The following is a list of bibliographic databases on water quality topics. A particular database may be available through online subscription services, on CD-ROM and/or via the Internet. The databases listed here are primarily fee-based, although some may be available for use at libraries without charge. For a listing of freely available (including nonbibliographic) water-related databases, see Water Resources Databases at http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/dbases.html

Please send additions or revisions to wqic@nal.usda.gov.

• AGRICOLA (1970-present) National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD
  Provides comprehensive coverage of worldwide literature of agriculture and related subjects, such as pollution, pesticides, and natural resources. Contains over 3 million citations from the NAL collection of journals, monographs and videos. Has limited number of abstracts. Sources: DIALOG (fee-based) (800-334-2564), a subsidiary of Knight-Ridder Information, Inc., SilverPlatter Information, Inc. (fee-based) (800-343-0064.

• AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY ABSTRACTS (Part of the Cambridge Biotechnology Research Series) Covers world literature on agricultural products involving both plants and animals, new applications across the food environment and environmental development. Topics include treatment and disposal of wastes and sewage, and biochemical applications in water treatment, pollution and industrial hygiene. Available through the Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Internet Database Service. CSA provides a subscription service and free demos of their databases.

• AGRIS INTERNATIONAL (1975-present)
  Comprehensive coverage of worldwide agricultural literature on research results, food production and rural development. Subjects include aquatic sciences and fisheries, natural resources and pollution. Corresponds in part with the printed publication, AgrIndex, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Multi-lingual database. Sources: DIALOG (fee-based), SilverPlatter Information, Inc. (fee-based).

• AQUATIC SCIENCES AND FISHERIES ABSTRACTS (ASFA) (1978-Present) U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Bethesda, MD
  Covers the science, technology and management of marine and freshwater environments. Topics include pollution of aquatic environments; oceanography, aquaculture, and other living resources. Contains citations to 5,000 journals, monographs, conference proceedings and technical reports. The entire database is available from DIALOG (fee-based) or SilverPlatter Information, Inc.(fee-based).

  It is also available via the Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Web site as three separate databases: Biological Sciences & Living Resources (AFSA-1); Ocean Technology, Policy & Non-Living Resources, (AFSA-2) and Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality (ASFA-3). These databases are described on CSA's Aquatic Sciences Journal Information page.

• BIOSIS PREVIEW® (1969-present) BIOSIS® , Philadelphia, PA
  Comprehensive worldwide coverage of research in biological and biomedical sciences. Contains over 8.3 million citations from Biological Abstracts(BA)® , Biological Abstracts/RRM® (Reports, Reviews, Meetings (BA/RRM) and BioResearch Index® (BioI), the major publications of BIOSIS®. (BA/RRM is the successor to BioI beginning in 1980.) Includes original research from primary journals and monograph titles. Sources: DIALOG (fee-based), DataStar® (fee-based) (800-221-7754), SilverPlatter Information, Inc. (fee-based).

• CAB ABSTRACTS (1972-present) CAB International, Wallingford, Slough, U.K.
  Contains agricultural and biological information from all the records in the 26 main abstract journals published by CAB International. Covers journals in 37 different languages, as well as books, theses and conference proceedings. Advantages in comparison to AGRICOLA: provides abstracts for many documents and cites many non U.S publications. Sources: DIALOG (fee-based), SilverPlatter Information, Inc. (fee-based).

• ECOLOGY ABSTRACTS Provides a cross-section of current findings in ecological research. Includes coverage on resources and ecosystems management and modeling, water resources, depletion, erosion and pollution. Available from the Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Internet Database Service. CSA provides a subscription service and free demos of their databases. Sources: DIALOG (fee-based): part of the Life Sciences Collection.

• EIS DIGESTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS Presents key issues from government-released environmental impact statements. Helps user to keep up-to-date on projects and presents the positive and negative aspects of the projects. Provides abstracts of government documents. Available from the Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Internet Database Service. CSA provides a subscription service and free demos of their databases.

• ENVIROLINE® (1971-present) CIS, A Reed Reference Publishing Company, Bethesda, MD
  Provides comprehensive, international coverage of all aspects of environmental issues. Indexes and abstracts over 5,000 publications, including journals, government documents and newspapers. Sources: DIALOG (fee-based).

