Environmental Science

Maine Environmental Resources and Agencies

• Public Educational Access to Environmental Information in Maine. (PEARL).  Database of environmental data on Maine lakes.

• Maine Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program Index. (MEMAP).  Listing of programs that monitor and assess Maine's environment.

• Maine Agricultural & Forest Experiment Station.  (MAFES) The University of Maine.  They conduct research in agriculture, forest resources, aquaculture and rural economic development. Some of their publications are available in PDF format through their web site.

• Maine Center for Enterprise Development

• Maine Congress of Lake Associations. 

• Maine Department of Environmental Protection.
• Maine Drinking Water Program.  State of Maine, Dept. of Human Services.
• Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute. 
• Maine Rural Water Association.
• Maine WasteWater Control Association.
• Maine Water Utilities Association.
• New England Environmental Education Alliance. 
• New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission.
• New England Water Environment Association.
• Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental & Watershed Research
• University of Maine. Climate Change Institute. 
• University of Maine. Cooperative Extension.  Water Quality.
• University of Maine. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Databases

• AGRICOLA. Agricultural Online Access. Sponsored by National Agriculture Library. 1970 to present.
• AGRIS. Sponsored by the United Nations. Food and Agriculture Organization. 1965 to present.
• ASCE Civil Engineering Database. 1973 to present.
• Eco-Portal - The Environmental Sustainability Information Source.  Evaluated internet directory and index.
• Environmental History Bibliography. Over 35,000 entries
• GeoRef. Geological literature
• IngentaConnect (Formerly UnCover). Coverage is 1988 - Present.
• MasterFILE Premier.  Provides full text for over 1,830 general reference, business, consumer health, general science.  Full text extends back to January, 1990.  Indexing and abstracts is available for an additional 1,000 journals.
• National Service Center for Publications Internet Site (NSCEP/NEPIS) Index to over 9,500 full-text EPA reports.
• National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Database. 1990 to present.
• NSSN: National Standards Systems Network.
• OSHLINE with NIOSHTIC Database. Occupational safety and health resources.
• RCRA Online.  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)  EPA letters, reports, memos, etc. from the Office of Solid Waste, etc.
• Science.gov. New improved gateway to U.S. government publications and web sites.  12 major science agencies are collaborating on this project.  They have recently added relevancy-ranked order to the results of a search.  It includes 30 databases and over 1700 web sites.
• TechStreet: Technical Information Superstore.  Most comprehensive index for engineering standards.  Also indexes books, materials physical property data, software and free professional trade magazines.
• U.S. EPA. Science Inventory.  This is a searchable, agency-wide catalog of more than 4,000 science activities such as research, technical assistance and assessments, along with more than 750 peer-reviewed products and an archives of over 19,000 records.
• U.S. EPA Test Methods.  Over 1600 methods are included.  Many are not available in full text.
• U.S. EPA Web Search. Provides advanced searching of the EPA web site.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary.
• Compendium of Environmental and Professional Acronyms. Association of Engineering Geologists
• Ecosystem Valuation Glossary.
• Environmental Dictionaries and Glossaries. National Council for Science and the Environment.
• Global Change Acronyms and Abbreviations. U.S. Global Change Research Information Office.
• Glossary of Climate Change Terms. U.S. EPA
• Terminology Reference System. U.S. EPA.
• Terms of Environment: Glossary, Abbreviations and Acronyms.  U.S. EPA.  

Occupational Outlook Handbook Profiles

• Conservation Scientists and Foresters.
• Engineering and Natural Sciences Managers.
• Environmental Scientists and Hydrologists.
• Occupation Outlook Handbook - complete job profiles.
   

Professional Societies and Government Resources

• Air & Waste Management Association.  (AWMA)
• American Academy of Environmental Engineers.  (AAEE)
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers. (AIChE)
• American Society of Civil Engineers. (ASCE)
• American Water Works Association. (AWWA)
• Brownfields and Land Revitalization. U.S. EPA.  Helpful information and data on the extensive hazardous waste site cleanups. Brownfield sites in Maine.
• Ecological Society of America.  (ESA)
• Global Environmental Management Initiative. (GEMI)
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
• National Snow and Ice Data Center.  (NSIDC)
• New England Water Environment Association.
• Science.gov. Catalog of U.S. government science and technology web sites.
• Union of Concerned Scientists.
• United Nations Environment Programme.  Section on Climate Change
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• U.S. Geological Survey. Water Resources.  Maine.
• U.S. Geological Survey.  Acid Rain, Atmospheric Deposition, and Precipitation Chemistry.  Contains data on 8 active monitoring sites in Maine. Also includes many online reports.
• U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
• Water Environment Federation.

Technical Resources

• Agricultural Conferences, Meetings, Seminars Calendar.
• AirData:  Access to Air Pollution Data.  U.S. EPA.   Provides the capability to produce reports and maps on air quality in specific geographic areas. 
• Climate Change Report 2007.  Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  
• Congressional Research Service Reports. Select natural resources from menu. 
• EnviroFacts Data Warehouse.  Sponsored by the U.S. EPA.  Locate environmental data on a geographic region. Locate information on companies and their pollutants.
• Environmental Services Data and Information Management. NOAA.
• Fedstats.gov.  Provides access to statistical information from over 100 U.S. government agencies.
• Invasive Species.gov.  Gateway bringing together federal efforts concerning these harmful species.
• Linkages: A Multimedia Resource for Environment and Development Policy Makers
• National Environmental Data Index.  Provides data from a multitude of federal agencies.
• Scorecard.  Get answers to your questions about local pollution.  Can put in zip code and locate local superfund sites and other environmental data. By the Environmental Defense Network.
• Substance Registry System.  U.S. EPA.  Find regulations and reports. 
• Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Explorer. Sponsored by the U.S. EPA.  The database indexes information on toxic chemicals released into the environment and waste management activities. Has full text guidance documents.
• Toxicological Profile Information Sheets. Maintained by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.  Use this site to locate hazardous waste sites by state.
• Window to My Environment.  Powerful web-based tool that provides a wide range of federal, state, and local information about environmental conditions and features in a specific area. Searchable by town, state, or zip code.

Internet Directories

• CHEMINFO: chemical information sources.  Produced by Indiana University.
• EnvironLink.
• Environment Directory.
• Environmental Careers Organization.
• INFOMINE. Scholary internet resources. University of California, Riverside
• National Library for the Environment.

Raymond H. Fogler Library University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207-581-1661

Updated: 01/21/2008