Librarian's Environmental Toolkit: Notable Sources from the WMRC Library Reference Collection

Table of Contents

• Some Notes About Environmental Information
• Abstracts, Indexes, Bibliographies
• Collection Development Tools
• Current Awareness Services
• Databases
• Dictionaries, Glossaries, Thesauri
• Directories
• Encyclopedias
• Government Agencies
• Handbooks
• Journals & Magazines
• Libraries & Books
• Book Search Utilities
• Librarianship
• Libraries
  • Metasites & Portals
• Metasites
  • Chemistry
  • Environment
  • Health & Safety
  • Reference
• Methods & Standards
• News
• Professional & Trade Associations
• Regulatory, Legal, Policy Information
• Statistics

Some Notes About Environmental Information

Environmental information is multidisciplinary and encompasses engineering, chemistry, ecology, biology, agriculture, economics, history, and business. In the WMRC collection, the topic of waste is what links these disciplines together. The resources included here are those used most often by WMRC staff. Other environmental libraries with a different scope will collect in slightly different areas and will consider other resources more valuable. Comments, questions, and suggestions welcome. Contact library@wmrc.uiuc.edu.

Abstracts, Indexes, Bibliographies

Biomass Document Database
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/document_database.html

Chemistry Preprint Server
http://www.sciencedirect.com/preprintarchive?url=/CPS

DOE Information Bridge
http://www.osti.gov/bridge/

EERE (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) Online Catalog
http://www.eere.energy.gov/catalog/Scripts/prodList.asp?btn=home

EnergyFiles
http://www.osti.gov/EnergyFiles/

Environmental Issues and Sustainable Futures: A Critical Guide for Recent Books, Reports, and Periodicals
(World Future Society, 1996)

Greening Schools Resources
http://www.greeningschools.org/resources/

GrayLIT Network
http://graylit.osti.gov/

Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable (GLRPPR) Topic Hubs and Sector Resources
http://www.glrppr.org/topichubs/

Guide to Environmental Analytical Methods, 4th ed.
(Genum Publishing, 2001)

Index of Material Safety Data Sheets
http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/

Index to EPA Test Methods
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/index/

Joint Services Pollution Prevention Technical Library
http://p2library.nfesc.navy.mil/

Librarian's Guide to U.S. EPA Resources
http://www.epa.gov/region5/library/librarians-guide.htm

National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences Bibliography
http://library.niehs.nih.gov/publications/bibliography/

National Science Digital Library
http://nsdl.org/

Phytoremediation Bibliography
http://www.rtdf.org/public/phyto/phytobib/biba-b.html

Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange (P2Rx) Topic Hubs
http://www.p2rx.org/

Preprint Network
http://www.osti.gov/preprints/

UMI Dissertation Express
http://www.umi.com/hp/Products/Dissertations.html

U.S. EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/publications.htm

Water Quality Information Center Bibliographies
http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/Bibliographies/index.shtml

WMRC Library Reference Guides
http://www.wmrc.uiuc.edu/main_sections/info_services/library_reference_guides.cfm

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Collection Development Tools

Core List for an Environmental Reference Collection
(U.S. EPA [EPA 260 R-02 001], 2002)
http://www.epa.gov/natlibra/core/coretoc.htm

Developing a Core Water Collection
http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/watrcore.html

Encyclopedia of Physical Sciences & Engineering Information Sources
(Gale, 1997)

Environmental Test Methods and Guidelines
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/Standards.html

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Library Acquisitions List

Illinois Natural History Survey Library Acquisitions List

Illinois State Geological Survey Library Acquisitions List

Illinois State Water Survey Library Acquisitions List

Illinois Waste Management and Research Center Library Acquisitions List
http://www.wmrc.uiuc.edu/main_sections/info_services/library_acquisitions.cfm

Information Sources in Science & Technology
(Libraries Unlimited, 1998)

Non-governmental Organizations Research Guide
http://docs.lib.duke.edu/igo/guides/ngo/
NGOs are excellent resources for publications.

