Getting Background Information

Available from the Library’s Web site: http://www.kbcc.cuny.edu/kcclibrary/DBLibrary/alphalist.php

Enter keywords such as “Kyoto Protocol” or “Environmental Policy” in the search box. To limit results, search for words in the document title only. Gale Virtual Reference Library is a digital collection of subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, and handbooks published by Thomson Gale.

Finding Newspaper Articles

LexisNexis Database

Available from the Library’s Web site: http://www.kbcc.cuny.edu/kcclibrary/DBLibrary/alphalist.php

Use the “Guided News Search.” Select “General News” under the news category and “Major Papers” under the news source. Enter keywords such as Kyoto Protocol and editorial. Set date range and click search. Limit results by entering a specific news source such as The New York Times or The Washington Post in the search box under step five.

Web Links

Complete Text of the Kyoto Protocol:

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (http://unfccc.int/)

For the complete text of the Kyoto Protocol:

http://unfccc.int/essential_background/kyoto_protocol/background/items/1351.php

Other Sources:

NPR: Environment (http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1025)

For a special report select Beyond Kyoto:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5042806

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (http://www.epa.gov)

Select the “Quick Finder” to locate information for specific topics.