Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship | Summer 1997 |
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DOI:10.5062/F4TX3CCG |
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Universities Water Information Network (UWIN)
{http://www2.uwin.siu.edu/eresources/databases/wrsic/index.html}
UWIN's page is a good place to find water news and specialized
information. Under "Announcements," there are press releases, RFPs,
calls for papers, events, and a catlog of books and software.
"Directories" covers experts, consulting firms, and organizations. There
are also employment listings and links pages at this site.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Wetlands,
Oceans & Watersheds
http://www.epa.gov/owow/
This office has as its duty to protect the nation's wetlands, oceans,
coasts, estuaries, and watersheds. Its web site summarizes the EPA's
activities and regulations in these areas.
U.S. Geological Survey: Water Resources of the United States
{https://water.usgs.gov/index.html}
At this site, the USGS puts up data on water in the U.S. Streamflow data is available down to individual gaging stations, some even in real time! More aggregate data is provided on water quality and acid rain. Links are provided to state offices of the USGS, where more specific data can be found.
Water Environment Federation (WEF)
http://www.wef.org/
This association for water quality specialists has weekly news articles,
technical resources and discussion groups, government updates, conference
announcements, supplier and product locator, and publications catalog.
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
http://www.asce.org/
Water professionals are also represented by the ASCE, whose web page
includes conference news, public and government relations announcements,
publications catalog, and information on association activities.
Water Resources Center Archives
{https://library.ucr.edu/collections/water-resources-collections-archives}
Part of the California Water Resources Center, WRCA is the library for everything about water in the state. Its web page not only describes the archives' collections and services, but also provides numerous links to related sites. Similar institutions in other states can be found on a web page maintained by the National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR): {http://wrri.nmsu.edu/niwr/wrri.html}.
Civil Engineering Database
{http://cedb.asce.org/}
A searchable database of 80,000 journal articles and conference papers published by ASCE from 1975 to 1997. This is a valuable resource that the association has made available free of charge.
Water Resources Scientific Information Center
{http://www2.uwin.siu.edu/eresources/databases/wrsic/index.html}
UWIN's site includes this subset of the USGS's Selected Water Resources
Abstracts (1967- 1993). Users may do keyword searches on a range of
years to find journal articles about water and related subjects. More
recent abstracts can be downloaded from USGS's server; for information,
see {http://h2o.usgs.gov/public/nawdex/swra.html}.
Water Librarians' Home Page
{http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/waterlib.html}
This web page is for librarians in water agencies and related
institutions. It has links to water sites and related sites for earth
sciences, engineering, environmental science, and law and government.
There are also links of special interest to librarians.
Water-Geology-Environmental Mailing Lists
{http://www.groundwater.com/lists.html}
This list from GBA Technologies, a groundwater software firm, is not
limited to groundwater mailing lists but is a quite comprehensive
collection of mailing lists on water and related aspects of geology,
engineering, and environmental science.
Water Resources Mailing Lists
{http://techware.vub.ac.be/}
This European water environment web site offers a more focused list of
specifically water- related mailing lists.
Water Resources Discussion Lists
{http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/lists.shtml}
Joseph R. Makuch, of the Water Quality Information Center, National
Agricultural Library, lists 64 mailing lists on water and the environment.
Civil Engineering Newsgroup
sci.engr.civil
Discussion of civil engineering in all its aspects, including hydraulic
engineering.
Hydrology Newsgroup
sci.geo.hydrology
Discussion of surface and groundwater hydrology, water quality, water
resources management. Software for water analysis and management is
frequently part of the discussion.
Rivers and Lakes Newsgroup
sci.geo.rivers+lakes
Discussion of rivers and lakes.