice (Emory Univ.)
• Sustainability (Emory Univ.)
• U.S. Environmental Policy  (Emory Univ.)
• International Environmental Policy (Emory Univ.)
• Data Resources and Support: Environmental (Emory Univ.)

Other research guides:

• Environmental Law (Georgetown Law)
• Climate Change (Georgetown University)
• JSTOR for Climate Change Research (JSTOR)
• Environment (UN library research guide on UN documentation related to environmental law)
• Sustainable Development Law Research Guide (NYU GlobaLex)
• Water Rights & Resources (Hein Online)
• Climate Change and Security  (U.S. Naval War College)
• Climate Change and Global Warming (Florida State College)

Study Aids on reserve:

Study aids can be a quick way to get background in a subject area, find information on treaties and international organizations, and learn terminology for searching in databases.

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