Reference Sources for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries
(ALA, 1999)

TechDirect
http://www.epa.gov/swertio1/techdrct/index.htm

Water Librarian's Home Page
http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/waterlib.html

U.S. EPA Information Products Bulletin
http://www.epa.gov/ipbpages/

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Current Awareness Tools

Librarian's Index to the Internet
http://www.lii.org/

LLRXBuzz (Legal research news)
http://www.llrx.com/buzz/buzz.htm

Red Rock Eater News Service (RRE-L)
http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html

ResearchBuzz (News for researchers)
http://www.researchbuzz.com/

Scout Report
http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/Current/

Search Engine Showdown
http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/

Search Engine Watch
http://searchenginewatch.com/

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Databases

Advanced Fuels Property Database
http://www.nrel.gov/vehiclesandfuels/fuels_database.html

CAGE (Coatings Alternative Guide)
http://cage.rti.org/

Chemfinder
http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com

Current Research Information System (USDA)
http://cris.csrees.usda.gov/

DOE Information Bridge
http://www.osti.gov/bridge/

Ecotox
http://www.epa.gov/ecotox/

eNature.com
http://www.enature.com/

Envirofacts
http://www.epa.gov/enviro/index_java.html

Fishbase
http://www.fishbase.org/

Integrated Risk Information System
http://www.epa.gov/ngispgm3/iris/

Invisible Web.com
http://www.invisibleweb.com/

Joint Services Pollution Prevention Technical Library
http://p2library.nfesc.navy.mil/

MSDS Search
http://www.msdssearch.com/

P2Tech Archives
http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/p2tech/

Pesticide Properties Database
http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=6433

Pollution Prevention Research Database
http://www.pprc.org/pprc/research.html

Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment
http://www.tera.org/

TOXNET
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/

SAGE (Solvent Alternatives Guide)
http://clean.rti.org

Scorecard
http://www.scorecard.org/

SOLV-DB
http://solvdb.ncms.org/solvdb.htm

Water Quality Information Center Databases
http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/#3

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Dictionaries, Glossaries, Thesauri

Bioremediation & Phytoremediation Glossary
http://members.tripod.com/~bioremediation/index.html

Controlled Vocabularies (General info on thesaurus construction and use)
http://sky.fit.qut.edu.au/~middletm//cont_voc.html

Dictionary of Environment & Sustainable Development
(Wiley, 1996)

Dictionary of Toxicology
(Grove's Dictionaries, 2000)

Electronic Pesticide Dictionary
(Meister, annual)

General Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus (GEMET)
http://www.eionet.eu.int/GEMET

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms
(McGraw-Hill, 1994)

Internet Acronym Server
http://silmaril.ie/cgi-bin/uncgi/acronyms

Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations (Wiley Interscience)
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/stasa/

Stands4.com
http://www.stands4.com/

Terms of the Environment
http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/

Thesauri and Controlled Vocabularies (includes bibliography, government thesauri)
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/8/4/r4-280-e.html

U.S. EPA Terminology Reference System
http://www.epa.gov/trs/

VNR Dictionary of Environmental Health & Safety
(Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994)

Whittington's Dictionary of Plastics
(Technomic, 1993)

Yourdictionary.com
http://www.yourdictionary.com/

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Directories

Capital Report's State Environmental Agency Directory
http://www.caprep.com/stagency.htm

Conservation Directory
(National Wildlife Federation, annual)

EI Environmental Services Directory
(Environmental Information, Ltd., updated by region every other year or so)

Encyclopedia of Associations
(Gale, annual)

Environmental Grantmaking Foundations
(Resources for Global Sustainability, annual)

Harris Illinois Industrial Directory
(Harris InfoSource, annual)

Illinois EPA's Quick Answer Directory
(Illinois EPA, 2000). Also online at http://www.epa.state.il.us/quick-answer-directory/.

Illinois Manufacturers Directory
(Manufacturer's News, annual)

Illinois Services Directory
(Manufacturer's News, annual)

Infoterra Network Contacts (International environmental information exchange directory)
http://www.unep.org/infoterra/nfplist.htm

NASCIO State Search (Links to state agency web sites by topic)
https://www.nascio.org/stateSearch/

National Environmental Directory
http:/www.environmentaldirectory.net/

National Pollution Prevention Roundtable Yellow Pages
http://www.p2.org/inforesources/nppr_yps.html

Non-governmental Organizations Research Guide
http://docs.lib.duke.edu/igo/guides/ngo/
Includes a comprehensive list of international NGOs.

