Environmental Law Search Engine

 

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Federal and State Laws & Legislation

 

CFR Title 40 from the EPA website

Search CFR for Environmental Regulations by topic/keyword (i.e. "ground water"). Same as the print version.

EPA Laws, Regulations, etc.

Louisiana-Title 33 Env. Regulatory Code & also published at Office of the State Register's Louisiana Administrative Code website. Same as the print version.

Latest Env. Protection Bills tracked by Govtrack.us

Guides to finding Federal and Louisiana legislative information on a topic (i.e. FDsys, THOMAS, etc.) 

 

EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)

Toxic Release Inventory

 

Click the link below to see more websites:

 

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Print Resources

Located on the 4th Floor, Government Documents Department

 

Index of EPA legal authority : statutes & legislative history, executive orders, regulations, 1974

(good index for historical research and legislative history)

EP 1.5/4:974

 

Louisiana Documents--Reference--4th Floor

Louisiana- Title 33 Env. Regulatory Code (Louisiana Administrative Code. Title 33, Environmental quality)

GO 50.5:TITLE 33/Pt.

 

Documents--Reference--4th Floor

Code of Federal Regulations. 40, Protection of Environment

AE 2.106/3:40/

 

Subject Terms/Keywords for Library Catalog Search:

 

"Environmental Law"

"Environmental Policy"

"Environmental Protection"

Also try searching an environment sub-topic (i.e. pollution) and adding "law and legislation" after it, such as "Pollution Law and Legislaton"

If you know the name of a law, try searching it's popular name such as "Clean Air Act".

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Research Guides

 

Cornell Law School guide to Environmental Law

Locating Federal Env. Law: U.S. Code and CFR

Thurman Marshall Law Library Environmental Law Research Guide

UCSC ENVS140 Wiki - Created for a National Environmental Policy class that requires students to use government documents and datasets to chart the lifecycle and effects of specific products. 

 

See also: Locating Government Documents in the Library

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Databases

 

CQ Researcher 

Contains analytical reporting on the most current and controversial issues of the day, including environmental issues.

 

Environmental Issues & Policy Index

Contains full-text articles and citations on topics such as agriculture, energy, renewable energy sources, marine & freshwater science, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, etc.

 

GreenFILE

Search for full-text articles and citations on environmental issues focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with such topics as global warming, recycling, alternative fuel sources, etc.

 

JSTOR

Contains full-text articles from law journals on environmental issues and environmental law.

 

Legal Collection

Search for full-text articles and citations on legal topics such as environmental law.

 

LexisNexis Academic

Government Periodicals Index

Click on "Government Periodicals Index" link on the left side of the page. Contains articles on environmental issues.

Legal Research

Click on the "Legal" tab to get to this portion of the database. Here you can get articles from law journals, cases, statutes, federal and state codes, federal regulations, etc. on all topics, including environmental law. 

 

LexisNexis Congressional 

Contains full-text and/or citations of historical and current government legislation from a variety of government resources. (Take note of any citations you find that do not include the full text of the document and search the library catalog or visit the 4th floor to see if we own a print copy!)

 

LexisNexis Statistical

Statistical data, charts, and reports on a variety of topics, including environmental issues.

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Search Engines

 

USA.gov

Science.gov

Google Govt Search