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PHIL 590: Environmental Ethics

This guide contains resources for research and assignments related to the course PHIL 590: Environmental Ethics

Reference Resources for Environmental Science, Ethics, & Philosophy

The following are the sections of the library that you might want to browse or review as you think of your topics:

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You can also search the WSU Libraries' Online Catalog in these subject headings - or use them as keywords with more specific topic ideas you have:

And there may be all kinds of articles, video, books and other media in these subjects you can discover through WSU Libraries' SmartSearch:

The following resources are provided as core starting places for inquiries relating to Environmental Science or Ecology.

Find thousands more resources as your topics develop, using SmartSearch or WSU Libraries Online Catalog.  

Try these suggestions to get started:

  • Suggested Keywords
    • "Environmental Science"  (use quotation marks to ensure the terms are searched as a phrase)
    • Biodiversity OR adaptation biology
    • Ecolog? or Ecolog* (will pick up terms like ecology, ecological, ecologies, etcetera)
    • "Global environmental change"
    • "Climatic change" OR "climate change mitigation"
    • encyclopedia OR dictionary OR handbook OR reference (use your topic or interest AND these to retrieve reference sources)
  • Suggested Subject Headings: (use search by subject option) - the following will link directly to WSU Library Catalog -

Below are some suggested reference resources for Environmental Sciences and Ecology:

Following are some core resources for thinking through Environmental Ethics from a philosophical standpoint.

Find thousands more resources as your topics develop, using SmartSearch or WSU Libraries Online Catalog. 

The following are resources to examine concerning the possibilities of an "Environmental Philosophy".

Find thousands more resources as your topics develop, using SmartSearch or WSU Libraries Online Catalog.

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