- Clean Wisconsin
Clean Wisconsin, an environmental advocacy organization, provides access to information related
to environmental issues in Wisconsin. This site covers topics such as water quality, air/energy,
power plants, issues concerning the Great Lakes, and more.
http://www.cleanwisconsin.org/
- Great Lakes Commission
The Great Lakes Commission is a binational public agency dedicated to the use, management, and
protection of the water, land, and other natural resources of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence system.
Among this site's resources are numerous publications, reports, and useful links related to the
system's air and water quality, water use, economy and transportation, land and soil management,
and much more.
http://www.glc.org/
- Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
This site provides basic information and planning services for the Southeastern Wisconsin Region.
It includes information on the local environmental, transportation, and development topics.
http://www.sewrpc.org/
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
The DNR’s website has information on a wide variety of topics related to Wisconsin’s environment.
Topics covered include endangered resources, ecological landscapes, forestry, invasive species,
regulations and licensing, wetlands, and much more. This site also provides access to many free
publications through its publication directory, found on the Education and Training page.
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/
- Earthtrends
Earthtrends is a comprehensive environmental information portal that focuses on
environmental, social, and economic topics. It includes maps, tables, statistics,
and country profiles from the World Resources Institute.
http://earthtrends.wri.org/index.cfm
- Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth is an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural
environments, and their interaction with society. This site provides a free,
fully searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals,
educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other's work. This
site also provides access to the full text of a limited number of electronic books.
http://www.eoearth.org/
- Envirofacts Data Warehouse
This site provides access to several Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
databases and allows you to access information on environmental activities
that may affect air, water, and land anywhere in the United States. Use
Envirofacts to retrieve data or generate maps of environmental information
by choosing from mapping applications available through this site.
http://www.epa.gov/enviro/index.html
- Envirolink
The EnviroLink Network is a non-profit organization that has been providing access to thousands of online
environmental resources since 1991. This comprehensive site provides access to resources which are arranged
by subject. You will find information on topics such as air and water quality, climate change, energy,
environmental ethics, waste management, wildlife, and much more.
http://www.envirolink.org
- Environmental Working Group
This watchdog organization aims to expose wrongdoing in government, industry, and academia. Its website
focuses on the intersection of the environment and human health, and includes research and investigation
results for issues such as environmental toxins, agriculture, and public lands.
http://www.ewg.org/
- National Audubon Society
This site provides a wealth of information on birds of North America, as well as other topics related
to conservation and natural ecosystems. It also includes access to Audubon magazine and a visually
stunning digitized copy of John James Audubon’s 1840 edition of Birds of America.
http://www.audubon.org/
- National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)
The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is a broad, collaborative program that
provides increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources. The NBII
links to diverse, high-quality biological databases, information products, and analytical tools.
This is a useful site for researching biology, fisheries, forestry, conservation issues,
environmental science, and policy issues related to natural resources and the environment.
http://www.nbii.gov/
- National Library for the Environment
A division of the National Council for Science and the Environment, the National Library of the
Environment currently posts more than 1800 Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports on environmental
and related topics. These reports undergo review for accuracy and objectivity and contain non-technical
information that can be useful to people interested in environmental policy. The publications on this
site are searchable and browsable.
http://cnie.org/NLE/CRS/
- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
NOAA supplies information that pertains to the state of the oceans and the atmosphere. NOAA is a trusted source of
accurate and objective scientific information in four particular areas of national and global importance: Ecosystems,
Climate, Weather & Water, and Commerce & Transportation.
http://www.noaa.gov/index.html
- NatureServe
Created by the Association of Biodiversity Information, this site provides
access to information on more than 70,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems
of the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Entries for organisms
provide common name, scientific name, taxonomic hierarchy, distribution,
conservation status, ecology and life history information, references, and
more. NatureServe includes particularly in-depth coverage for rare and
endangered species.
http://www.natureserve.org/
- Science.gov
Science.gov is a gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative science information
provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results.
It includes access to information on topics such as biology and nature, energy, earth
and ocean sciences, environment, natural resources, and much more.
http://science.gov/
- United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
This site provides access to an abundance of information on topics pertaining to
the environment and its impact on human health. Topics covered include: acid rain,
air pollution, climate change, endangered species, hazardous wastes, laws and
regulations, pesticides, water, and much more.
http://www.epa.gov
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service
The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service site provides access to policies, laws,
regulations, procedures, planning efforts, scientific research, and educational
activities related to the conservation of fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.
