ENVR 240 - Water and Watersheds: Research Tools

Tier I Journals for ENVR 240:

This list contains journals that are likely to contain articles highly relevant to your "Water and Watersheds" research project proposal.

Tier II Journals for ENVR 240:

This list contains journals that, although more general in content coverage than the Tier I journals, are also likely to contain articles relevant to your "Water and Watersheds" research project proposal.

• Biogeochemistry
  Available from 01/01/1984 to present.
• Biological Invasions
  Available from 01/01/1999 to present.
• Ecosystems
  Available from 01/01/1998 to present.
• Environmental Earth Sciences
  Available from 11/01/2009 to present.
  Note formerly titled "Environmental Geology".
• Environmental Geology
  Available from 01/01/1997 to 10/31/2009.
  Note that "Environmentally Geology" was renamed "Environmental Earth Sciences".
• Environmental Science & Technology
  Available from 1967 to present.
• Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  Available from 02/01/2003 to present.
• Geology
  Available from 09/01/1973 to present.
• Holocene
  Available from 01/01/1991 to present.
• Hydrological Processes
  Available from 1986 to present.
• Nature Climate Change
  Available from 10/01/2010 to present.
• Quaternary Research
  Available from 1970 to 1994 in Bates Print.
  Available from 01/01/1995 to present online.
• Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
  Available from 01/01/1997 to present.

Tier III Journals for ENVR 240:

This list contains journals that are either broader or more ecological in coverage than than either the Tier I or Tier II journals.  However, they might contain articles relevant to your "Water and Watersheds" research project proposal.

• Annals of the Association of Geographers
  Available from 1911 to 18 months ago.
  Note articles published within the past 18 months are frequently available from the publisher's website.
• Conservation Biology
  Available from 05/01/1987 to present.
• Ecological Monographs
  Available from 01/01/1931 to present.
• Ecology
  Available from 01/01/1920 to present.
• International Journal of Environmental Studies
  Available from 01/01/1974 to 18 months ago.
• Journal of Ecology
  Available from 03/01/1913 to present.
• Nature
  Available from 1963 to 2015 in Bates Print.
  Available from 1987 to present.
• Oecologia
  Available from 01/01/1968 to present.
• Oikos
  Available from 01/01/1949 to present.
• PLOS One
  Available from 2006 to present.
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS)
  Available from 01/15/1915 to present.
• Science
  Available from 07/03/1880 to present.

Non-Peer Reviewed (NPR) Journals for ENVR 240:

This list contains journals that are not peer reviewed to the level of the Tier I to Tier III journals.  However, they might contain articles relevant to your "Water and Watersheds" research project proposal.

Resources for Writing about Geology:

General Water and Watershed Reference Books:

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

USGS Data Portals

• United States Geological Survey (USGS) Website
  Host to a wealth of geological and hydrological information. There is much to be found and some of the appropriate subsections to this site are indicated below.
• USGS Hydrologic Information and Data for Maine
• USGS Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program (GWSIP)
  • GWSIP Streamflow WaterWatch
  • USGS Streamgaging Network
    • USGS Federal Priority Streamgage (FPS)
  • USGS Groundwater Watch
  • USGS Groundwater Information Pages
• USGS Water Data for the Nation
• USGS Water-Quality Data for the Nation
  • National Water Quality Monitoring Council: Water Quality Portal
  • USGS National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Project
• USGS Historical Water Use Data
• USGS Water Resources of the United States

USGS Publications​

• USGS Publications Warehouse
  For a list of document types available in the USGS Publications warehouse, you can look here.
  There are many, so you might want to navigate to the list and search the webpage (i.e. Control+f or Command+f) for "water" or "hydrology".
• Useful Examples of Water-related publications from the USGS 
  • "Estimated use of water in the United States in 2015" (Includes link to Data Release)
  • "Agriculture — A river runs through it — The connections between agriculture and water quality" (Includes link to Data Release)
  • "Understanding the influence of nutrients on stream ecosystems in agricultural landscapes" (No Data Release link)

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Website
• EPA Regional Offices
  After selecting a region (i.e. 1-10), selecting an individual state from the resulting map takes you to the EPA website for that state.
  This is a great way to quickly navigate to a state site and learn about local issues.
• List of Environmental Agencies in the United States (Wikipedia)
  This is a LARGE list of State specific resources including Departments of Environmental Conservation and Departments of Natural Resources.

United States Army Corps of Engineers

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Website
  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a storied interaction with rivers and lakes. They've even created a few...
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Publications
  Many interesting and potentially useful resources here. For example, "History of the Waterways of the Atlantic Coast of the United States".

United States Government Printing Office (GPO) 

• U. S. Government Printing Office Website
  Many reports for government sponsored studies and projects are available here.

• Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network
  From the website:
  GLEON "conducts innovative science by sharing and interpreting high resolution sensor data to understand, predict and communicate the role and response of lakes in a changing global environment."
• Lakes of Maine Website
  Information regarding water quality, native and non-native plants and animals and ecosystems in Maine lakes.
• Guide to the Walter A. Lawrance papers, 1938-1983
  Papers regarding and describing W. A. Lawrance's work as a consultant (1943-1946) and as Rivermaster (1947-1978) of the Androscoggin River.
• HydroSHEDS (BAS)
  HydroSHEDS offers a suite of geo-referenced data sets (vector and raster), including stream networks, watershed boundaries, drainage directions, and ancillary data layers such as flow accumulations, distances, and river topology information. 
• Watershed Asia
  WaterSHED, which stands for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Enterprise Development, has the objective to bring effective, affordable water and sanitation products to market in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.