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Environmental Studies/Science

This guide will help students researching topics in Environmental Studies.

Strategies for Finding Data

Data to support your research in environmental studies can come from a variety of sources, and may be collected and produced by researchers and scholars in a variety of disciplines too. Depending on the nature of your topic, you may need data collected or disseminated by sociologists or demographers, biologists, earth scientists, chemists, economists, public heath researchers, etc.

Some strategies for finding data:

  • Look for peer-reviewed journal articles that publish primary scientific research.
  • Look for technical reports.
  • Reference sources may have data.
  • Population, income and other demographic data is best found at the U.S. Census site
  • See the research guide on finding data & statistics.

Statista

Statista.com consolidates market and consumer statistical data on over 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources. Results are presented in graphical display with Excel and pdf download options. This is a good site for energy and environmental data.

Envirofacts

Search several EPA databases at the Envirofacts site for information about environmental activities that may affect air, water, and land in the U.S.

Sustainability Calculators

Use these calculators