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ENSP 330: Introduction to Environmental law

research guide for ENSP 330

Additional Congressional Publications

The Congressional Publications database also includes additional legislative documents such as bills, laws, hearings, house and senate reports and Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports. These types of documents can provide important information on your topic.

Search Strategies:

  • Enter keywords
  • Use quotation marks for phrases
  • Limit by content type on the left
  • Once in a document, notice the related News on the right
Examples:

Using the topic, "Can the public trust doctrine be used to address the harms associated with climate change?", enter the following examples into the database and see how your results change with each search.

  1. "Climate change" and "public trust doctrine"
    • Then, limit by CRS Reports under Content Type

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