Its homepage has fact sheets and news releases on a variety of current topics,
as well as links to Fish and Wildlife pages specific to contaminants, endangered
species, law enforcement, and much more. Numerous free publications are also
available in the online library.
http://www.fws.gov/
- United States Geological Survey (USGS)
As the Nation's largest water, earth, and biological science and civilian
mapping agency, the U.S. Geological Survey collects, monitors, analyzes,
and provides scientific understanding about natural resource conditions,
issues, and problems. Its site provides access to information on topics
related to biology, geography, geology, geospatial information, and water.
http://www.usgs.gov/
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP is the voice for the environment in the United Nations system. Its mission 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." Among this site’s resources are links to numerous maps, publications, and reports.
http://www.unep.org/
- World Health Organization - Quantifying Environmental Health Impacts
This site provides materials and information related to the World Health Organization’s efforts to
quantify environmental health impacts. Included among this site's resources are country profiles of
the environmental burden of disease, world maps for a variety of environmental risk factors, access
to publications, and much more.
http://www.who.int/quantifying_ehimpacts/en/
- AirData
This site provides access to yearly summaries of United States air pollution data, taken from
Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) air pollution databases. The data include all fifty
states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U. S. Virgin Islands. AirData has
information about where air pollution comes from (emissions) and how much pollution is in the
air outside our homes and work places (monitoring).
http://www.epa.gov/air/data/index.html
- AIRNow
This site was developed to provide the public with easy access to national air quality information.
The site offers daily Air Quality Index (AQI) forecasts, as well as real-time AQI conditions for
over 300 cities across the United States. It also provides links to more detailed state and local
air quality sites.
http://airnow.gov/
- Environmental Protection Agency – Air
The EPA site provides information on a variety of topics related to air. This page provides
access to information on acid rain, air pollution, ozone monitoring, vehicle emissions, and
much more.
http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/air.html
- WindandSea Internet Guide
This site, provided by the Central Library of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
is an extensive gateway to information on oceanic and atmospheric issues. Presently it has over 1,000
selected links to science and policy sites organized by topic. All of the sites have been reviewed
and annotated by NOAA Central Library and NOAA Regional Libraries staff.
http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docs/wind/windandsea.html
- Animal Diversity Web
Provided by the University of Michigan, this online database provides information on animal natural history,
distribution, classification, and conservation biology. It includes thousands of species accounts about individual animal species as
well as descriptions of levels of organization above the species level.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
- BiologyBrowser
BiologyBrowser is a free website offering resources for the life sciences community. This site provides
a broad range of information and includes access to a nomenclature glossary for zoology, zoological record
thesaurus, links to current science news stories and relevant web sites, and more.
http://www.biologybrowser.org/
- BirdLife International
BirdLife International is a global partnership of conservation organizations that strives to conserve
birds, their habitats, and global biodiversity. According to its website, BirdLife provides information
on all birds of the world. It allows users to search for information on a particular species or sets
of species by specifying a number of different search criteria. This search feature allows users to
find information on endangered or treated bird species according to geographic location.
http://www.birdlife.org/
- Butterflies and Moths of North America
Butterflies and Moths of North America is a searchable database of verified butterfly and moth
records in the United States and Mexico. This site includes dynamic distribution maps, photographs,
species accounts, and species checklists for each county in the U.S. and each state in Mexico.
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/
- FishBase
Developed at the WorldFish Center, in conjunction with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations, FishBase is an extremely comprehensive and widely consulted database on the world's
fish species. It is a database with information that caters to different professionals such as
research scientists, fisheries managers, zoologists, and more. FishBase on the web contains practically all fish species known to science.
http://www.fishbase.org/home.htm
- Global Amphibian Assessment
The Global Amphibian Assessment website provides a comprehensive assessment of the conservation
status of the world's 5,918 known species of frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians. This
website presents results of the assessments, including IUCN Red List threat category, range map,
ecology information, and other data for every amphibian species.
http://www.globalamphibians.org/
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Provided by the World Conservation Union, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species provides
taxonomic, conservation status, and distribution information on animals and plants that have
been globally evaluated using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.
