1. Fall 2016

2. Research Process/Strategy
Identify question
Identify sources of the law for your question
Locate those sources
Search
Review results 
Search again
Repeat  OR
Secondary Sources-look at treatises, legal encyclopedias, and law review articles to learn about the topic.
Create a list of search/key terms.
Primary Sources-search for statutes, laws, regulations, and case law.
Update your research, check pocket parts/supplements.
Search Again

3. Treatises: Getting Started and Background Information
Grad, Treatise on Environmental Law (on Lexis Advance)
Ginsberg & Philip, Environmental Law and Regulation in New York
Law Reading Room, KFN5610 .G Also on Westlaw.
Guruswamy & Leach, International Environmental Law in a Nutshell
Call Number: Law Reserve, K G
Rodgers, Environmental Law
4 volume set, analysis of statutes and regulations. Also on Westlaw.
Clean Air Act Handbook
Westlaw

4. Treatises: Getting Started and Background Information (cont.)
To find a treatise online: Westlaw: click “Secondary Sources”, then under By Type, choose Texts & Treatises, then By Topic, select Energy & Environment. Lexis Advance: Under Explore Content, select Secondary Materials, Treatises, Practice Guides, & Jurisprudence, then Practice Area, Energy & Utilities Law or Environmental Law. Bloomberg Law: Click Search & Browse tab, on home page, then “Books & Treatises”; search books by key word or browse by publisher.
When to ask a librarian: Your book is out and not due for months. You cannot find your treatise or publication online. You have searched several databases, but still can’t find an article in point. You have found a good citation, but can’t find a print or digital copy, or a database is not accessible. You have found a citation to a book (in another book, WorldCat, Amazon, an article), but Hofstra doesn’t have it.

5. Books: Getting Started and Background Information
Library catalog (LEXICAT) (a good book can provide background; citations to cases, articles, statutes, Congressional reports, Internet sites)
Search: keyword: “sea level” (result # 2)
Subject headings: Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- Pacific Coast (U.S.) – Forecasting, but also others.
Search: keyword: climate executive
Select: #47, Integrating U.S. climate, energy, and transportation policies [electronic resource] : proceedings of three workshops / [edited by] Liisa Ecola and others. (2009)
Check contents and other subject headings: Environmental policy -- United States -- Congresses.
WorldCat-search by keyword, author, subject, etc. Library can interlibrary loan items-place ILL requests ASAP!
Electronic book tips: on Electronic Books (Ebrary): Must have downloaded Ebrary Reader software; printing-under Tools; print limited number of pages.

6. Current Issues BNA Databases Environment and Energy Daily
Environment Reporter
Daily Environment Report
Environment & Safety Resource Center
International Environment Reporter
World Climate Change Report
Check other applicable BNA databases, such as Antitrust & Trade Regulation Resource Center and International.
Environment and Energy Daily 
News databases on Lexis Advance, Westlaw, and Bloomberg Law.
Environmental Law Reporter

7. Current Issues (cont.) EPA.gov
Federal agency Web sites:
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
NGO Web sites:

8. Law Library Article Finding Databases

9. Article Finding Databases Index to Legal Periodicals
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
HeinOnline
Lexis Advance
Westlaw
SSRN (Social Science Research Network)-for scholarly working papers, forthcoming law review articles, think tank articles (new and very recent research) (tip: use the Keywords section to find additional terms for the search.)
Axinn Subject Databases-for interdisciplinary scholarly articles. Example: Business Source Premier, Academic Search Premier, etc. (tip: use the Subject: Thesaurus Term or Subject features to find additional terms and articles for the search.)
Bibliographies (tip: use the term “bibliography” as keyword; ex. Global Climate Change Bibliography. Annotated bibliographies provide summaries of the sources listed. Bibliographies can also be referred to as “References.”
Google
HeinOnline, Lexis Advance and Westlaw (search in Law Reviews and Journals)
Organizational and center sites (ex. Columbia’s Climate Law Bibliography)
 Law Library Article Finding research guide

10. Which statutes are applicable?
Treatises
Environmental Law Research Guides (for example, Georgetown Law Library's guide)
EPA Web site
Index to USCA or USCS

11. Where can I locate the relevant statutes?
Tips:
Know the difference between codified statutes (USC, USCA, USCS) and public laws (Statutes at Large).
Use the Popular Name Table.

