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Below are a few major, frequently used sources for the study of Environmental Science, Ecology and Biodiversity. The literature is international in scope and organized into primary (the first public record of the research) and secondary (works derived from primary sources) publications, although this distinction is beginning to be blurred in some web resources. See also the research guides: Biology, Agriculture, Plant Sciences, and Botany, Geology and General Science. For additional information on sources please consult a librarian. Internet resources require a Tufts I.D. number for off-campus access (authorized users statement). |
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Reference
Atlases & Maps
AAAS Atlas of Population & Environment
[PRINT. Tisch Book Stacks HB849.415 .H374 2000]
Atlas of the Environment
[PRINT. Tisch Reference G1046 .G3 L4 1994]
Dictionaries
Dictionary of Ecology
[PRINT. Tisch Reference QH540.4.C66 1998]
Dictionary of Ecology and the Environment
[PRINT. Tisch Reference QH540.4 .C65 1998]
Dictionary of Environment and Sustainable Development
[PRINT. Tisch Reference HC79 .E5 G518 1996]
The Environment Dictionary
[PRINT. Tisch Reference GE10.K45 1998]
Oxford Reference Online - Earth and Environmental Sciences. Oxford Univ. Press.
Terms of Environment. EPA.
Directories
Community
of Science (COS)
An internet site for the global research and development community.
Within the site are: COS Expertise, which gives personal profiles
of professionals in the research community, and COS Funding Opportunities,
a prime sources for grant information.
Conservation Directory
[PRINT. Tisch Reference S920 .C64 2003]
Lists about 2,000 U.S. government agencies & universities
with environmental programs.
Environmental Profiles: A Global Guide to Projects and People
[PRINT. Tisch Reference GE1 .K38 1993]
Resource for international environmental efforts - the how, why
and where.
World Directory of Environmental Organizations
[PRINT. Tisch Reference S920 .W67 1996]
A directory of 2,100 organizations in over 200 countries that
are concerned with the environment and natural resources.
Encyclopedias
Conservation and Environmentalism: An Encyclopedia
[PRINT. Tisch Reference GE10 .C68 1995]
Emphasis on ecology, pollution, and sustainability.
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
[PRINT. Tisch Reference QH541.15 .B56 E53 2001]
Encyclopedia of Energy
All forms of energy are covered from energy use and the environment,
to the effect of energy on history and society. Also included
are a glossary of energy terms and a chronology of energy-related
events.
Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology
[PRINT. Tisch Reference QH540.4 .E52 1995]
Covers animals and plants worldwide; gives common name, scientific
name, phylum, class, order, and family information. Has geographic
and species index.
Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues
[PRINT. Tisch Reference GE10.E52 2000]
Encyclopedia of Environmetrics
[PRINT. Tisch Reference GE45.S73 E53 2002]
Guides
The Official World Wildlife Fund Guide to Endangered Species
of North America
[PRINT. Tisch Reference QL84.2 O35 1990]
Handbooks
Standard Handbook of Environmental Science, Health, and Technology
[PRINT. Tisch Book Stacks GE123.S73 2000]
Reviews
Annual Review of Ecology & Systematics
Online
access (Coverage: v.27- (1996-)
[PRINT holdings: v.1- (1970-) QH540 .A53]
Back volumes are also in:
JSTOR
online access (Coverage: v.1- 28 (1970-1997))
Annual Review of Energy and the Environment
Online
access (Coverage: v. 21- (1996-)
PRINT holdings: v.16- (1991-) TJ163.2 .A55
Former title: Annual Review of Energy
[PRINT holdings: v.1-15 (1976-1990) TJ163.2 .A55]
BIOSIS
Internet Guides: Software Reviews
Reviews programs available in anatomy, taxonomy, ecology and population
biology.
Resources for Writing
Dictionaries
Oxford Reference Online - Earth and Environmental Sciences
Oxford English Dictionary Online
Style Manuals & Guides
Elements of Style by William J. Strunk
RefWorks
A web-based reference/citation and bibliography manager. Allows
users to keep track of and download citations from our
internet databases/indexes and then use these references for
writing and automatically formatting papers and bibliographies.
This software works with EndNote too!
