Water Subject Guide

Library resources for the field of Water

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Articles

Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=espm&adv=) (includes Water Resources Abstracts 1967-)
EI Compendex (http://www.engineeringvillage2.org/controller/servlet/Controller?CID=quickSearch&database=1) (Engineering Aspects)
GeoRef (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=georef-set-c&adv=1) (Hydrology)
Web of Science (http://isiknowledge.com/wos)
Use Web of Science to find scholarly articles in all disciplines, including water. This database can also be used to identify articles that cite an author or article that you specify. Coverage: 1900 - present.
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Encyclopedia of Water Science, Second Edition (http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/NOE0849396274)
CRC Press 2007
Encyclopedia of Hydrology and Water Resources
Dordrecht, Boston: Kluwer Academic, 1998
Call number: GB655 E53 1998 Ref.
Ground Water Atlas of the United States (http://pubs.usgs.gov/ha/ha730/gwa.html)
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Water Data and Mapping

California Department of Water Resources: California Data Exchange Center (http://cdec.water.ca.gov)
USGS Water Data (http://water.usgs.gov/data)
The World's Water (http://www.worldwater.org/data.html)
Surf Your Watershed (http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/index.cfm)
California Floodplain Maps (http://www.water.ca.gov/floodmgmt/lrafmo/fmb/fes/awareness_floodplain_maps/)
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Organizations and Societies

American Water Resources Association (http://awra.org)
American Water Works Association (http://awra.org)
American Geophysical Union (http://agu.org)
California Department of Water Resources (http://www.water.ca.gov/)
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Call Numbers

GB651-2998 Hydrology
TC Hydraulic Engineering
TD201-657 Water Supply, Water Pollution
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