12. Where can I locate the relevant statutes? (cont.)
Law Library Federal Information – Legislative – provides links to online federal legislative sources.
United State Code – available in print (Law Library Reading Room) or on FDsys.
United States Code Annotated (USCA) – available in print or in Westlaw.
United States Code Service (USCS) – available in print or in Lexis Advance.

13. Easy Legislative History
HeinOnline (U.S. Federal Legislative History Library)--can search by publication. title, public law number, and popular name.
Lexis Advance and Westlaw
ProQuest Congressional--can search by keyword, code section, Statutes at Large, bill number, & public law number.

14. Proposed Legislation Congress.gov Lexis Advance and Westlaw
ProQuest Congressional 
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

15. Executive Materials
Law Library Federal Information – Executive - provides links for Executive branch materials.
White House Council on Environmental Quality – provides executive orders, presidential Climate Action plan, news, and more.

16. What do federal agencies do?
Rule-making (regulations published in the Code of Federal Regulations)
Adjudication (administrative decisions)

17. Which Agency? EPA Endangered Species Act
Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, CERCLA, NEPA, FIFRA, etc.
Endangered Species Act
Dept. of the Interior: Fish and Wildlife Service; Dept. of Commerce: National Marine Fisheries Service; NOAA
Council On Environmental Quality
NEPA

18. Federal Regulations Rulemaking Federal Register
Code of Federal Regulations

19. Federal Register
Federal Register – online and in print (Law Library Reading Room)
Online sources:
FDsys
Lexis Advance and Westlaw
HeinOnline

20. Code of Federal Regulations
Code of Federal Regulations – online and in print (Law Library Reading Room)
Online Sources:
FDsys
Lexis Advance and Westlaw
HeinOnline
Relevant volumes might include:
40 CFR – Protection of Environment
43 CFR – Public Lands: Interior
18 CFR – Conservation of Power and Water Resources

21. Proposed Regulations Regulations.gov
Federal Register:
Lexis Advance and Westlaw
Agency Web sites
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

22. Agency Decisions Agency Web sites Looseleaf services
Bloomberg Law, Lexis Advance, and Westlaw
Law Library Administrative Law Resources and Regulatory Decisions research guides

23. Government Web Sites
Science.gov (click Energy and Energy Conservation; Energy and Energy Conservation; Environment & Environmental Quality)
EPA.gov
Publications:
Data

24. State Information Law.cornell.edu (law about, find by topic)
(state regulations resource locator)
Environment Reporter (BNA)
Lexis Advance
Westlaw

25. New York State Resources
Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Environmental Conservation Law (enabling legislation)
Free access to relevant regulations: dec.ny.gov and
NYS Register:
Data at

26. Local Sources
Don’t forget that county and other entities may have governing environmental local laws and ordinances.
Law Library sources: New York - Local/Municipal and State and Local Government.

27. Lexis Advance and Westlaw Databases Topic Search
Lexis Advance: go to Browse-->Topics-->Energy & Utilities Law OR Environmental Law.
Westlaw: go to Practice Areas-->Energy & Environment.
Searching by topic provides access to all environmental law sources:
Environmental law treatises
Environmental law cases
Environmental law statutes and administrative materials

28. Case Law International Court of Justice
International Environmental Law Reports: Law Classified, K R63
Environmental Law Reporter
Westlaw
Lexis Advance
Bloomberg Law
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law: Litigation Charts

29. Research Exercise: The Endangered Species Act

30. For additional research assistance:
—Reference Desk:
Kevin Shelton:
Reference Desk consultation with librarians