A library’s catalog covers most aspects of a subject over centuries of publications in many languages. Catalogs can be searched by author, title, subject, and keyword. Tisch Library uses the Library of Congress (LC) classification scheme. LC classification brings similar books together on the shelves, which facilitates browsing. The environmental sciences collection is interdisciplinary. Materials can be located within several Library of Congress classification call number categories: GE (environmental science); QH (biology), QH 75 (biological diversity), QH 540 (ecology); QL (zoology); S (agriculture--conservation of resources); and TD (environmental technology). Environmental policy will be found in the LC classifications HC (economic history); J (political science); and K (law).
The Catalogs
Boston Library Consortium Catalogs
Harvard University Library System Catalog (HOLLIS)
National Research
Council of Canada
Includes Canada Institute for Scientific & Technical Information
(CISTI).
WorldCat.
FirstSearch.
Click on WorldCat or select WorldCat database from the search
box.
Covers almost all of the catalogs of the major research libraries,
as well as public libraries.
Other Sources for Books
Books
in Print
Lists books currently in print and available on the market for
purchasing.
Document Delivery
Borrow from other libraries, both books and journal articles.
The
Online Books Page: GE Environmental Sciences
List of online books that are freely available from the University
of Pennsylvania’s Digital Library.
The
Online Books Page: QH-QR Biological Sciences
List of online books that are freely available from the University
of Pennsylvania’s Digital Library.
The
Online Books Page: TD Technology & the Environment (including
Pollution)
List of online books that are freely available from the University
of Pennsylvania’s Digital Library.
To locate articles or research papers within periodicals and journals, it is necessary to use specialized databases known as indexes. Database Searching Tips (also available in PDF) provides valuable information on how to construct a search for best results.
Indexes
AGRICOLA.
COS. 1979-
Bibliographic records of journal articles, theses, patents, software,
and technical reports related to agriculture from 1979 to the
present.
BIOSIS
Previews. ISI. 1980-
A comprehensive life sciences database, incorporating Biological
Abstracts.
Bureau of National Affairs
BNA’s Environment Library on CD (1993-present )
[CD-ROM - Request at Tisch reference desk]
Commercial product that offers complete collection of environmental
laws, regulations, and supporting documents. Federal coverage
includes environment, chemical controls, and hazardous materials
transportation. State coverage includes full-text statutes and
regulations.
Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts - Earth & Environmental Sciences.
CSA/IDS.
Select Earth and Environmental Sciences and click on Quick Search.
Then select Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management. Search
sub-files to retrieve the following indexes:
Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts
ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality
Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B)
Ecology Abstracts
EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements
Environmental Engineering Abstracts
Health and Safety Science Abstracts
Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A)
Pollution Abstracts
Risk Abstracts
Toxicology Abstracts
Water Resources Abstracts
Environment Abstracts
Online: LexisNexis
Environmental Universe. LexisNexis, 1975-
PRINT. Tisch Reference Indexes [SCI] Z7171 .E59 v.10- (1980-)
MICROFORM. Tisch Microforms Envirofiche F55 v. 6- (1976-)
Major source for environment literature.
Environment
Complete. EBSCO.
Provides abstract/index information for over 1000 titles in the
area of environmental policy and studies. Over 500 titles have
ongoing coverage.
Environmental
Universe. LexisNexis.
Contains both the on-line, full version of Environment Abstracts
(1975-), information on hazardous waste, legal materials on the
environment and environmental news.
GEOBASE.
OCLC First Search, 1980-
Indexes worldwide literature on geography, geology, and ecology.
National Environmental Data Index.
U.S. Government.
Provides full-text search of the environmental information compiled
by agencies of the federal government.
Science
Citation Index Expanded. ISI, 1945-
Part of the ISI Web of Science, this index provides author, subject
and citation access to journal articles and book reviews in the
sciences, as well as citation values for particular papers, citation
tracking and related records. Updated weekly.
Scopus. Elsevier, 1966-
An index to the world's scientific, technical and medical literature (14,000 scholarly titles),
including 2,700 titles in Social Science, Psychology and Economics. Updated daily. Non-English
titles are covered as long as English abstracts are available. Full-text linking is available
wherever the technology and the access arrangements permit and continues to expand as such
arrangements allow. Integrated web searching and patent searching by Scirus.
