Environmental Studies

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 Library. We also have electronic reference books. You can use the Library Catalog to find both physical and electronic reference books.

Below are examples of physical and electronic reference books we have in the library.