The main purpose of the IUCN Red List is to catalogue and highlight those taxa that are facing a higher risk
of global extinction.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/
- National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC)
Maintained by the United States Geological Survey, this site disseminates information to
"promote science-based decisions affecting wildlife and ecosystem health”. The NWHC provides
information, technical assistance, research, education, and leadership on national and
international wildlife health issues.
http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/
- NatureServe
Created by the Association of Biodiversity Information, this site provides access to information
on more than 70,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United States, Canada, and Latin America.
Entries for organisms provide common name, scientific name, taxonomic hierarchy, distribution,
conservation status, ecology and life history information, references, and more. NatureServe
includes particularly in-depth coverage for rare and endangered species.
http://www.natureserve.org/
- North American Mammals
The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History developed this website to serve
as a resource for students, teachers, and the general public interested in the biology and
identification of mammals in North America. It includes detailed descriptions, images, and
distribution ranges for more than 400 mammals native to the North American continent.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/
- Primate Info Net
Maintained by the National Primate Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,
the site combines original content with links to outside sources that provide comprehensive
information about primate anatomy, physiology, ecology, conservation, veterinary information,
and more.
http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/index.html
- Tree of Life
The Tree of Life Web Project is a collaborative effort of biologists from around the world.
On more than 5000 web pages, the project provides information about the diversity of organisms
on Earth, their evolutionary history, and characteristics. Each page contains information
about a particular group of organisms and are linked one to another hierarchically, in the
form of the evolutionary tree of life.
http://www.tolweb.org/tree/
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service
The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service site provides access to policies, laws, regulations,
procedures, planning efforts, scientific research, and educational activities related to
the conservation of fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats. Its homepage has fact sheets
and news releases on a variety of current topics, as well as links to Fish and Wildlife
pages specific to contaminants, endangered species, law enforcement, and much more.
Numerous free publications are also available in the online library.
http://www.fws.gov/
- WildFinder
Created by the World Wildlife Fund, WildFinder is a map-driven, searchable database of
more than 26,000 species worldwide. The site offers two approaches to access information:
"Search by Place" allows users to zoom in on an ecoregion and generate a list of species
that live there; "Search by Species" shows geographic distribution and is searchable by
scientific or common name. This site contains information on birds, mammals, reptiles,
and amphibians.
http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildfinder/
- Clean Cities
Clean Cities is a government-industry partnership designed to reduce petroleum consumption
in the transportation sector by advancing the use of alternative fuels and vehicles, idle
reduction technologies, hybrid electric vehicles, fuel blends, and fuel economy. Its site
provides access to an alternative fuels data center, information on alternative fuels
vehicles, a document database, an alternative fuel station locator, and more.
http://www.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/
- Energy Information Administration (EIA)
The Energy Information Administration, created by Congress in 1977, is a statistical agency
of the U.S. Department of Energy. This site allows users to easily locate and retrieve
information on such energy sources as petroleum, natural gas, electricity, coal, nuclear,
and renewable and alternative fuels. It also contains sections on international energy
information, statistical forecasts and analyses, historical data, energy consumption, the
environment, and more.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/
- Energy Information Administration Country Analysis Briefs
Created by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the statistical division of the
US Department of Energy, this site offers students a portal to examine global and local
energy use and outlooks. Visitors can access Country Analysis Briefs by selecting from
the nine initial clickable regions on the main visual map and then choosing from 85 sub
regions. Full reports for each area are available in HTML and PDF formats. The “Special
Topics” section provides fact sheets and pertinent reports that may be challenging to
locate by other means. A great reference and research resource.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/contents.html
- fueleconomy.gov
A joint effort of the United States Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection
Agency, this site provides a wealth of information on automobile fuel efficiency. It
includes emission and mileage information on models dating back to 1985, gas saving tips,
information on tax incentives, gas price information, a handy fuel economy guide, and more.
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/
- Wisconsin Department of Administration – Division of Energy Services
The site also provides access to information on energy alternatives, energy and the environment,
and energy statistics for the state of Wisconsin. Also included are independent evaluation
reports on Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy program.
http://www.doa.state.wi.us/energy/index.asp
- Environmental Health and Toxicology: TOXNET
This comprehensive toxicology and environmental health website includes links to databases,
bibliographies, tutorials, and other scientific and consumer-oriented resources. The resources
available through this site include a Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed), Hazardous
Substances Data Bank (HSDB), Household Products Database, and more.
