Water Resources

Welcome
Books
Journal Articles
Databases
Journals
Archives & Primary Sources
Data & Statistics
Government Information
Maps & GIS
Media
Websites
Writing & Citing

Welcome

A good starting point for water research is the World's Water which is published every two years by Island Press. It provides both detailed analysis of the most significant trends and events and up-to-date data on water resources and their use.

Scholarsportal LibGuide for Earth Day is another quality resource to begin your research.

Reference Materials:

Library Guide:

Geography_lg.pdf

Books

Recommended Books:

A History of Water

Bottled and Sold: the story behind our obsession with bottled water

Our waters: joining hands across borders

The Water Footprint assessment manual: setting the global standard

Water Law for the twenty-first century

Water and life: the unique properties of H2O

What is Water? the history of a modern abstraction

Vital water graphics: an overview of the stae of the world's fres and marine waters

Fulltext eBook Collections:

Canadian Publishers Collection

Springer eBooks

Journal Articles

Key Databases for Journal Articles:

GEOBASE

Scopus

Web of Science

Click on the Databases tab to view the list of other sources for finding journal articles in geography.

Databases

Key Databases:

Environment Index

GEOBASE

Scopus

Additional Databases:

Arctic Science and Technology Information System

CPI.Q

Environmental Science and Pollution Management

GeoRef

GreenFILE

Social Sciences Full Text

Web of Science

Journals

Select Journals:

Water and Environment Journal

Water History

Urban Water Journal

Water Environment Research

Water Resources Research

Archives & Primary Sources

Archives:

Water Resources Center Archives

Data & Statistics

Data:

Water Data - from the World's Water

Water and Environmental Hub ( WEHUB) - is an open source web platform that aggregates, federates, and connects water data and information with users looking to download, analyze, model and interpret water and environmental-based information. By combining water expertise with an open web development approach and an entrepreneurial foundation, the project will spur economic diversification and benefit both public users and the private sector by improving the access to water data and tools for academia, government, industry, NGOs and the general public.

Government Information

Canada - Federal:

Environment Canada - Water Sources

International:

International Joint Commission

UN-Water

Water Portal (UNESCO)

World Water Assessment Programme

Maps & GIS

Maps:

The Atlas of Water - mapping the world's most critical resource

Freshwater in Europe: facts, figures and maps

Media

Images:

Proquest Illustrata: Natural Sciences - is a database of searchable tables, figures, graphs, charts, and other illustrations from the scholarly research and technical literature.

Videos:

Use WATMEDIA to search approximately 50,000 film/video titles that are held by other Ontario universities and can be borrowed. You can also check out the library's video collection below.

Blue gold: world water wars