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ENVS 130A: Environmental Politics and Justice in Latin America

Resources and research tips for Prof. Claudia Horn's Fall 2023 course, ENVS 130A: Environmental Politics and Justice in Latin America.

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Subject Searches

If you're interested in finding scholarship on environmental politics and justice in Latin America, first start with a keyword search in OneSearch. After trying different combinations of keyword searches, you can try a subject search to find more results. Try swapping in related terms and searching for different geographic levels related to your study area (e.g., Latin America, Amazon River Region, etc.) to find more results.

  • Climatic Changes -- Latin America
  • Climate Justice
  • Environmental Justice 
  • Environmental Policy -- Amazon River Region
  • Settler Colonialism 
  • Indigenous Land Rights

Handbooks & Reference Works

You can search for environmental studies research methods titles in OneSearch via keyword and subject heading searches. You'll find more results if you start with a keyword search (e.g., "environmental science" AND "research method*") then switch to a subject heading search if you need more specific results. Some of the subject headings for environmental studies research methods include:

  • Environmental management -- methodology
  • Environmental sampling
  • Environmental sciences -- methodology
  • Environmental sciences -- statistical methods


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E-Books

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Note: The page download limit for the majority of our e-books refreshes every 24 hour period. This feature is easy to overlook, but incredibly helpful if you need to download more PDF content than what's allotted in the e-book's daily download limit.

 

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