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Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies resources from the Sojourner Truth Library at SUNY New Paltz

Reference Sources

Use Reference Sources, such as encyclopedias, to get a general overview of your topic. They are not intended to be read cover-to-cover, but rather provide you with more concise information as you begin to explore a topic. Reference sources generally provide several things:

  • Background information about a topic.
  • Brief, factual overviews of topics.
  • Information about important dates, events, and people associated with a topic.
  • Terminology and definitions of terms related to a topic.
  • Articles written by authors with expertise in the subject matter.
  • Bibliographies of sources for further reading.

Reference books are located on the Main Floor of the Sojourner Truth Library.

General Online Reference Collections

Sample of Print Reference books

Sample of Online Encyclopedias and Dictionaries