Social Issues Gateway sites chosen by the OWH reference librarians for authority and quality of content. |
Disease Energy Environment Gender Population and Hunger Water |
General
- To find STATE Information, put this URL on the address
line and type the two letter zip code into the space. http://www.state.__.us
- Worldwatch
Institute
"...Source for cross-disciplinary, global environmental information." Particularly useful for international meetings and conferences.
- BioMedNet Research
Tools
A collection of databases intended for biological and medical researchers. Registration is required, but free. - Food and Drug Administration
Full text reports, the "Bad Bug Book" of food-borne pathogens, new drug approvals, and a Reference Room are some of the features in this official and easy-to-navigate site. - Institute for Molecular Virology
From the University of Wisconsin, Madison, this site includes VirusWorld, an images and animation database as well as web links to virus information. - Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
The CDC is a U.S. government agency devoted "to preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability." Many full text reports, a Hoaxes and Rumors link, Emerging Infectious Diseases, a peer-reviewed journal tracking and analyzing disease trends, and more. - Bio 570
A OWHL bibliography and research guide for advanced research in diseases.
- Environmental Protection
Administration
From the menu on the left side, follow "Your Community" "Programs" or "About EPA" links to offices with much full-text material, such as the Office Of Solid Waste. Best chance of finding local material. - Green Adviser
From Environmental Defense and geared to consumers. ForMyWorld has some limited results on pollution issues by zip code. Link is on the bottom of the page. - Envirolink
Network
"The Online Environmental Community," a huge site which includes news, directories of environmental information, links to environmental organizations and a very effective search engine. - The Earth Times
Online edition of the high quality magazine devoted to global environmental problems. - Environmental News Network
Patterned after CNN, there is a huge range of information from air pollution to genetically engineered food with polls and quizzes in many topics. - Global
Warming
- Greenpeace
International
One of the more action-oriented environmental groups, includes information on its worldwide "campaigns." - National Resources Defense
Council
- Redlist
International list of endangered species. - Scorecard.org
Environmental Defense has compiled a useful and easy to navigate way to find local environmental information by zip code. Databases include air, water and waste pollution and results are in easy to read graphs. - Sierra Club
Very easy to navigate with pulldown buttons for both issues and states. Massachusetts Sierra Club page links to HazeCam.
- U.S.
Department of Energy
- Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Energy,
Science, & Technology Information Resource
The U.S.
Office of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information scientific
and technical journals
- Renewable
Energy Technologies at Sandia National Laboratories
Research presented here includes full-text studies.
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Nuclear Energy Institute "The nuclear energy industry's Washington-based policy organization." |
Critical Mass
Energy Project Ralph Nader's Public Citizen on nuclear energy. |
- PopNet
A source for global population information. - The State
of the World Population
From the United Nations Population Fund, the entire report is online, along with many other documents. - Brown University HungerWeb
- On-campus resource: Brace Center for Gender Studies
- Amnesty International
London based international organization monitoring human rights issues in 160 countries. - Project Diana
Online Human Rights Archive at Yale Law School. - Women and Social Movements
in the United States
This website contains a collection of primary documents relating to women and social movements in the United States between 1830 and 1930. Search engine provided. - Contributions of 20th
Century Women to Physics
An historical archive with many pictures in preparation for The American Physical Society centenary in 1999. - Women's
History in Archival Collections
A listing of collections alphabetically by state, from The Archives for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Texas in San Antonio. - Feminist Majority
Foundation Online
The Feminist Majority Foundation homepage is current and wide ranging with a good list of links to many other places. - Independent Women's Forum
"Provides a voice for American women who believe in individual freedom and personal responsibility. There are some articles from their Women's Quarterly magazine, lists of contacts. - National Organization
for Women
Contains current information on issues and pending legislation, press releases and a good search engine for searching the site. - Subject
Listing of Women and Gender Resources
An alphabetical subject listing by the University of Wisconsin women's studies librarian. - WSSLINKS:
women and gender studies web sites
The Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries maintains this gateway in the categories of: general, archives, art, business, culture( mostly literature), education, film, health, history, international, lesbian, music, philosophy, politics, science and technology and theology. - Women's
Studies: a research guide
This NYPL site is a good place to begin research with links to print and electronic resources. - Women's
Studies Database
The University of Maryland began this well-developed database in 1992 and in addition to the usual links, there is a Reading Room with full-text fiction and non-fiction books, and a Reference Room with directories of women's organizations.
- The Global Energy and Water Cycle
Experiment
Details on a number of atmospheric, geological and hydrological GEWEX projects. - Green Cross International
Mikhail Gorbachev is president of this international NGO (non-governmental organization) which focuses on averting crises over water resources. - Universities Water Information Network
- Water
and Sustainable Development: Every Drop Counts
A report from the Canadian International Development Centre. - Smithsonian's
Ocean Planet
A virtual tour by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History. - WaterWiser: the
water efficiency clearinghouse
A drip calculator, links to U.S. state water resources and many international links. Water in Africa, by the Peace Corps World Wise Schools program is worth a look for everyone.
United
States
- To find official state information, replace XX with the two letter state abbreviation: http://www.state.XX.us (for example, www.state.ma.us is Massachusetts)
- To find official town information, add the name of the town along with the state and use "town" instead of "state" in the URL. (for example, www.town.andover.ma.us is Andover, Massachusetts.) Not every town has an official site, however.
- Colorado
Water Project
Colorado State's site focuses on local issues, but includes some general links also. - EPA
Office of Water
Authoritative full text research reports here. Use Water Where You Live link to find local information. - US
Geological Survey (USGS)
- Massachusetts
Water Resources Authority
- Woods
Hole Field Center