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro.html
- Environmental Health News
Published by the not-for-profit Environmental Health Sciences, the organizers of this site
search a worldwide database of newspapers and magazines in order to provide a comprehensive
collection of current information on environmental events that could affect human health.
http://environmentalhealthnews.org/
- GreenFacts
GreenFacts is an independent non-profit organization whose mission is to bring complex
scientific reports on health and the environment within the reach of non-specialists.
It achieves this through a unique collection of peer reviewed “GreenFacts Digests”.
The digests are presented in a three level structure of increasing detail and complexity,
which allows the reader to access the level of information best suiting his or her needs.
http://www.greenfacts.org/index.htm
- National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the NCEH site contains
numerous links that provide environmental health information and data. “Quick Links”
lead to topic areas such as asthma, air pollution, lead poisoning, and much more.
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
The mission of the NIEHS is to reduce the burden of human illness and disability by
understanding how the environment influences the development and progression of human
disease. Among this site’s features is access to publications, fact sheets, and
pamphlets of a variety of environmental health topics.
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
- World Health Organization - Quantifying Environmental Health Impacts
This site provides materials and information related to the World Health Organization’s efforts to
quantify environmental health impacts. Included among this site's resources are country profiles of
the environmental burden of disease, world maps for a variety of environmental risk factors, access
to publications, and much more.
http://www.who.int/quantifying_ehimpacts/en/
- Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)
The CDIAC is the primary climate change data and information analysis center of the
United States Department of Energy (DOE). Its data holdings include records of the
concentration of carbon dioxide and other radiatively active gases in the atmosphere,
emissions of carbon dioxide, long term climate trends, and more.
http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/
- Climate Change: Discovery of Global Warming
Created by science historian Spencer Weart, this site provides a thorough history of climate
change along with access to basic facts and detailed current technical information. This site
supplements Weart’s book The Discovery of Global Warming which is available at the Alverno library.
http://www.aip.org/history/climate/index.html
- Earth System Research Laboratory - Global Monitoring Division
A division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Global
Monitoring Division (GMD) maintains accurate, long-term records of atmospheric gases,
aerosol particles, and solar radiation. The GMD’s mission is to understand the Earth's
atmospheric system in order to develop products that will advance global and regional
environmental information and services.
http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/
- Fighting Climate Change: Human Solidarity in a Divided World
Published by the United Nations Development Programme, this Human Development Report
provides a thorough discussion on the global impact of climate change and its implications
for unprecedented reversals in poverty reduction, nutrition, health and education.
http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2007-2008/
- Global Change Research Program
Produced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), this site serves as a portal
through which scientists, resource managers, and the public can access information
on the potential consequences of climate variability and change on human health,
ecosystems, and socioeconomic systems. It includes access to numerous publications
and presentations, datasets, newsletters, information on current research, and more.
http://cfpub.epa.gov/gcrp/
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
The role of the IPCC is to assess technical and socio-economic information relevant
to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human induced climate change, its
potential impacts, and options for adaptation and mitigation. Its site provides
free access to numerous publications and reports which are available in several
languages.
http://www.ipcc.ch/
- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration - Climate
The NOAA site provides access to wealth of information on the climate and global
warming. It includes archived weather data dating back to 1900, weekly U. S.
drought assessments, publication and reports on global climate change, and
much more.
http://www.noaa.gov/climate.html
- Pew Center on Global Climate Change
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change is a non-profit, charitable organization
that seeks to provide independent research into global climate change. Its site
includes access to publications and reports that provide basic, as well as in-depth
perspectives on the issues associated with global warming and government policy.
http://www.pewclimate.org/
- Global Invasive Species Initiative
This site, sponsored by The Nature Conservancy, compiles a wealth of information
about invasive species in the United States. It also provides many resources
designed to help conservationists deal most effectively with the damage caused
to native biodiversity by the human-facilitated introduction of non-native,
harmful invasive species.
http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/
- Invasive.org
This site provides information on diseases, insects, plants, and other invasives.
