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Library Research Session Greenlaw: Watershed Advocacy Project Library Research, Oct. 9, 2007 Oct. 8, 2007 Dep’t of Ecology website already includes references to laws and rules, in some instances providing links to the most relevant Washington state cases. Find Basic Background Water Law in a Nutshell. KF5569.3.G48 1997 at Reference Area Basic overview of water law issues. May be outdated. Find Secondary Sources Legal Encyclopedia Washington Practice: Environmental Law and Practice, vols. 23 & 24. KFW80.W3 2007 at Reference Area and on Westlaw: WAPRAC-ENV. The legal encyclopedia for Washington, with chapters covering water rights and laws (chapters 6-8). Updated annually. Treatises / Hornbook Waters and Water Rights, 8 vols. KF645.W3 1991 at Reference Area. A treatise with comprehensive coverage of water law and water rights. Updated annually. Natural Resources Law by Jan G. Laitos. KF3775.L54 2002 at Reference Area A hornbook providing scholarly treatment of issues and cases in natural resources law. Environmental Law by William H. Rodgers, Jr. 4 vols. KF3775.R59 1986 at Reference Area and on Westlaw: ENVLAW. A detailed treatise. Vols. 1 and 2 are subtitled "Air and Water," Vol. 3 is covers "Pesticides and Toxic Substances, and Vol. 4 deals with "Hazardous Wastes and Substances." An Introduction to Washington Water Law by the Washington State Attorney General’s Office. KF446.G74 2000 at Reference Area A treatise on Washington water law. The 2002 version is available at the Ecology Department website. Kelly Aldrich & Cheryl Nyberg 1 Library Research Session Oct. 8, 2007 Additional treatises available on Westlaw:  Law of Water Rights and Resources: LWATRR. Covers the regulation and administration of water rights along with water allocation and distribution law. Current data.  Law of Wetlands Regulations: LWETR. Treatise covering wetlands issues, including state laws. Current data.  Public Natural Resources Law: PUBNRL. Treatise covering complex legal issues involving federal lands or resources. Current data.  State Environmental Law: STENVNL. Treatise covering substantive concepts, procedural tools, and strategic options focusing on four principal environmental matters: air quality, water quality, current hazardous waste management, and cleanup of hazardous wastes from past activities. Current data. Law Review Articles LegalTrac: Gallagher Law Library website  Find Legal Databases dropdown menu. Citations to articles; some full-text. Some useful subject headings:  Water Law o Water Law—Laws, Regulations and Rules  Water Rights o Water Rights—Laws, Regulations and Rules o Water Rights—Cases  Watershed Management o Watershed Management—Laws, Regulations and Rules o Watershed Management—Planning  Wetlands o Wetlands—Cases o Wetlands—Laws, Regulations and Rules You have a citation; now what? EJournals: Tells you where you can find the full-text of journal articles once you have a citation. Includes links to Hein Online, LexisNexis, Westlaw, and other sources. Or try searching for law reviews in LexisNexis: Research Tasks > Environmental Law Reviews and/or Westlaw: ENV-TP. Kelly Aldrich & Cheryl Nyberg 2 Library Research Session LexisNexis: How to Find Environmental Law Sources Oct. 8, 2007 LexisNexis  Research Task Page  Environmental Law  Water Kelly Aldrich & Cheryl Nyberg 3 Library Research Session Oct. 8, 2007 Lexis-Nexis  Legal  Area of Law – By Topic  Environment Kelly Aldrich & Cheryl Nyberg 4 Library Research Session Westlaw: How to Find Environmental Law Sources Oct. 8, 2007 Topical overview: ―Directory‖  ―Topical Materials by Area of Practice‖  ―Environmental Law‖ Kelly Aldrich & Cheryl Nyberg 5 Library Research Session Oct. 8, 2007 Examples: ABA Water Quality and Wetlands Committee Newsletter: ABAWQWCN. 2001-date. ABA Water Resources Committee Newsletter: ABAWRCN. 2001-date. Andrews Environmental Litigation Reporter: ANENVLR. Covers the most recent developments in litigation arising under federal and state environmental statutes, including the Superfund Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and under common law theories of liability. November 1996-date. Kelly Aldrich & Cheryl Nyberg 6 Library Research Session Oct. 8, 2007 BNA Materials (also available on Westlaw and LexisNexis) BNA Environment & Safety: Law Library homepage  Find Legal Databases‖  BNA - envtl, labor, tax & more. Kelly Aldrich & Cheryl Nyberg 7 Library Research Session Oct. 8, 2007 Westlaw includes: BNA Environmental News Library: BNA-ENVIRON and BNA State Environment and Safety Regulatory Monitoring Report: BNASESRMREP. [Hint: go to Topical Materials by Area of Practice  ―Environmental Law‖  ―Law Reviews, Legal Texts & Periodicals‖  ―BNA’s Environmental Law Database‖] LexisNexis includes: BNA Daily Environment Report (July 1992-date, updated daily); BNA State Environment Daily (December 1992-date, updated daily). [Hint: go to ―Area of Law – By Topic‖  ―Environment‖  ―Search Environmental Reporters & CLE‖  click on ―BNA‖] Nonlegal Resources Starting Point: UW Libraries Resources by Subject > Environmental Sciences Specific Databases, Indexes & Reference Tools Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Indexes and abstracts journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports, monographs, and selected books published from 1967 to date. ―watershed management‖ = 4,672 items Watershed Management is a subject heading. Dissertation Abstracts Indexes and abstracts graduate dissertations and theses. ―watershed management‖ = 217 items Gale Virtual Reference Library A collection of encyclopedias, handbook, and other reference works, searchable in its entirety or by subject and title. Includes the Environmental Encyclopedia (2 vols., 3d ed. 2003), Pollution A to Z (2 vols. 2004), and Water Science and Issues (4 vols. 2003). Relevant subjects: Environment, Science, Technology PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) Indexes social and public policy literature from thousands of periodicals, government documents, books, and other sources, U.S. and international, from 1915-date. LexisNexis > Funk & Wagnall’s New Encyclopedia ―watershed‖ = 35 hits Kelly Aldrich & Cheryl Nyberg 8 Library Research Session Books UW Libraries Catalog Keyword search ―watershed management‖ = 1077 items Oct. 8, 2007 Summit catalog (30+ college and university libraries in OR and WA) Keyword search ―watershed management = 2182 items OCLC WorldCat Keyword search ―watershed management‖ = 14,435 items Kelly Aldrich & Cheryl Nyberg 9