2009 - the Year of Science  Tags: sicence physics environment evolution energy technology scientific_method sustainability natural_resources  

Agencies
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
   Administration
Interior Department
Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Geological Survey
Enironmental Protection Agency
Office of Water
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Natural Resources Conservation
   Service
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
National Operational Hydrologic
   Remote Sensing Center

House Committees
Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Water
   & Power
Subcommiittee on Insular Affairs,
   Oceans & Wildlife
Subcommittee on Water
   Resources and Environment

Senate Committes
Energy & Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Water & Power
Environment & Public Works
Subcommittee on Transportation
   Safety, Infrastructure Security
   & Water Quality

Words and phrases useful in searching the library catalog, WestCat, or any of the databases to which WIU Libraries subscribe, are listed below:

oceanography marine sciences chemical oceanography floodplain management fishery oceanography ocean engineering underwater exploration submarine topography water resources development wetland conservation coastal ecology shoreline erosion coastal zone management

marine mammals fisheries water quality water pollution hydrology urban runoff agricultural pollution groundwater pollution watersheds wetlands ocean dumping ocean currents aquaculture

World ocean database 2001: data sets & products.

See also the Atlas Series.

Ocean Explorer: learning ocean science through ocean exploration.

NOAA environmental data: foundation for Earth observations and data management system.

Ocean Acidification, State of the Science

Fishery Bulletin (Periodical)

Sound Waves (Periodical)

The Ocean's Role in Weather and Climate - Resources for Teachers

This site from NOAA hosts interactive tutorials.

Floods - the Awesome Power

Coral Reef Food Web poster

JetStream - Online School for Weather, Topic Matrix

This online weather course includes information on ocean-related topics.

De-mystifying the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" or "Trash Vortex"

Discover your world with NOAA : an activity book.

Endangered oceans / Louise I. Gerdes, book editor.

GC1018 .E528 2009

The silent deep : the discovery, ecology and conservation of the deep sea / Tony Koslow.

QH541.5.D35 K67 2007

Ocean dumping: a national policy; a report to the President.

GOVPUBS. PREX 14.2:OC 2

Oceans : an illustrated reference / Dorrik Stow.

REF. GC11.2 .S76 2006

Volcanoes of the deep [videorecording]

AUDIOVISUAL. AVV-2281

The Facts on File dictionary of marine science / Barbara Charton.

REF. GC9 .F28 2008

Descent : the heroic discovery of the abyss / Brad Matsen.

GC65 .M365 2005

NOAA diving manual : diving for science and technology / editor, James W. Miller.

GOVPUBS. C 55.8:D 64/2001

The eternal darkness : a personal history of deep-sea exploration / Robert D. Ballard, with Will Hively.

GC65 .B275 2000