Current
Contents Connect. ISI.
An ISI current awareness database with an interdisciplinary
focus; covers science, social science and humanities; includes
the latest issue and table of contents from over 8,000 of the
world’s
research journals and some evaluated scholarly websites. Can
create auto alerts for e-mail updates. Has search and journal
browse functions. Updated daily. Coverage extends to one year.
Electronic journals
Periodicals are listed in the library catalog. Holdings in all formats are unified in one record, and most entries for journals held in electronic format contain a hyperlink to the source. Searches in the web-based catalog enable one to follow these links directly. A complete list of electronic journals is on the Tisch homepage under Electronic Journals.
Key Weekly Science Journals
Nature. Nature Publishing Group.
Current:
v387-, 1997-
Back volumes v. 54-84 (1896-1910) and v.132- (1937-): [PRINT.
Tisch Bound Periodicals Q1 .N2]
Back volumes v.112-131 (1923-1933): [MICROFORMS. R93]
Science. AAAS.
Current:
v270-, (1995-)
Back
volumes v.1-270, (1800-1995)
Collections of Electronic Journals
BioOne
An aggregation of research journals in the biological, ecological,
and environmental sciences published by small societies, and non-commercial
publishers.
ScienceDirect.
Elsevier.
A database of over 1,700 journal titles covering the life, physical,
technical and social sciences. Titles start with the initial volume
of publication; all titles have tables of contents and abstracts
and most have full-text articles. Tufts has access to approximately
800 titles from 1995 to date. The titles formerly published by
Academic Press commence with 1993. Green boxes indicate subscribed
titles; white boxes are for non-subscribed titles. Please note:
ScienceDirect no longer provides access to non-subscribed titles.
Articles from non-subscribed titles must be obtained from Tisch
Document Delivery or purchased directly from ScienceDirect.
Browse
the SD Environmental Science journals.
SpringerLink
Provides access to 460+ electronic journals with full-text and
some book series. The focus is on science and technology. Browse
the Online Library: Environmental Sciences.
Wiley
InterScience
Provided is full-text access to 300+ journals published by John
Wiley & Sons. Browse earth science and environmental journals.
Conference and proceedings, dissertations, technical reports, and patents are other sources for original research.
ISI
Proceedings
An index to the published literature of significant conferences,
symposia, and seminars.
Conference
Papers Index. CSA/IDS, 1982-
Citation to papers presented at major science meetings worldwide;
focus is on life and environmental sciences. Choose Earth and
Environmental Science, click on quick search to retrieve Conference
Papers Index.
Dissertation
Abstracts. First Search. 1861-
Indexes dissertations accepted at accredited institutions; covers
all disciplines. Updated monthly.
Tufts University
Dissertations. ProQuest, 1996-
Tufts dissertations and theses published in Dissertation Abstracts
from 1996 to date.
Provides full-text access.
GrayLit Network. U.S.
Government.
A science portal of technical reports from the Department of Energy,
Department of Defense, Environmental Protection Agency, and NASA.
Patents Indexes
Derwent
Innovations Index. ISI.
A resource for patent literature from 40 patent issuing authorities.
Uses the ISI search interface and links forward in time to citing
patents and backwards in time to cited patents. Coverage for some
patents begins in 1963.
esp@cenet (Searchable Worldwide
Patents Database) EPO, 1920-
Free worldwide patent information with full-text patents from
the European Patent Office.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Website for the USPTO. Information on patenting an idea, doing
a patent search, and locating a patent depository library.
USPTO Patent
Classification Home Page
U.S. Manual on Patent Classification searchable website.
Find Web Resources on the Internet
In the 1980s the World Wide Web emerged and spawned publications of its own, independent of the print traditions. Information retrieved from the open web must be reviewed for authority, accuracy and authenticity. Keeping these limitations in mind, there are some excellent information resources available from the open web, especially those associated with government agencies and universities. See how to evaluate web resources.
General Web Search Engines
Google
A top ranked web search engine, with good relevancy. Uses tabs
at the top of the search box. Groups tab leads to a Usenet news
database: sci.environment
or sci.biology
(ecology and conservation) as a subcategory. The Directory is
a Page Rank version of the Open Directory with categories for:
Environment
and Ecology.
