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• Environmental Ethics [http://www.cep.unt.edu/] from the Center for Environmental Philosophy not only covers course requirements at the University of North Texas, but also links to graduate programs, publications, bibliographies, funding opportunities, and associations, including the International Association forEnvironmental Philosophy
[http://www.environmentalphilosophy.org] and the International Society for Environmental Ethics [http://www.cep.unt.edu/ISEE.html].

• Environmental Information Sites
[http://www.davidson.edu/academic/economics/website/environ.htm] includes, among other pages, a section on environmental law, environmental organizations, and U.S. government.

Research from universities with rigorous academic programs in environmental studies will often have robust Web sites that include research papers and publications of esteemed faculty members. If you turn directly to the School of Environmental Studies at Queens University [http://www.queensu.ca/envst], however, you could miss the site containing Working Papers and Policy Insights on the subject. These are issued by the School of Policy Studies [http://qsilver.queensu.ca/sps/publications/pub.shtml]. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology also has a Web site featuring its projects, people, publications, and partners. Though MIT's Technology, Business, and Environment Program [http://tbe.mit.edu] has all but disappeared from view, its Environmental Technology and Public Policy Program is now prominently featured on the university's Web site [http://web.mit.edu/dusp/etpp].

Some business schools provide access to case studies online and, while usually intended for management training, environmental concerns are often the subject of business cases. COLIS — European Case Clearing House gives you access to a wide range in one fell swoop [http://www.ecch.cranfield.ac.uk], including Harvard Business School, Darden, IMD, INSEAD, MIT/Sloan Management Review, Western Ontario/Ivey, and IESE Publishing. Individual schools may also be consulted:

• Harvard Business School case studies [http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/search_results.asp]

• Darden Case Bibliography, University of Virginia [http://www.darden.edu/collection/index.htm]

• Thunderbird [http://www.t-bird.edu/research/cases]

• International Institute for Management Development, Lausanne [http://www.imd.ch/faculty-research]

• Knowledge@Wharton [http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu] presents academic research in a different way than many other universities. Its magazine-type format can be searched for articles concerning the environment, though the online publication does not focus on this topic.

With the disappearance of Contentville, searching for theses and dissertations via the Web would appear to be limited. However, a search of electronic theses and dissertations by "subject = environment" does yield hits on the Networked Digital Library of Theses andDissertations [http://www.ndltd.org/browse.html]. Until a federated search is possible, you will have to search two catalogs. Be forewarned: the search engine is quite imprecise, yielding many false hits on simple, seemingly straightforward searches, so construct your search string carefully.

You can search dissertations in the Web-based version of UMI's Dissertation Abstracts database for the degree year 2001 or 2002 via the Web [http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/] and order any thesis that appeals to you through Dissertation Express [http://wwwlib.umi.com/dxweb/]. There are 66,115 indexed as "earth and environmental sciences," and you can narrow your search further by keyword (e.g., "pollution" yielded 163 titles). UMICurrent Research [http://wwwlib.umi.com/cresearch/], however, requires some work before it is truly useful. First, the title of the database may mislead searchers, as the database covers dissertations dating from 1996, but not graduate research currently underway at the participating institutions, as the home page states. The search mechanism makes it easy to choose subsets of the database to search (by institution), but offers no global searching. Would it not be better to fold the contents into the Web-based Dissertation Abstract product? And would it not be simply grand if a database of ongoing research being conducted at academic institutions were created? One way to approach this might be to search FINDAPhD [http://www.findaphd.com/indexmain.htm], which includes "earth sciences" as a discipline. (Don't let the .com fool you; the search is limited to research projects underway in the U.K.)

To find additional "current research," you may have to look at active discussion groups with academics participating. Diane Kovac's excellent Directory of Scholarly and Professional e-Conferences [http://www.kovacs.com/directory/] is back online now, identifying 70 monitored discussion groups concerning the environment. A similar service is offered in the U.K.: the National Academic Mailing List Service — Land Use and Environment [http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/category/Land_Use_and_Environment.html]. Other, more general discussion group search mechanisms exist, but those who participate can be scholars or "just us" regular folks interested in the environmental topic at-hand.

