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POLI SCI 383 - Energy Policy

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Discovery Search

Find articles across a large number of library resources with just one search! Begin your generalized research here.

Free to use for anyone to find records. Some results, and detailed information such as PDFs and full text links, are available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Academic Search Premier
Scholarly journals from all academic disciplines - an excellent starting point for multidisciplinary research projects. 3,200 full-text journals. Coverage from 1975 to present.

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Environmental science databases
Databases and resources in environmental sciences.
Sustainability studies databases
Databases and resources in sustainability studies.

Law & policy - United States

ProQuest Legislative and Executive Publications
Hearings, bills, laws and legislative histories, committee prints, Congressional Research Service reports, Congressional Record and predecessors, Executive Branch docs to 1939, and the Serial Set.

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PolicyFile
Full text policy papers from think tanks, research institutes, and agencies.

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Westlaw Campus Research
Legal encyclopedias, law reviews, and legal treatises; case, statutory, and regulatory law; newspapers and magazines; business data, 1980s-present.

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Subject Compilations of State Laws
An index of articles, books, court opinions, and other publications that compare state laws, with many links to full text. Searchable by subject, 1925-current with a two year lag.

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Social Law Library
Unique material includes MA administrative agency rulings, Superior Court, Housing Court, and Land Court opinions, as well as the Massachusetts Register. Users can also access Fastcase legal research service, and the Legal Information Reference Center which includes information and forms for patrons of varying legal expertise.

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OurEnergyPolicy Resource Library
A free online collection of reports on energy policy issues from various organizations (including governmental).

Law & policy - International

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The website of the UNFCCC, which includes the text of the treaty as well as information on topics related to global climate change.

World Treaty Library
Original, major treaty sets including Rohn’s treaty index, Dumont, Bevans, Martens, League of Nations, United States, and United Nations treaties.

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PAIS International
Articles, government documents, reports in the fields of political science, public and social policy, international relations 1915-.

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Columbia International Affairs Online: CIAO
Full-text working and position papers, books, and journals - from international affairs research institutes, 1991-present.

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GlobaLex
A collection of resources on international, foreign, and comparative law. Includes summaries of the governmental and legal systems of 180 countries.

News

Access World News - Historical and Current
Includes current and archived news content (with backfiles beginning in the 1980s) from more than 7,050 sources spanning 200+ countries and territories across the globe.

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ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Combined search of historic Afro-American and ethnic and alternative newspapers, and historical Boston Globe, New York Times, and Washington Post.

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Polls & statistics

iPOLL
Over 650,000 public opinion survey questions and answers - from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. Survey from 1935 to present.

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PolicyMap
Map-creation tool for visualizing many categories of data: income, housing, quality of life, federal guidelines, and more.
To learn how to use PolicyMap, see their YouTube channel for videos: https://www.youtube.com/@PolicyMap.

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Environmental Dataset Gateway
Data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
International Environmental Data
Data from OED.

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