BI101: Ecology and Diversity

Department of Energy site that includes scientific or technical documents relating to energy and its related topics.

Journal articles, books, conference proceedings and technical reports on natural resources are covered. Many Forest Service publications are available in full text.

This handout includes a link to search and instructions for getting the most out of Google Scholar.

NTRS is provided by NTIS: National Technical Information Service. The search form is at the left, or top, of the page.

The National Service Center for Environmental Publications lets you search for EPA documents

The EPA requires detailed reports on toxic substances released into the environment. You can look for them in various ways, for example by county.

The official site for state government. Try the "Environment" menu option in the navigation to browse sites.

The agency that monitors air, land, and water

Agency charged with protecting Oregon's animals.

A wonderful source for articles, reports, data, photos, and more. A collaborative effort of OSU Libraries & Press, the Institute for Natural Resources, the Geospatial Enterprise Office,

Search for current, peer-reviewed, research-based learning materials published by OSU Extension.

Includes historical and real-time streamflow data and groundwater information.

Use the search to find theses, dissertations, and other materials by OSU faculty and students

Find governments at the state or local level

Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife interactive mapping tool.

Site of U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS), Earth Explorer mapping, USGS EROS archive site for the National Aerial Photography Program; educational materials; and Landsat Viewer

This Oregon State University site has a variety of maps showing natural resources.

Tutorials show you how to create custom maps.

National Geographic makes it easy to find a map, choose a quad, and print it in a format for ordinary-sized printer paper.

Search for a U.S. geographic feature, then click on a feature name in the list of results. A box will show mapping services that include USGS the National Map and Terrafly. Click to load map - may be slow downloading

An extensive bibliographic database on the international literature of algae. Includes some PDF full text.

A cornucopia of fish information. To search for article citations, scroll down to the search form in the "References" section.

The Index contains entries dealing with various aspects of extant and fossil American plants and fungi, including systematics and floristics, morphology, and ecology, as well as economic botany and general botany (publications dealing with botanists, herbaria, etc.). "America" is defined in the broadest possible sense, encompassing land and marine plants and fungi from Greenland to Antarctica. American territory outside this area, e.g., Hawaii, is not included. The searchable database includes all those entries published in the Index since 1996, and thus includes botanical literature appearing since late 1995." A service of the New York Botanical Garden. The current compiler is William R. Buck.