Southern Waste Information Exchange
http://www.wastexchange.org/

State Resource Center
http://www.lexisone.com/legalresearch/legalguide/states/states_resources_index.htm

Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
(Thomas Publishing, annual) Also online at http://www.thomasnet.com/index.html

U.S. EPA Information Sources
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/resource.htm

Washington Information Directory
(Congressional Quarterly, annual)

Zycon Industrial Directory
http://www.zycon.com/

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Encyclopedias

Britannica.com
http://www.britannica.com/

Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia
http://www1.nature.nps.gov/toxic/

Kirk-Othmer Concise Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
(Wiley, 1999)

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Environmental Science & Engineering
(McGraw-Hill, 1994)

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
(McGraw-Hill, 2000)

Wiley Encyclopedia of Environmental Pollution and Cleanup
(Wiley, 1999)

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Government Agencies

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/

Bureau of the Census
http://www.census.gov/

Capital Report's State Environmental Agency Directory
http://www.caprep.com/stagency.htm

CyberCemetery (Permanent access to defunct U.S. Government agencies and commissions)
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/

Fedstats
http://www.fedstats.gov/

FirstGov
http://www.firstgov.gov

General Accounting Office
http://www.gao.gov/

GovSpot
http://www.govspot.com/

Infoterra (Global environmental information exchange operated by the United Nations Environment Programme)
http://www.unep.org/infoterra/

National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/

National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
http://www.ntis.gov

Occupational Safety & Health Administration
http://www.osha.gov/

State & Local Government Links (Library of Congress)
http://www.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html

State Resource Center
http://www.lexisone.com/legalresearch/legalguide/states/states_resources_index.htm

U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.doe.gov

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/

U.S. Government Printing Office
http://www.gpo.gov/

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/

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Handbooks

Agrochemicals Desk Reference
(Lewis Publishers, 1997)

Analytical Laboratory Guidebook for Environmental Professionals
(NUS, 1988)

Chemical Properties Handbook
(McGraw-Hill, 1999)

Chemical Technician's Ready Reference Handbook
(McGraw-Hill, 1996)

ChemSources USA
(ChemSources International, annual)

CAGE (Coatings Alternative Guide)
http://cage.rti.org/

Contaminant Hazard Reviews
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/infobase/eisler/reviews.cfm

CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics
(CRC Press, annual)

Farm Chemicals Handbook
(Meister, annual)

General & Applied Toxicology
(Grove's Dictionaries, 2000)

Guide to Environmental Analytical Methods, 4th ed.
(Genum Publishing, 2001)

Handbook of Environmental Data on Organic Chemicals
(Wiley, 2000)

Handbook of Toxic & Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens
(Noyes, 1991)

Hazardous Chemicals Desk Reference
(Wiley, 1997)

Merck Index
(Merck, annual)

Patty's Industrial Hygiene
(Wiley, 2000)

Patty's Industrial Toxicology
(Wiley, 2000)

Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/safety/healthcare/handbook/handbook.htm

Recycling Sourcebook
(Gale, 1993)

Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials
(Wiley, 1996)

Solvent Alternatives Guide
http://clean.rti.org/

Solvent Substitution Data Systems
http://es.epa.gov/ssds/ssds.html

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Journals & Magazines

ACS Journals
http://pubs.acs.org/about.html

Publist.com
http://www.publist.com

WMRC Library Current Journal List
http://www.wmrc.uiuc.edu/main_sections/info_services/ library_current_journals.cfm

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Libraries & Books

Book Search Utilities

Addall.com (book price comparison utility)
http://www.addall.com

Librarianship

Environmental Librarianship
http://www.geocities.com/jgaff45/librarians.htm

Special Libraries Association's Environment & Resource Management Division
http://www.sla.org/division/derm/index.htm

Libraries

Agriculture Network Information Center
http://www.agnic.org/

Illinois Waste Management and Research Center Library
http://www.wmrc.uiuc.edu/library/

Libraries and Their Catalogs
http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/libgen.html#catalogs

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Library
http://library.niehs.nih.gov/

National Library for the Environment
http://www.cnie.org/nle

National Library of Medicine Toxicology & Environmental Health Information
http://www.sis.nlm.nih.gov/Tox/ToxMain.html

National Science Digital Library
http://nsdl.org/

Northwestern University Transportation Library
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/transportation/
One of the largest environmental impact statements (EIS) collections in the country.