There is also a tab for Images and News.
Alltheweb.com
Good web search engine. Indexes full webpage, PDF files, Microsoft
Word files, and text within Flash files. Also includes tabs for
databases of news, pictures, videos, audio and FTP files.
Specialized Web Search Engines
Scirus. Elsevier.
A comprehensive science-specific search engine. Locates peer-reviewed
articles.
Academic Institutions
Columbia University:
Center for International Earth
Science Information Network (CIESIN)
Part of Columbia University’s Earth Institute. Center uses
an interdisciplinary approach and current information technology
to help solve problems related to human interactions in the environment.
Tufts University:
Tufts Institute of the Environment
An interdisciplinary, university-wide education and research institute
that facilitates and coordinates environmental programs at Tufts
University. Site has information on education and research, projects,
resources, and grants.
Atlases & Maps
AAAS
Atlas of Population & Environment
How populations affect the world’s ecosystems through text,
maps and diagrams.
EcoMap
Canada’s ecosystem in maps.
Ecoregions. World
Wildlife Fund.
The world is divided into regions to reflect terrestrial biodiversity.
EnviroMapper.
EPA.
Create maps with various types of environmental information, including
air releases, drinking water, toxic releases, hazardous wastes,
water discharge permits, and Superfund sites.
Global
Environmental Risk Map Network
A compilation of maps relating to environmental risk.
Island Directory
Provides resources on islands including basic UN documents, educational
materials, and a directory with their geographic, environmental
and socio-economic characteristics.
Compilations
Columbia
Earthscape
An online resource on the global environment with a focus on teaching,
learning, research and policy. Includes: Research by Discipline:
Ecology/Environment ; Research Links: Ecology/Environmental Studies
Data & Statistics
Statistical
Resources on the Web - Environment. University of Michigan.
Lists government (and some international) websites that contain
statistics/information on diverse environmental topics. Sponsored
by the University of Michigan Library.
The World
Data Center System
A global network of discipline subcenters that facilitates international
exchange of scientific data. Under the guidance of the International
Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU).
Database Inventories - Species & Taxonomies
All Species Toolkit Search
Engine
A project to tie together disparate taxonomic databases published
on the Web. This file indexes species, common names and synonyms
from twelve different contributing databases.
Endangered Species on EE-Link
Links to educational resources and information on endangered species.
International
Organization for Plant Information (IOPI)
Group is working to provide a series of computerized databases
summarizing taxonomic, biological, and other information on plants
of the world. Provisional
checklist now available.
IUCN Red List of Threatened
Species
Provides taxonomic, conservation status, and distribution information
on species that are facing a risk of global extinction.
Names Index (APNI). Expert
Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI).
ETI is a non-profit foundation dedicated to improve on a global
scale the quantity, quality and accessibility of taxonomic information,
based on an initiative of UNESCO. Databases
available are: World Biodiversity, World Taxonomists, Catalogue
of the Type Specimens of the Dutch Herbaria, and UNESCO-IOC Register
of Marine Organisms.
Species 2000 Catalog of Life
Species 2000 is a federation of database organizations working
together to create an array of databases that will cover all known
species within a group or organisms. Search
the Dynamic Checklist.
Tree of Life
The Tree of Life is a collaborative web project, produced by biologists
from around the world. On more than 2600 webpages,
the Tree of Life provides information about the diversity of organisms
on Earth, their history, and characteristics.
Gateways & Portals (Web Libraries)
Biodiversity
Biodiversity and Biological
Collections
Contains information pertaining to specimens in biological collections,
taxonomic authority files, and links to biodiversity resources
and collections. Housed on the web server at the Museum of Zoology,
University of Michigan.
USA Biodiversity
Links
A Biodiversity links resource page sponsored by Charles Chester,
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
Virtual Library of Ecology and
Biodiversity
Scan the table of contents or search the site for information
on endangered species, captive breeding, habitats, and environmental
issues by state, U.S. legislation, or values of biodiversity.
Conservation
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring
Centre
Established in 2000 as the world biodiversity information and
assessment center of UNEP. Website has information on various
topics such as species, habitats, and climate change. Also offers
conservation information via interactive mapping.
UNEP WCMC Conservation
Database
Species, forests, protected areas and national biodiversity profiles
are some of the topics within this collection of databases.
