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Eco-consciousness and Spirituality

Course Number: GC234

Subject: Global Citizenship

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  • Using search words effectively
  • Better searching using AND, OR, NOT
  • Terms: There is a wide range of possible subjects you could search (selective list below)
    • try adding "moral and ethical aspects" or "religious aspects" to the following
    • e.g, agriculture vs. agriculture ethical and moral aspects
      • Agriculture, Animal industry, Animal Rights, Animal rights Movement, Animal Welfare, Animals, Climate changes, Conservation of natural resources, Ecology, Energy consumption, Energy development, Energy facilities, Energy policy, Environmental degradation, Environmental economics, Environmental law, Environmental protection, Environmental racism, Environmental responsibility, Environmentalism, Environmental ethics, Food, Food habits, Food preferences, Food industry and trade, Global Warming, Human Ecology, Livestock factories, Nature, Organic living, Plants, Sustainability, Sustainable consumption, Sustainable development
  • People: look for the following as Author; use "quotation marks" e.g., Edward Abbey vs. "Edward Abbey"
    • Edward Abbey, Thomas Berry, Wendell Berry, Rachel Carson, Jane Goodall, Aldo Leopold, Wangari Maathai, Vandana Shiva, David Suzuki, Severn Cullis Suzuki, Henry Thoreau

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    • limit to "peer-reviewed journals" (left side) to get scholarly articles

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Finding newspaper articles

  • Finding News articles
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    • click on "More" at the top of the page and then "Newspapers"
  • The Library subscribes to thousands of newspaper titles from around the world, so if you need help locating particular titles, or topics across a number of papers, contact Peter Genzinger

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