Environmental Studies
Research & Instruction Librarian
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Key resources for beginning research in this field:
- GEOBASE This link opens in a new window International index to the literature of geology, geography, urban geography, and ecology. Includes journals, books, monographs, conference proceedings, and reports.
- GreenFILE This link opens in a new window Research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling and beyond.
Featured Journals
- The Environmental Forum
The Environmental Law Institute's award-winning membership journal delivers more than soundbites with in-depth articles, columns by the profession’s thought leaders, and the inside story on today’s critical challenges and tomorrow’s sunrise issues. - Natural History
Journal of Natural History is an international zoological journal publishing original research and reviews in evolutionary biology and ecology. - Minnesota Conservation Volunteer
Minnesota Conservation Volunteer is your guide to wild Minnesota. This flagship publication of the Department of Natural Resources delivers in-depth, in-the-field coverage of the state's outdoor news and conservation issues. The MCV mission is to encourage conservation and sustainable use of Minnesota's natural resources.
Local Resources and Organizations
A handful of links to local resources and organizations here in the Twin Cities to help kick-start your research process.
- Alliance for Metropolitan StabilityThe Alliance is a coalition of community-based organizations and advocacy groups building shared power to advance strategic campaigns around the intersections of racial justice, economic justice, environmental justice, and health equity.
- Center for Earth, Energy, and DemocracyWorking in collaboration with grassroots communities, policy makers and researchers, CEED conducts research and provides community education on important energy, environment, and development issues – so that all members of society may effectively participate in public decision-making.
- Enviornment MinnesotaEnvironment Minnesota is a citizen-based environmental advocacy organization and a project of Environment America.
- The Institute for Agriculture and Trade PolicyThe Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy has a 30-year history of pursuing cutting edge solutions that benefit family farmers, rural communities and the planet. Their work extends from advocating for more democratic and economically just trade agreements to advocacy for stronger public health protections in chemical policy, to spearheading Farm to Head Start programs.
- Minnesota Department of AgricultureThe MDA’s mission is to enhance Minnesotans’ quality of life by ensuring the integrity of our food supply, the health of our environment, and the strength of our agricultural economy.