Environment
California Digital Library/Library
of California Environmental Information Resources
A database of web resources developed as a pilot project focusing
on all aspects of environmental sciences from agriculture to weather.
The project ended in 2000 and new sites are no longer being added.
EnviroLink
An environmental information clearinghouse with an extensive compilation
of web resources arranged by subtopic.
Environmental
Sites on the Internet
Created by a member of the Division of Industrial Ecology at the
Royal Institute of Technology - Stockholm, Sweden, this site offers
a searchable index of web links or one can browse the list by
subject.
National Library for
the Environment. National Council for Science and the Environment.
Offers easy access to Congressional Research Service reports on
environmental issues and biodiversity.
Renewable Energy Policy
Project
Information about renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainability.
New
Zealand Digital Library - United Nations University Collection
on Critical Global Issues
An initial project to create a digital library. Contains 210 publications
with a focus on agriculture, land management, and natural resources.
Project ended in 2000.
New
Zealand Digital Library - University of Waikato World Environment
Library
The University of Waikato’s initial efforts at establishing
a virtual library of environmental resources. The library contains
400 publications selected from the fields of agriculture, biodiversity,
climate change, natural resources, water and others. Project
ended in 2000.
Window To My Environment.
EPA.
A geographic portal to community-based environmental information.
Government Resources
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)
U.S. agency responsible for leading the nation's environmental
science, research, education and assessment efforts. Provides
links to key topics from air to water.
Envirofacts
Data Warehouse
A one-stop source for U.S. environmental data on waste, water,
toxins, air, radiation, and land.
EPA National Environmental
Publications Information System (NEPIS)
Full text of EPA reports from the early 1990’s to the present.
EPA Online Library
System (OLS)
OLS houses the National Catalog which provides holdings information
for books, reports, and audiovisual materials in most of the 28
EPA regional libraries and laboratories. The catalog also contains
holdings for EPA documents in NTIS (National Technical Information
Service) and displays NTIS abstracts.
EPA - Region One: New
England
Environmental information for New England.
EPA - Water
Resource for water, including the watershed initiative.
Global
Warming
Information for the public on climate change and global warming
Integrated Risk Management
System
Database containing information on human health effects as related
to exposures from chemicals in the environment.
Toxics Release Inventory Program
EPA database that contains information on toxic chemical releases
and other waste management activities reported annually by certain
industry groups and federal facilities.
Global Change Research Information
Office (GCRIO)
Provides access to data and information on climate change research,
adaptation/mitigation strategies and technologies, and global
change-related educational resources on behalf of the various
U.S. Federal Agencies that are involved in the US Global Change
Research Program (USGCRP).
Gateway to Global Change
Data and Information
Access to data sets, publications, news, and research pertaining
to global climate changes.
Earth Science Division at
NASA Ames Research Center. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Focus is on science issues associated with global change, with
particular attention to atmospheric and ecosystem science and
biosphere/atmosphere interaction.
Global Change Master Directory
provides descriptions of Earth science data sets and services
relevant to global change research. The GCMD database includes
descriptions of data sets covering agriculture, the atmosphere,
biosphere, hydrosphere and oceans, snow and ice, geology and geophysics,
paleoclimatology, and human dimensions of global change.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
Federal agency responsible for conducting research and gathering
information about the global oceans, atmosphere, space, and sun,
and using this data to improve the lives of Americans. Website
offers information on weather, fisheries, coastal areas, and research
programs.
National Environmental
Data Index (NEDI) Catalog
Provides the capability to search across several environmental
databases from a variety of federal agencies.
National Climactic
Data Center (NCDC)
U.S. agency tasked with collecting, analyzing, and disseminating
global climate information. Provides access to archived weather
data. Includes Climate of 2003; reporting on this
year’s global climate data.
Protected
Resources
Website for the Office of Protected Resources. Of particular
note are links to information on coral reefs, endangered species,
and marine mammals.
USAID & the
Environment. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Lead U.S. government agency that helps resolve global environmental
problems and promotes environmentally sustainable economic growth
in developing countries worldwide.
Ecological Site Information
System (ESIS). U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Ecological Site Inventory for Forestland and Rangeland data and
the accompanying Ecological Site Description database. Also includes
access to the Plants Home database.
