Welcome! This guide aims to help students of the course Politics of Environmental Issues taught at the Department of Human Ecology, SEBS, use the resources provided by Rutgers University Libraries to write their course papers on a current environmental issue after the recitation in the Chang Science Library.
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*This LibGuide was modified from its original version in March 2020 and updated in September 2020 to meet needs in the online learning environment.
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