U.S. EPA National Library Network
http://www.epa.gov/natlibra/

Metasites & Portals

Information for the Library Professional
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dltcl/pld/pro_info.html

Internet Library for Librarians
http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/

Internet Public Library: Libraries
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum45.00.00/

Librarians Resource Centre SLA Toronto Chapter Toolbox
http://www.sla.org/chapter/ctor/toolbox/resource/index.html

LibraryHQ.com
http://www.libraryhq.com/

LibrarySpot
http://www.libraryspot.com/

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Metasites

Chemistry

Cheminfo
http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/

UIUC Chemistry Library's Online Resources for the Chemical Sciences
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/chx/class_resources/online_ref.html

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Chemistry
http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Chemical Engineering
http://www.che.ufl.edu/www-che/

Environment & Energy

Energy Information Portal
http://www.eere.energy.gov/

Environmental Media Services
http://www.ems.org/

Environmental Professional's Homepage
http://www.clay.net/

Librarian's Guide to U.S. EPA Resources
http://www.epa.gov/region5/library/librarians-guide.htm

Research Tools for Water Resources and Water Quality Information
http://library.humboldt.edu/~chadwick/water_resources_&_quality.html

NIEHS Library Research Links
http://library.niehs.nih.gov/research/home.htm

U.S. DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information
http://www.osti.gov/

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Sustainable Development
http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/sustvl.html

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Urban Environmental Management
http://www.gdrc.org/uem/

Health & Safety

Occupational Safety & Health Adminstration
http://www.osha.gov/

OSHWEB - Index of Occupational Safety & Health Resources
http://www.oshweb.com/

Reference

Patents on the Internet
http://users.aber.ac.uk/dgw/patent.htm

SciNet Science Search
http://www.scinet.cc/

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Methods & Standards

Guide to Environmental Analytical Methods, 4th ed.
(Genum Publishing, 2001)

Index to EPA Test Methods
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/index/

Hal Jesperson's Standards Page
http://www.posix.com/stds.html

Lake Michigan Mass Balance Methods Compendium
http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/lmmb/methods/

National Environmental Methods Index
http://www.nemi.gov/

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News

Environmental Media Services
http://www.ems.org/

Environmental News Network
http://www.enn.com/

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Professional & Trade Associations

American Chemical Society
http://www.acs.org/

American Electroplaters & Surface Finishers' Society
http://www.aesf.org/

American Institute of Chemical Engineers
http://www.aiche.org

Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable
http://www.glrppr.org

National Pollution Prevention Roundtable
http://www.p2.org

Water Environment Federation
http://www.wef.org

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Regulatory, Legal, Policy Information

Almanac of Policy Issues: Environment
http://www.policyalmanac.org/environment/index.shtml

Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html

Environmental Impact Statements
http://nucat.library.northwestern.edu/
Search for EIS's in the catalog by doing a Guided Keyword search using the term "EIS" in conjunction with any other keyword(s).

Environmental Law Institute
http://www.eli.org

Federal Register
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html

Federal Register Environmental Subset
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/

Illinois Legislative Information
http://www.wmrc.uiuc.edu/main_sections/info_services/ library_reference_quick_library_resource_guide.cfm#illegis

Major Environmental Laws
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/laws.htm

Lexis-Nexis Congressional Universe and State Capitol Universe (databases)

RCRA Regulations & Keyword Index
(McCoy & Associates, 2000)

State Regulations Locater
http://www.nmfrc.org/srt/

State Resource Center
http://www.lexisone.com/legalresearch/legalguide/states/states_resources_index.htm

THOMAS
http://thomas.loc.gov/

U.S. EPA's Laws & Regulations
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/lawreg.htm

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Statistics

Canadian Industrial Energy End-Use Data and Analysis Centre (Canadian energy statistics)
http://www.cieedac.sfu.ca/CIEEDACweb/index.php

Census Links (international census info)
http://censuslinks.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Web_Links&file=index

Energy Information Administration (energy statistics)
http://www.eia.doe.gov/

Environment Channel
http://www.eia.doe.gov/environment.html

Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO)

Envirofacts
http://www.epa.gov/enviro/index_java.html

FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov/

Index of Leading Environmental Indicators
(Pacific Research Institute Center for Environmental Studies, annual. On the web at http://www.pacificresearch.org/centers/ces/index.html)

National Environmental Data Index
http://www.nedi.gov/

Scorecard
http://www.scorecard.org/

United Nations Statistics Division Environmental Statistics Section
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/ENVIRONMENT/default.htm

U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/

Annual Survey of Manufactures
http://www.census.gov/mcd/asmhome.html

County Business Patterns
http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html

Current Industrial Reports
http://www.census.gov/cir/www/index.html

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html