Environmental Ethics

To save time and effort when searching the library's online databases, try these searching tips:

• Brainstorm a variety of keywords to use when searching (global warming, climate change, environmental health)

• Use quotes to search for a phrase ("colony collapse disorder")

• Connect keywords with and (agriculture and environment

• Use or to search synonyms (swine flu or H1N1)

• Use * to get different word endings (ethic* will find ethics, ethical, and ethically, etc.)

Use the peer reviewed, scholarly, or refereed search limiters in databases.

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries are great places to find search terms on a new topic:

LigerCat can create a list of terms from the research literature in PubMed and the National Library of Medicine: