Water: Research Sources; Water Agencies
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Indexes to Journal Articles, Technical Literature |
Directories of People and Groups |
Water Pollutants, Chemical Substances |
Reference Sources |
Water Agencies
Water: Indexes to Journal Articles and Technical Literature
Water Resources Abstracts:
You can get this database free, or you can get it complete, but you can't have both. (Also known as WRSIC Research Abstracts.)
| Source | Dates | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) | 1967-present | Membership in UCOWR |
| Proquest (formerly CSA) | 1967-present | Subscription |
| U.S. Geological Survey | 1977-1997 (USGS Authors only) |
Free |
- Water Information Center - Portal leading to research reports done by the National Academies (U.S.)
- Water Research Network - A database of international water research; some citations have links to full text
- Climate
Change Portal - Latest reports on climate change for water managers, sorted by date and
topic; separate page on sea level rise with projections
- Civil Engineering Database (CEDB) (American Society of Civil Engineers)
- Aquatic Commons - "A thematic digital repository covering the natural marine, estuarine, brackish and fresh water environments"
- GeoRef - Earth sciences database produced by the American Geological Institute
- Ground Water Online (National Ground Water Association)
- Hydrology Infobase - A subset of the GeoArchive database
- National Extension Water Quality Database (Purdue University and U.S. Dept. of Agriculture)
- APIRS: The database of aquatic, invasive, and wetland plants (University of Florida)
- Databases: Water Quality Information Center - Includes indexes of technical literature (U.S. National Agricultural Library)
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Directories of People and Groups
- American Ground Water Trust: Organizations
- ASTM Consultants Directory
- Environmental Web Directory: Water Resources
- National Environmental Directory - Includes groups interested in water management, water quality, and watersheds [EnvironmentalDirectory.net]
- Organizations of Interest (American Water Resources Association)
- Professional Water Organizations (University of Wisconsin Water Resources Library)
- U.S. Non-Profit Water Directory - Directory of environmental organizations interested in water (Public Citizen) (PDF)
- IWRN Directories of Water Resources Agencies/Organizations/Institutions in the Americas
- IWRA Expertise Directories
- Consulting Firms
Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR):
- Water Genius - Directory of suppliers
- Water Professional Organizations (Environmental Expert.com)
- Water Resources Organizations (Open Directory)
- Water Strategist Community (waterchat.com):
- Water Conferences Worldwide (Conference Alerts)
- Directory of Water Resources Expertise in California
- Watershed Groups in California (UC Davis)
- Databases: Water Quality Information Center - Includes directories (U.S. National Agricultural Library)
Conferences:
California:
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Water Pollutants, Chemical Substances
- Ecotox - Databases on chemical toxicology (U.S. EPA)
- Environmental Test Methods and Guidelines (U.S. EPA)
- EPA REACHIT - Remediation technologies
- ToxSeek - Search dozens of databases for environmental health and toxicology data (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
- Databases: Water Quality Information Center - Includes databases of water contaminants (U.S. National Agricultural Library)
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Reference Sources
- Encyclopedia of Water Terms, from Texas Environmental Center
- Glossary of Terms (Water Quality Association)
- International Glossary of Hydrology - Multilingual dictionary
- Water Resources Glossaries (U.S. Geological Survey)
- Water Words (Nevada Division of Water Resources)
- Water Quote Search (Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas [SAHRA])