Integrated Taxonomic Information
System (ITIS)
A project to create a list of biological names with a focus on
the biota of North America.
NAL Water Quality Information
Center
Electronic access to information about water and agriculture
National Extension Water Quality Database
Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NCRS)
Leads partnerships in an effort to help conserve, maintain, and
improve natural resources and the environment. Site contains information
on conservation programs, news, and technical resources. Has links
to U.S. plant database.
USDA Forest Service
Resource for public grasslands and forests, includes Healthy Forest
Initiative proposal.
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) links:
Trends
Online - A Compendium of Data on Global Change. Carbon Dioxide
Information Analysis Center.
Resource for atmospheric trace gas concentrations, greenhouse
gas emissions, climate, and ecosystems.
Environment,
Safety, and Health Digital Library
Current ES&H documents, bulletins, and regulatory information.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) links:
Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Lead public health agency responsible for assessing health hazards
at specific hazardous waste sites and studying the health effects
that may result from exposure to hazardous substances.
HazDAt. ATSDR.
ATSDR's Hazardous Substance Release and Effects Database. Provides
information on the release of hazardous substances and effects
on human populations.
Toxicological
Profiles. ATSDR.
Toxicological profiles for hazardous substance found at National
Priorities List (NPL) sites. These hazardous substances are ranked
based on frequency of occurrences, toxicity, and potential for
human exposure.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) links:
National Center for Biotechnology
Information (NCBI)
A national resource for molecular biology information, NCBI creates
public databases, conducts research in computational biology,
develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates
biomedical information. Databases include: Entrez
(access to sequence, mapping, taxonomy, and structural data),
BLAST (program
for sequence similarity searching), and GenBank
(DNA sequence database).
International
Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG)
Information on the biodiversity programs supported by ICBG.
TOXNET. National Library
of Medicine.
An integrated system of toxicology and environmental health databases.
Databases relating to the environment are: TOXLINE,
a bibliographic database on toxicology; DART/ETIC,
the database of the Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology
and Environmental Teratology Information Center; HSDB,
the Hazardous Substances Data Bank with information on the toxicology
of potentially hazardous chemicals; IRIS,
the Integrated Risk Information System which contains information
on human health effects that may result from exposure to chemicals
in the environment.
U.S. Department of the Interior
(DOI)
The nation's principal conservation agency.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(FWS)
Agency that conserves, protects and enhances fish, wildlife and
plants and their habitats.
Endangered Species
Program. FWS.
Information on threatened and endangered plants and animals, laws
and policies regarding conservation, and ESP publications.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
A browse and search website that provides information pertaining
to the health, diversity, and productivity of the 261 million
acres of America’s public lands, including statistical information
and annual reports.
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
The bureau of Dept. of the Interior that provides reliable scientific
information to describe and understand the Earth and to manage
U.S. water, biological, energy, and mineral resources. Search
function available.
Also browse Environment : http://www.usgs.gov/themes/environ.html
Biodiversity
Biological Resources. Biological
Resources Division, USGS.
Provides the scientific understanding and technologies needed
to support the management and conservation of America’s
biological resources.
National Biological Information
Infrastructure (NBII)
Collaborative program to provide increased access to data and
information on the nation's biological resources. The NBII links
databases, information products, and analytical tools maintained
by NBII partners and others in government agencies, academic institutions,
non-government organizations, and private industry.
Biocomplexity Thesaurus. NBII.
A thesaurus to search the concepts relating to biocomplexity.
Biodiversity.
NBII.
A comprehensive selection of databases pertaining to biodiversity.
Invasivespecies.gov
A gateway to Federal and State invasive species programs. Includes
information on the impact of invasive species and species profiles.
National Gap Analysis Program.
USGS.
Provides regional assessments of the conservation status of native
vertebrate species and natural land cover types.
Environmental Policy
Environmental
Affairs Program. USGS.
Provides guidance and information on the National Environmental
Policy Act and other environmental issues.
Geospatial Data & Maps
USGS Node of the National Geospatial
Data Clearinghouse
Pathway to information about geospatial or spatially referenced
data available from USGS. To view data, may require geographic
information systems (GIS), image processing systems.
