Water Libraries; Other Scientific and Technical Libraries

If you're interested in water (and related subjects such as geology, environmental science, marine biology), use these libraries, either online or in person/P>

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Water | Other Scientific and Technology Libraries

Water Libraries

North America:

• Water Quality Information Center of the National Agricultural Library
• Water Resource Center - Supplies documents from the U.S. EPA's Office of Water
• Water Resources Center Archives, University of California, Riverside
• Wisconsin's Water Library, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
• Centre Eau, Terre et Environnement, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique: Documentation and Information Service (Université du Québec)
• Great Lakes Science Center library, Ann Arbor, Mich. (U.S. Geological Survey)
• Illinois State Water Survey Library
• Metro Vancouver Harry Lash Library - Archives and reference library for the municipal government, includes water agency records
• New Mexico Office of the State Engineer Library - Water resources is the focus of the library's collection
• Rivers Institute at Hanover College Learning Center (Indiana)
• San Diego County Water Authority Library, San Diego
• Santa Clara Valley Water District Library, San Jose
• Water Quality Library, Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality
• Waterways Experiment Station Library, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, Miss/li>

  Europe:

• Centre for Ecology and Hydrology library (U.K.)
• Gewässerkundliche Zentralbibliothek (English home page: Central Library of Hydrology) - Library of the Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (BfG) (German Federal Institute of Hydrology), Koblenz, Germany
• Max-Planck-Institute for Limnology library, Plön, Germany

Australia, New Zealand:

• National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research library and information service (New Zealand)
• Sydney Water Library and Information Services, Australia
• Water Reference Library, Water Research Laboratory, University of New South Wales, Australia

Digital Libraries:

• Everglades Digital Library - Scientific reports, maps, datasets, photos, etc. (Florida International University)
• Western Waters Digital Library - A collection of digital information on the Platte, Rio Grande, Colorado, and Columbia river basins presented by several universities in the region

Web Directories of Water Libraries:

• IAMSLIC Directory of Aquatic Science Libraries
• UNESCO Libraries Portal: Water - Mostly oceanography libraries

Other Scientific and Technology Libraries

• Linda Hall Library, Kansas City, Mo., an independent library specializing in science and technology

Government Agency Libraries:

United States Federal Government

Army Corps of Engineers:

• Army Corps of Engineers Libraries
• Engineer Research and Development Center Library, Vicksburg, Miss.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):

• Environmental Protection Agency national library network
• National Library Catalog

Dept. of Agriculture:

• National Agricultural Library
• Forest Service Library Network catalog

Dept. of Energy:

• DOE Headquarters Library
• Hanford Technical Library, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Washington

Dept. of the Interior:

• Dept. of the Interior library

Bureau of Reclamation:

• Bureau of Reclamation Library

Geological Survey:

• Geological Survey library
• National Wetlands Research Center Library

National Park Service:

• National Park Service Library

National Institutes of Health (NIH):

• National Library of Medicine - Great for public health/water quality research. Be sure to use PubMed, NLM's index of the medical journal literature

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):

• NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, Md.
• NOAA Seattle Regional Library

U.S. State Agencies

• Alaska Resources Library and Information Services (ARLIS) - Consortium of federal and state agencies and other institutions with an interest in Alaska's natural resources
• California Environmental Protection Agency Library - Serves agencies regulating air pollution, solid waste, and hazardous waste management
• Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources: Carter Library and Information Resource Center
• Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources Library
• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency learning resource center and library
• New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection, information resource center
• Utah Natural Resources Library
• Washington Geology Library (Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources)

Canadian Federal Government

• Federal Science Library / Bibliothèque scientifique fèdèrale - Union catalog of Canadian science agency libraries — Canadian Agriculture Library, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Health Library, National Science Library, Natural Resources Canada
• Environment and Climate Change Canada library services
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada libraries
• National Science Library (formerly CISTI)
• Natural Resources Canada Library

Canadian Provincial Governments

• J. T. Fyles Natural Resources Library - Serves several British Columbia government ministries

Other Governments

• CSIRO Library Services - Australia's science agency
• N. H. (Doc) Fisher Geoscience Library (Geoscience Australia)

Academic and Research Institutions:

• Colorado State University libraries
• Cornell University Engineering Library
• Desert Research Institute, Nevada
• Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
• National Center for Atmospheric Research
• Northwestern University's Transportation Library - Large collection of environmental impact statements (EIS)

• University of Illinois: Grainger Engineering Library
• University of Minnesota: Science and Engineering Library

Other Libraries:

• California Academy of Sciences
• Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Library - Specializing in the fisheries of the Pacific Northwest and related issues (Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission) (formerly StreamNet Library [fishlib.org])
• King County (Wash.) Natural Resources and Park library, Seattle
• Klamath-Salmon Natural History Library - Collects information on the natural history of the Klamath River Watershed, Orleans, Calif.
• National Library for the Environment, a nonprofit, online project
• San Francisco Public Library's Wallace Stegner Environmental Center

Web Directories of Engineering and Natural History Libraries:

• Engineering Libraries (ASEE-ELD)
• Engineering Libraries by state (U. of Illinois)
• Natural History Libraries (SLA Natural History Caucus)
• Natural Resources Libraries (Natural Resources Information Council)