| These are the official Library of Congress Subject Headings that you can use for many of your searches in our databases. You would find subject headings such as these by browsing through the Library of Congress Subject Headings books or browsing the "Catalog Record" of every title found in our Library Catalog. |
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ENVIRONMENTAL activism ENVIRONMENTAL conditions ENVIRONMENTAL degradation ENVIRONMENTAL disasters ENVIRONMENTAL education ENVIRONMENTAL impact analysis ENVIRONMENTAL law ENVIRONMENTAL literacy ENVIRONMENTAL management ENVIRONMENTAL policy ENVIRONMENTAL protection ENVIRONMENTAL regulations ENVIRONMENTAL risk ENVIRONMENTAL sciences |
CLIMATIC changes -- Prevention CLIMATE change mitigation CLIMATE change skepticism GLOBAL environmental change GLOBAL warming GREENHOUSE gas mitigation HEAVY metals INDUSTRIAL pollution LAND use & energy conservation POLLUTANTS POLLUTION prevention POWER plants -- Environmental aspects RENEWABLE energy sources URBAN renewal |
Using the correct words to search will help you find relevant information. Different authors and search tools use different words to describe the same concepts, so it is useful to have a list of similar and related terms in your arsenal when you set out to search for relevant information. The process of creating these alternative terms is called brainstorming terms or concept mapping.
EXAMPLE
Environment AND Climate Change
Factory Farms AND Environmental Impact
While not official subject headings, these keywords can be very fruitful for your research. Try to also think of other terms such as these. Keyword searches look at all the information in the book or article record including title, author, abstract, table of contents, etc. It always helps to think of synonyms, as the way one person would describe something is not the same way another would.
Global Climate Change
Pacific Garbage Patch
Vegetarian Diet