• Search CataList [http://www.lsoft.com/lists/list_q.html] for discussion lists with "environment" (or any other keyword or phrase) in the title.

• The old standby Deja remains available [http://groups.google.com], though you might want to use the advanced search page to achieve more targeted results [http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search].

• Liszt [http://www.liszt.com], now incorporated into Topica [http://www.topica.com], features both newsletters and discussion groups searchable by subject.

• Perhaps the least known of the group, MessageKing [http://www.messageking.com], searches message boards and forums for keywords or phrases.

The Scholarly Societies Project has 83 listings of electronic resources for environmental sciences
[http://www.scholarly-societies.org/envirsci_soc.html], though the groups listed range widely, including such topics as crop protection, astronomy, geology, and energy. You'll have to link to each and then determine where on the site to find the type of material you need. A better choice might be Sources and Experts [http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/experts.html]. Simply browse by subject to find the 11 institutes and academic centers concerned with environmental science. For a directory of experts that limits itself to ecology and environmental sciences, search the Earth's Environmental Experts (3E) Database [http://ww.3eltd.com]. Originating in the U.K., the database's scope is global, and you can limit searches by country. Experts, including expert witnesses, specialize in ecology, pollution, waste, environment, weather and climate, and fisheries.

Identifying experts in any subject area can be tricky, but there are several sites on the Web that can help:

• ExpertClick.com provides access to experts and journalists specializing in environmental issues [http://www.expertclick.com/Search/default.cfm?SearchCriteria=Environment]. Experts are listed here by association and tend to be more authoritative than some other listings.

• Designed to enable the news media to "quickly and easily secure authoritative analysis, insights and commentary for news and feature stories from leading academic and industry experts," ExpertSource [http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource/] changes frequently, adding new content coverage each week. It may run a few weeks behind, but this should not stop you from reviewing the listings from time to time.

• ExpertPages.com, a leading directory of expert witnesses and consultants, contains an extensive list of detailed chemical and environmental subjects for which the site has identified expert witnesses [http://www.expertpages.com/chemical_and_environmental.htm]. The process for inclusion in this directory is not particularly rigorous, but it is a place to start. (For a better expert witness directory, try the new service offered through the Defense Research Institute at http://www.juritas.com/search/home_dri.asp.)

• Astleford'sDirectory of Expert Witness Directories [http://www.mindspring.com/~astinc/expdir.html] permits one to search no-fee, fee-based, and international directories.

• CyberAttorney's Experts Online [http://www.cyberatty.com/experts/] will help you find an environmental expert. If you wish, you can limit your search by state.

• Experts.com [http://www.experts.com] has experts in several areas concerning the environment (e.g., sanitary engineering, environmental law, environmental medicine, toxicology, environmental repair).

• ExpertCentral [http://www.expertcentral.com], powered by About.com'sAllexperts.com [http://www.allexperts.com/searchcat.asp] feature, has 20 environment category subdivisions for which it has identified at least one "expert." When considering any of these individuals as "experts" for employment, it would be wise to investigate their credentials.

• The Northern California Association of Law Libraries has an extensive list of links to Expert Witness Internet Resources[http://www.nocall.org/experts.htm].

Conferences provide an additional venue for networking with colleagues and identifying experts. In addition to the portals listed above that have a calendar of events, other conference sites track environmental meetings:

• All Conferences.Net [http://www.conferences-calendar.com/]

• Fair Data Worldwide [http://www.auma.de/daten/suche.asp?area=1&sprache=2&spdata=2]

• Meeting/Conference Announcements from the Scholarly Societies Project, University of Waterloo: Environmental Sciences [http://www.scholarly-societies.org/meetings.html#ENVIRSCI]

• WorldMeet [http://www.thescientificworld.com/worldmeet/]

• TSSN.co.uk,the ultimate exhibition resource [http://www.tsnn.co.uk/]

• The German Environmental Information Network [http://www.gein.de/en/calConferences.html] with a calendar of conferences by year (1990-present) and decade (1950-1980). Coverage of conferences and conventions held during that time is global, and brief summaries of the agenda are available.