It includes links to numerous resources, images, access to publications, and more.
http://www.invasive.org/
- USDA Forest Service Invasive Species Program
This site, provided by the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service,
is a portal to invasive species information and related management and research
activities. It includes information on prevention, control and management, news
and current events, species profiles, and more.
http://www.fs.fed.us/invasivespecies/index.shtml
- Conservation Directory - National Wildlife Federation
Provided by the National Wildlife Federation, this directory is a searchable guide to thousands
of environmental non-profit, education, commercial, and government groups worldwide.
http://www.nwf.org/conservationdirectory/
- PLANTS Database
Provided by the United States Department of Agriculture, the PLANTS Database
provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts,
hornworts, and lichens of the United States and its territories.
http://plants.usda.gov/
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Provided by the World Conservation Union, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
provides taxonomic, conservation status, and distribution information on animals
and plants that have been globally evaluated using the IUCN Red List Categories
and Criteria. The main purpose of the IUCN Red List is to catalogue and highlight
those taxa that are facing a higher risk of global extinction.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/
- NatureServe
Created by the Association of Biodiversity Information, this site provides access
to information on more than 70,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United
States, Canada, and Latin America. Entries for organisms provide common name,
scientific name, taxonomic hierarchy, distribution, conservation status, ecology
and life history information, references, and more. NatureServe includes particularly
in-depth coverage for rare and endangered species.
http://www.natureserve.org/
- Tree of Life
The Tree of Life Web Project is a collaborative effort of biologists from around the world.
On more than 5000 web pages, the project provides information about the diversity of organisms
on Earth, their evolutionary history, and characteristics. Each page contains information
about a particular group of organisms and are linked one to another hierarchically, in the
form of the evolutionary tree of life.
http://www.tolweb.org/tree/
- Wisflora
Presented by the Wisconsin State Herbarium at the University of Wisconsin – Madison,
this is a fully searchable website of Wisconsin's vascular plant species. It includes
photos, habitat information, distribution maps, herbarium specimen data, and more.
http://www.botany.wisc.edu/wisflora/
- ATSDR - Toxicological Profile Information Sheet
Provided by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), this site
provides toxicological profiles for hazardous substances found at National Priorities
List (NPL) sites. (NPL is the list of hazardous waste sites eligible for long-term
federally funded remedial action). These hazardous substances are ranked based on
frequency of occurrence at NPL sites, toxicity, and potential for human exposure.
Toxicological profiles have been developed from a priority list of 275 substances.
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxpro2.html
- Environmental Health and Toxicology: TOXNET
This comprehensive toxicology and environmental health website includes links to databases,
bibliographies, tutorials, and other scientific and consumer-oriented resources. The resources
available through this site include a Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed), Hazardous
Substances Data Bank (HSDB), Household Products Database, and more.
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro.html
- Environmental Protection Agency – Pesticides
The EPA site provides information on a variety of topics related to pesticides. This page
provides links to numerous pesticide fact sheets, as well as access to information on health
and safety, environmental effects, regulating pesticides, and much more.
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/
- EXTOXNET - The Extension Toxicology Network
EXTOXNET provides toxicological information pertinent to the agricultural sector, including
information on pesticides. The site provides access to fact sheets, newsletters, pesticide
information profiles, toxicology information briefs, and more.
http://extoxnet.orst.edu/
- Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
HSDB is a toxicology data file that focuses on the toxicology of potentially hazardous
chemicals. It is enhanced with information on human exposure, industrial hygiene, emergency
handling procedures, environmental fate, regulatory requirements, and related areas. All
data are referenced and derived from a core set of books, government documents, technical
reports, and selected primary journal literature.
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB
- Household Products Database
This database provides health and safety information on over 7000 household products.
Information in the Household Products Database is taken from a variety of publicly
available sources, including brand-specific labels and Material Safety Data Sheets
prepared by manufacturers.
http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/
- Health Canada - Environmental Contaminants
This site provides reports and publications on environmental contaminants. It
includes access to fact sheets, updated lists and detailed information on a
variety of toxic substances, and more.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/pubs/contaminants/index_e.html
- International Programme on Chemical Safety - IPCS INCHEM
This site provides access to internationally peer reviewed information on chemicals
commonly used throughout the world, which may also occur as contaminants in the
environment and food. It consolidates information from a number of intergovernmental
organizations whose goal it is to assist in the sound management of chemicals.
http://www.inchem.org/
- National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC)
The NPIC was created through a cooperative agreement between Oregon State University and
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Its site provides objective, science-based
information on pesticide-related topics and includes numerous factsheets and links to
useful resources.
http://npic.orst.edu/
- Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA)
TERA is a non-profit corporation organized for scientific and educational purposes
and its site is a comprehensive source of toxicity information for risk assessment.
