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History : Environmental: Home

A research guide to primary and secondary sources for environmental history.

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Historians generally use the Chicago Style format. For information to other citation formats see the Citing Sources guide.


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Starting Points: Books

See the eBook FAQ for directions to limit your search to ebooks only.


  • By Topic - Type in the keywords that broadly describe your topic.  For example: environmental policy africa history
     
  • By Title - Type in the first few words of the book title in quotations.  For example: "inescapable ecologies"
     
  • By Author - Type in the last name followed by the first name of the author in quotations.  For example: "cronon william"

Starting Points: Journal Articles

The following research databases will help you identify articles in the field of history. Additional research databases are listed under Articles.

Starting Points - Primary Sources

This is a small sampling of primary sources related to environmental history. Additional sources are listed under Primary Sources.

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