Academic Libraries and Services

Libraries that support academic study in the environmental sciences also offer Web access. You can even use some of the tools academic librarians employ to keep on top of new resources introduced throughout the year. In the area of environmental sciences, one of the most important is the Social Science Information Gateway's Environmental and Geography Section, edited by Phil Cross of the University of Bristol. The Environmental Sciences and Issues Web page [http://www.sosig.ac.uk/environmental_sciences_and_issues/] is divided into sections containing links to articles/papers/reports (collections and individual); bibliographies; bibliographic databases; books; companies; data; educational materials; governmental bodies; journals; mailing lists/discussion groups; news; organizations/societies; research projects/centers; and resource guides.

A keyword search of the Internet Scout ProjectArchives [http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/index.html] can also prove useful. Though not specific to the environment, a subscription to one or more of the NSDL Scout Reports (Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, or Math, Engineering and Technology) will provide biweekly e-mailed newsletters of newly discovered resources [http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/nsdl-reports/]. It's a convenient way for librarians (and others) to stay informed as to valuable online and Web-based resources in the environmental sciences, as what is covered by these reports can prove most helpful.

Librarians around the world refer to the BUBL service developed and maintained at Strathclyde University. Providing an effective route to information resources across disciplines,the BUBLLink Catalogue of Selected Internet Resources: Environment
[http://link.bubl.ac.uk/environment] consists of nine categories: General Resources, Journals and Magazines, National and International Centres, Societies and Pressure Groups, Science and Research, Forest Lands, General Energy Resources, Nuclear Energy, and Renewable Energy Resources. Each category includes at least five relevant resources from around the world.

Another U.K.-based tool for information professionals, Free Pint [http://www.freepint.com] offers the Free PintEnvironment News Feed [http://www.freepint.com/news/?news_include=environment]. This service pulls items from the international press, including the BBC, New York Daily News, Japan Times, and the National Post.

While no longer actively maintained, the organization of environmental resource listings on the Argus Clearinghouse [http://www.clearinghouse.net/cgi-bin/chadmin/viewcat/Environment?kywd++] can be enormously helpful (Ecology, Environmental Activism, Environmental Law, Sustainable Development, and Waste Management). Since the resources selected for inclusion in the Clearinghouse were of extremely high quality, most remain active and useful; what's missing are the newer additions to the Web.

Other tools employed by librarians include the WebGEMS Index
[http://www.fpsol.com/gems/webgems_toc.shtml]. The section on Environment
[http://www.fpsol.com/gems/environment.html] currently consists of 31 records, scientific as opposed to activist in nature, including text and data sources, articles, and guides. Some links connect the user to older versions of what are purported to be annual reports.

You may have a favorite university library you like to consult, and there are other universities so well known that their virtual libraries are routinely viewed for suggested resources no matter what the subject area. For collections of environmental resources, several universities you might not know about do a particularly good job of collecting environmental resources and building links:

• O'Keefe Library — Best Information on the Net EnvironmentalManagement Web page [http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Majors/EnvMan/envindex.htm] is divided into four major categories of resources: general, data sources, law and regulation, and organizations.

• Environmental Resources on the Internet
[http://www.southampton.liunet.edu/library/environ.htm] has 19 separate categories, each with multiple Web site links.

• Best Environmental Resources Directories [http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/cds.html] consists of a rather lengthy set of links listed alphabetically. What is useful, however, is the new section. Resources chosen for inclusion reflect the global nature of the site.

• Environmental Sites on the Internet [http://www.lib.kth/se/~lg/envsite.htm] maintains an up-to-date collection of conferences, directories, general environmental sites, guides, Internet tools and engines, journals, and newsletters. The in-depth subject index is searchable and links to useful resources.

Unique among these entries is the New Zealand Digital Library Project's World EnvironmentLibrary
[http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=envl]. Developed in December 1999 and searchable by words (to the chapter and even paragraph level), title, subject, or organization, the Library "contains 400 publications (45,000 pages) of ideas and solutions in the fields of Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Impact Assessment, Energy, Health, Natural Resources, Policy, Sustainable Development, Waste Management, and Water."