Welcome to your Environmental Sustainability page

You will need to use a variety of resources to complete this assessment task. This includes:

• print resources: printed books, journals, articles

Print resources have already had their credentials checked when they go through the editing process, so the information is all ready to be used. This makes them a useful tool in the search for information as you can use these resources without wondering if the information is actually correct! Check with your Library Staff to get help finding the books you need.
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• digital resources: web searches, databases, online encyclopaedias

A quick way to find out more about Environmental Sustainability is to do an internet search 
but remember to think critically about which websites you use. For example, the EPIC databases are more reliable than Wikipedia. Wikipedia can give you a good overview but remember to take the keywords you find there and move onto other sites for your actual research.

Using a clustering search engine such as Carrot2 rather than relying on a JGI (Just Google It) approach is a more time effective strategy. You will still need to assess the websites you find for suitability but it clusters the results in a meaningful way that can provide additional feedback as well as a more comprehensive search of the web. Assess your sites using the CRAP test. Please feel free to ask questions - Library Staff are here to help.

Where do I start?

Use these ONLINE tools to get information on your environmental issue:

Department of Conservation

Try keywords like:

• ​didymo
• New Zealand rivers
• biosecurity

LiveScience

Try keywords like:

• global warming
• climate change

Science Hub

Try keywords like:

• nuclear radiation
• nuclear energy

Te Ara

Try keywords like:

• ​didymo
• biosecurity
• rivers

Academic Writing Guide: Research tools

Links to a HUGE amount of online resources!

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Carrot2 search engine

Use any keywords for your topic - you WILL find something!

Remember to click on the Foam Tree tab to get a good visual representation of your search

Encyclopedia Britannica

Use any keywords for your topic. Great for:

• endangered animals
• Chernobyl
• nuclear radiation
• deforestation
• global warming

EXPLORA

Use any keywords for your topic. Great for:

• endangered animals
• Chernobyl
• nuclear radiation
• deforestation
• global warming

Stuff.co.nz

Use any keywords for your topic. News articles for:

• didymo
• global warming
• endangered animals
• etc.

NZ Herald

Use any keywords for your topic. News articles for:

• didymo
• global warming
• endangered animals
• etc.

​Try these organisations to see what is being done about your issue:

Greenpeace

WWF

Earth First!

Rainforest Action Network

Friends of the Earth

​http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42059551

​Referencing using APA style:

Remember, you need to produce your own work and say (cite) where it came from. A great tool for this (using the APA referencing style) is CiteThisForMe.