National Mapping and Remotely
Sensed Data. USGS.
Clearinghouse gateway to USGS national mapping and remotely sensed
data.
Water
National Water Information
System Website
Information on the occurrence, quantity, quality, distribution
and movement of surface and underground waters.
Water Resources of the United
States. Water Resources Division, USGS.
Provides hydrologic information and analysis on U.S. water resources.
Bureau
of Oceans &
International Environmental & Scientific Affairs. U. S.
Department of State.
Bureau of the State Department that coordinates U.S. international
oceans, environmental and health policy. Website contains information
on these topics, calendar of events, international projects, and
archives.
Government Resources - Canada
Environment Canada
Canada’s environmental protection and policy agency.
National Forestry Database Program.
Canadian Council of Forest Ministers.
National forestry statistics.
Natural Resources
Canada
A federal government department specializing in the sustainable
development and use of Canada’s natural resources, energy,
minerals and metals, forests and earth sciences.
Government Resources - Europe
European Environmental Agency
Offers resources, links, and data on a number of environmental
topics.
Government Resources – International
United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP)
Homepage of the UNEP, whose mandate is "to provide leadership
and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring,
informing and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality
of life without compromising that of future generations."
Global Environment
Outlook. UNEP.
Access to GEO reports online.
World Bank - Environment
Working with client countries to address environmental challenges,
the Bank ensures their projects and programs integrate principles
of environmental sustainability. This site contains information on the
Bank’s activities, partnerships, publications, and
strategy.
Government Resources - Massachusetts
Massachusetts Executive
Office of Environmental Affairs
With links to the following executive offices:
- Coastal Zone Management
- Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Group
- Massachusetts Strategic Envirotechnology Partnership (STEP)
- Massachusetts Geographic Information System (MassGIS)
- Office of Technical Assistance for Toxics Use Reduction
And links to the following executive agencies:
- Department of Environmental Management
- Department of Environmental Protection
- Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Environmental Law Enforcement
- Department of Food and Agriculture
- Metropolitan District Commission
History
American Environmental Photographs 1891-1936
Early
Encounters in North America - People, Cultures & the
Environment
Accounts of early encounters between Europeans and Native Americans
from the mid-1600's through the mid 1800's, of particular interest
are the environment, fauna and flora sections.
The
Evolution of the Conservation Movement 1850-1920
A Library of Congress site that documents the history of the conservation
movement using a variety of historical resources (books, pamphlets,
photos, and film).
News
Access.
NBII.
Newsletter of the National Biological Information Infrastructure
with focus on biological data management.
EarthVision
Business/technology news, sustainability, education, policy and
recreation as they relate to environmental interests.
Environmental News Network
(ENN)
A commercial environmental news site with in-depth features, an
online chat forum, and a marketplace which lists companies committed
to the environment.
Global Network of Environment
and Technology (GNET)
Provides worldwide access to information on environmental news,
products and services, marketing opportunities, contracts, government
programs, policy and law, and business assistance resources.
Non-Governmental Agencies (NGO’s)
Biodiversity
Center for Biodiversity
and Conservation. American Museum of Natural History.
The CBC’s activities integrate scientific research, education,
and outreach to motivate people to become involved in conserving
the world’s biodiversity.
Convention on Biological Diversity
A resource for international cooperation on biodiversity issues.
Formed by the United Nations Environment Program. Of note, “Biodiversity
Related Organizations” link provides an extensive list
of other biodiversity websites organized by subject.
Convention
on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna & Flora
(CITES)
CITES is an international agreement that aims to ensure that trade
in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their
survival. This website contains text of the convention, a directory
of parties, its programs, the list of protected species, and CITES
news.
Global Biodiversity Information
Facility (GBIF)
Promotes the standardization, digitization and global dissemination
of the world’s biodiversity data.
Inter-American Biodiversity
Information Network (IABIN)
An internet-based forum for technical and scientific cooperation
that seeks to promote greater coordination among Western Hemisphere
countries in the collection, sharing, and use of biodiversity
information relevant to decision-making and education.
Conservation
The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy's mission is to preserve the plants, animals
and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on
Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.
Information is available through the search function or via links
to topics such as invasive species, climate change, and marine
initiatives. Go also to ConserveOnline (under Resources) an online
library of documents pertaining to conservation science and practice.