Among its many resources is the International Toxicity Estimates for Risk Database
(ITER) which provides information on human health risk values and cancer classifications
for over 600 chemicals of environmental concern from multiple organizations worldwide.
http://www.tera.org/
- Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), this database contains detailed
information on nearly 650 chemicals and chemical categories that over 23,000 industrial
and federal facilities manage through disposal or other releases, and waste management
for recycling, energy recovery, or treatment.
http://www.epa.gov/tri/tridata/tri05/index.htm
- TOXMAP
Provided by the National Library of Medicine, TOXMAP is a Global Information System (GIS)
that uses maps of the United States to help users visually explore data from the EPA's
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Superfund Programs. It is designed for nontechnical
people interested in learning about air and water pollutants in their area.
http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/toxmap/main/index.jsp
- Tox Town
Tox Town uses color, graphics, sounds, and animation to add interest to learning
about connections between chemicals, the environment, and the public's health.
It is designed to give information on everyday locations where one might find toxic
chemicals. This site is a companion to the extensive information in TOXNET, the
National Library of Medicine’s collection of databases that are typically used by
toxicologists and health professionals.
http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/
- U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Pesticides, Metals and Industrial Chemicals
This site provides access to numerous guidelines, reports, and publications on a
variety of synthetic and natural toxins.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/pestadd.html
- Environmental Protection Agency – Water
The EPA site provides information on a variety of topics related to water. This page
provides access to information on aquatic ecosystems, drinking water, ground water,
water pollution, and more.
http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/water.html
- International Water Law Project
The International Water Law Project is an information resource for international water
law and policy materials. The site includes the text of multilateral treaties, cases,
soft law sources, an extensive bibliography, and links to related websites.
http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/index.html
- Tap Water Quality Database
Created by the Environmental Working Group, this database provides access to tap water
contaminant data from 42 states. It includes local, state, and national data, as well
as access to a contaminants database.
http://www.ewg.org/sites/tapwater/findings.php
- UNESCO Water
UNESCO’s water portal coordinates and provides database access and worldwide information
on freshwater, including scientific policies, programs, and publications. It also provides
a platform for sharing and browsing websites of other water-related organizations, government
bodies, and NGOs through the “Water Links” and “Water Events” databases.
http://www.unesco.org/water/
- UN-Water
This comprehensive Web site consolidates and supplements information from all the United
Nations (UN) agencies and programs, as well as major non-UN partners concerned with freshwater
and sanitation. UN-Water provides access to publications and reports with information on
the status and trends in freshwater at the global and regional levels.
http://www.unwater.org
- Water Quality Information Center (WQIC)
The WQIC provides electronic access to information on water quality and agriculture. The
center collects, organizes, and communicates the scientific findings, educational methodologies,
and public policy issues related to water quality and agriculture.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/
- Water Resources Education - University of Wisconsin Extension
Created by the UW-Extension Environmental Resources Center, this site provides access to
numerous publications and educational materials that cover important aspects of water
resources education.
http://clean-water.uwex.edu/pubs/
- WindandSea Internet Guide
This site, provided by the Central Library of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
is an extensive gateway to information on oceanic and atmospheric issues. Presently it has over 1,000
selected links to science and policy sites organized by topic. All of the sites have been reviewed
and annotated by NOAA Central Library and NOAA Regional Libraries staff.
http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docs/wind/windandsea.html
- Wisconsin Water Library (University of Wisconsin – Madison)
Established in 1964 by the UW Water Resources Institute, the Water Resources Library has a collection of
almost 30,000 volumes of water-related information. Through its website, any resident of Wisconsin can
check out the library's materials, which are sent free of charge to the user's local public library for
pick up and return. The site also serves as a gateway to numerous online resources through its “Explore
the Web by Topic” page.
http://aqua.wisc.edu/waterlibrary/index.asp
- Worldwater.org
This site provides water information, data, and resources to individuals, organizations, and institutions
working on solutions to a wide range of global freshwater problems. This site complements Peter Gleick’s
book The world's water: the biennial report on freshwater resources, which is found in Alverno’s reference
collection.
http://www.worldwater.org/index.html
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