Check out our collection of research tutorials, such as
Environment and Society Portal, a "gateway to open-access resources about human participation in, and understandings of, the environment" from the Rachel Carson Center for the Environment and Society
GRIST: Climate, Justice, Solutions, an open access magazine.
Pacific Standard is a resource for environmental and other social justice topics. Magazine is now archived by GRIST.
with a tutorial on Using Sage Research Methods to do a Literature Review
NOTE: It is normal for your research question to change or evolve as you work on the literature review and find more information about your topic.
Looking for a topic?
Click on this link in the upper right side of the webpage to see the entire list of issues, such as
Agribusiness, Climate Change, Fracking, Marine Pollution, Overfishing, Recycling, etc.
EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit) Viewpoint, has curated international/national content. Check for high profile topics under Current themes
IA quick read of popular (non-academic) articles can provide some research leads and links to reports, studies, journal articles. The National Geographic article mentioned an engineer who wrote a report on the topic of recycling plastic.
Local online resources may also help describe the impact of China no longer recycling plastics from the West, such as the article, "The Recyling Market is Broken" from The Argonaut, a Southern California newspaper.
Local resources may also provide
Keep your search simple
This is when it helps to keep track of your search terms and resources. Here's a sample search table on this research topic
Part of the research process is asking the question "what about . . . .. ?" to narrow down the topic.
A possible approach could be researching zero-waste--read about a zero-waste city Kamikatsu, Japan
Maybe get a more specifc research question, such as What can be done to reduce the use of plastic?
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