This site also has discussion groups, maps and spatial data, and
provides access to repositories of conservation information housed
at other organizations.
NatureServe
A non-profit conservation organization that provides scientific
information and tools to help guide conservation action. NatureServe
represents a network of member programs that collects and analyzes
data about plants, animals, and ecological communities of the
Western Hemisphere.
The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
IUCN draws together states, government agencies and a diverse
range of non-governmental organizations: over 980 members focus
on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of
habitats and natural resources. This website contains a variety
of information related to the environment and biodiversity including:
new and research articles, environmental law, species survival,
ecosystem management, social policy, and habitat conservation.
A search function is also available.
Environment
Committee for the National Institute
on the Environment
Working since 1990 to improve the scientific basis for environmental
decision making. Tufts is a university affiliate.
Earth Council
An international non-governmental organization created in 1992
to promote and advance the implementation of the Earth Summit
agreements.
EcoFeminism Web Ring
Ecofeminism is a social movement working against the interconnected
oppression of gender, race, class and nature.
Environmental
Defense
Non-profit advocacy group whose goal is to evaluate environmental
problems and work to create solutions that are nonpartisan, cost-efficient
and fair.
Friends of the Earth International
A federation of autonomous international environmental organizations
working toward sustainable development, protection of the earth’s
biodiversity, equal access to resources, and public participation
and activism in environmental decision making.
Greenpeace International
Activist organization that uses non-violent confrontation to publicize
global environmental problems and works to find solutions. Web
site contains information about the group, its projects, news,
and features.
National Council for Science
and the Environment (NCSE)
A non-profit advocacy association for environmental issues.
North
American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)
CEC is an international organization created by Canada, Mexico
and the United States under the North American Agreement on Environmental
Cooperation (NAAEC) and was established to address regional environmental
concerns, help prevent potential trade and environmental conflicts,
and to promote the effective enforcement of environmental law.
Union of Concerned Scientists
- Citizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions
A non-profit group of citizens and scientists advocating change
in government and corporate policy that will protect the environment.
Special interest are: Food, Vehicles, Environment, Energy and
Security. The Environmental programs focuses on Forests, Invasive Species, and
Global Warming.
World Resources Institute (WRI)
WRI is an environmental research and policy organization that
provides information and proposals for policy and institutional
change that will foster environmentally sound, socially equitable development.
This website accesses the organization’s publications,
project information, and news.
Professional Associations & Societies
Biodiversity
Society for Conservation Biology
A biodiversity ecology website.
Society for Ecological Restoration International
The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Environmental
Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA)
American Water Works Association (AWWA)
Environmental Mutagen Society (EMS)
International Society
for Environmental Ethics (ISEE)
Site provides a searchable bibliography on environmental ethics.
(Citation results only)
National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
National Ground Water Association (NGWA)
Research Tools
All Species Foundation
A relatively new non-profit organization attempting to complete
an inventory of all species of life on Earth within the next 25
years.
All Species Tools
Contains the Species Toolkit, which is an integrated set of tools
to help taxonomists disseminate information, which due to a lack
of funding did not get fully developed. However, the code is available.
Biota - The Biodiversity
Database Manager
Biological data and collections management software that helps
manage specimen-based biodiversity and collections data by providing
an easy-to-use graphical interface to a fully relational database
structure. Created by Robert Colwell, University of Connecticut.
The U.S. Long term Ecological Research
Network
A collaborative effort involving more than 1100 scientists and
students investigating ecological processes over long temporal
and broad spatial scales. The 24
LTER Sites represent diverse ecosystems and research emphases.
WWW-Server for Ecological Modelling
ecoinformatics.org
An online data and information management resource for ecologists.
Collaboration of researchers to produce software, systems, publications,
and services that are useful for ecological and environmental
science research.
GIS.com
GIS.com is a portal to GIS information on the Web. Created by
ERSI. From the Map Book Gallery:
Geography
and GIS - Sustaining Our World (ERSI Map Book v.17)
Study & Teaching
Discover Life.Org
An introduction to the environment.
Environment of Planet Earth
A site for environmental education
GLOBE Program
Worldwide hands-on primary and secondary school education and
science program.
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