• ENVIRONMENTAL BIBLIOGRAPHY(1973-present) Environmental Studies Institute, Santa Barbara, CA
  Indexes more than 300 environmental periodicals covering subjects such as water resources, energy and general human ecology. Good source for students, librarians, land-use planners, government officials and corporate executives. Sources: DIALOG (fee-based).

• EXTOXNET (EXTension TOXicology NETwork) University of California at Davis, Oregon State University, Michigan State University, Cornell University
  Information available includes toxicology newsletters and fact sheets and keyword searchable Pesticide Information Profiles and Toxicology Information Briefs.

• Ground Water On-Line National Ground Water Association
  Searchable database of 78,000 ground water literature citations. NGWA members automatically receive free, unrestricted use of the on-line database, while nonmembers can subscribe for an access fee.
  Call 1-800-551-7379 and ask for the Information CenterSM or email Sandy Masters at smaste@ngwa.org.

• MEDLINE®(1966-present) TOXLINE® (coverage varies by sub-file) U.S. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD
  Major resources for questions on health effects. MEDLINE covers most subjects in biomedicine, providing indexes and abstracts of articles from over 3,700 international journals published in the U.S. and 70 countries. TOXLINE contains several subfiles, each dealing with different aspects of toxicology: the adverse effects of chemicals, drugs and physical agents on living systems. Approximately 45% of the records added each year are from the TOXBIB subfile, which is derived from MEDLINE. Sources: DIALOG (fee-based), DataStar® (fee-based), SilverPlatter Information, Inc. (fee-based).

• NATIONAL EXTENSION WATER QUALITY DATABASE Cooperative Extension Service Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
  Contains more than 2,400 citations and 800 full-text documents of water quality and waste management publications produced by state cooperative extension services. Publications cover conservation, drinking water quality, pest, waste and nutrient management, water wells and testing.

• NTIS (1964-present) National Technical Information Service (NTIS), U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA
  Provides access to EPA publications and results of government sponsored research, development and engineering reports, plus analyses prepared by federal agencies, their contractors or grantees. Also contains some state and local government reports. Good source for urban water quality information. Includes many technical reports not available elsewhere. On the NTIS Web site, you can search the Technical Reports Database, which covers 1990 to the present or browse the Environment section. Sources: DIALOG (fee-based), DataStar®(fee-based), SilverPlatter Information, Inc. (fee-based).

• OCEANIC ABSTRACTS (1964-present) Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Bethesda, MD
  Indexes and abstracts global technical literature on marine-related subjects, including oceanography, marine pollution and governmental and legal aspects of marine resources. Comprehensive database with over 9,000 citations from approximately 3,500 worldwide sources added each year. Sources: DIALOG (fee-based).

• POLLUTION ABSTRACTS (1970-present) Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Bethesda, MD
  Provides references to environment-related literature on pollution, its sources and control. Topics include environmental quality, pesticides, solid wastes and water pollution. Contains good coverage of conference proceedings. Sources: DIALOG(fee-based), DataStar® (fee-based).

• RESEARCH ABSTRACTS DATABASE (1967-October 1993) U. S. Geological Survey Water Resources Scientific Information Center
  Source for international water research. Contains 265,000 citations and abstracts from the scientific literature of water resources. This site is administered by the Universities Water Information Network.

• SELECTED WATER RESOURCES ABSTRACTS (1939 to present), U.S. Geological Survey
  Since July 1994 only U.S. Geological Survey abstracts have been added.

• WATER RESOURCES ABSTRACTS (1967-Present) Citations from materials collected by water research centers and institutes in the United States. Covers a broad range of topics including water resource economics, urban water resources, planning and management and ground and surface hydrology. Most citations include abstracts. Sources: DIALOG (fee-based), SilverPlatter Information, Inc. (fee-based), Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (fee-based).

• WATERNET TM (1971-present) American Water Works Association, Denver, CO
  Provides indexing of publications of the American Water Works Association and the AWWA research foundation. Other sources are: technical reports and studies from water utilities, U.S. government reports and international coverage of books and journals, includes Mexico and Canada. Good source of information on water industry. Sources: DIALOG (fee-based).