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Encyclopedia of Estuaries There are about 270 topics that range from short definition like entries to essays that cover several pages. The entries are illustrated with maps, diagrams, photographs and tables. The articles are in the format of this series; definition, introduction, the main text and summary. There is a full bibliography to each article.
Living Rivers: Trends and challenges in science and management All over the world, sustainable river basin management is a leading principle of policy plans and legal instruments for water management. This book demonstrates an integrative perspective on trends and challenges in river science and management. It describes the three pillars underneath sustainable water management, ecology, economy and sociology.
The world's water. Volume 7 the biennial report on freshwater resources is the most comprehensive and up-to-to date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources. Volume 7 features chapters on U.S. water policy, transboundary waters, and the effects of fossil fuel production on water resources, among other timely issues.
Treatise on Water Science Water science research brings together the natural and applied sciences, engineering, chemistry, law and policy, and economics, and the Treatise on Water Science seeks to unite these areas through contributions from a global team of author-experts.

Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database
Contains aquatic science related full-text articles, granular access to figures and tables within articles, and the entire range of bibliographic records from Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA). Covers records from 1960 to present. View a tutorial on this database here.
Environment Complete
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Offers coverage in the areas of ecosystem ecology, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, and urban planning. Contains full-text for more than 600 journals and 100 books and indexes over 1,500 journals from 1888 to present. Tutorial for the Environment Complete database.
GeoRef
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Provides access to the geoscience literature containing references to geoscience maps, serial, and non-serial literature. Includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey. Also covers master's theses and doctoral dissertations from US and Canadian universities. Coverage for North American resources starts in 1669, whereas worldwide coverage starts in 1933.
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Web of Science: Core Collection
Contains citations and searchable author abstracts, covering scholarly literature in journals, books and conference proceedings. Includes: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Book Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index, Current Chemical Reactions, Index Chemicus, and Emerging Sources Citation Index. Additional resources available by selecting from the dropdown list next to the Core Collection heading. Tutorial for the Web of Science: Core Collection database.
Zoological Record Plus
Provides extensive coverage of the world's zoological and animal science literature, covering research from biochemistry to veterinary medicine. Backfiles available to 1864.
Tutorial for the Zoological Record Plus database.
Academic Search Complete
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Provides full-text, peer-reviewed journals, as well as indexing and abstracts for monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. Features content going back as far as 1887.
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Pohick Creek Watershed
See the Pohick Creek Watershed Management Plan from Fairfax County government.

Business Source Complete
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Covers scholarly journals for business topics such as marketing, management, human resources, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Includes author profiles, financial data, books, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analyses, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, datamonitor, and country reports from 1886.
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Factiva
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Supplies international business and news coverage from more than 8,000 sources including newspapers, newswires, magazines, trade journals, radio and television transcripts, and websites. Compiles company information and data and up to 5 years of historical market data. Contains photographs and pictures from Reuters and Knight Ridder. View a tutorial on this database here.
See the Factiva link generator to generate permalinks to Factiva records.
Mergent Online
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Delivers comprehensive suite of authoritative financial information. Up to 4 years of key financial information on over 400,000 global private companies; integrated screening and searching for public and private companies; full company reports in pdf format; ability to view competitors on both private and public companies. View a tutorial on this database here.
Nexis Uni
Provides access to a wide range of news (includes New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times), business (company news, industry forecasts), government (legislative news, tax information), legal (news, case law) and reference information. Formerly LexisNexis Academic. View a tutorial on this database here.

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Inland Waters is the peer-reviewed, scholarly outlet for original papers that advance science within the framework of the International Society of Limnology (SIL).
Water resources research is an interdisciplinary journal that focuses on hydrology and water resources. It publishes original research in the natural and social sciences of water.
Ecology letters is a forum for the very rapid publication of the most novel research in ecology.
Trends in ecology & evolution (TREE) contains polished, concise and readable reviews, opinions and letters in all areas of ecology and evolutionary science.
Frontiers in ecology and the environment consists of peer-reviewed, synthetic review articles on all aspects of ecology, the environment, and related disciplines, as well as short, high-impact research communications of broad interdisciplinary appeal.
The Science of the total environment is an international journal for publication of original research on the total environment, which includes the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, lithosphere, and anthroposphere.

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Virginia Coastal Zone

Virginia Coastal Geospatial and Educational Mapping System

A gateway to Virginia’s coastal resource data and maps; coastal laws and policies; facts on coastal resource values; and direct links to collaborating agencies responsible for current data. A growing inventory of water and land based natural resources, conservation planning tools, and planning examples that can help us to protect Virginia’s coastal ecosystems.

Alternative Link: COASTALGEMS.ORG