The following selections are starting points for your research.
Reference Books:
Used to locate background information
Drinking Water Dictionary [REF] TD208 .D75 2001
Encyclopedia of Hydrology and Water Resources [REF] GB655 .E53 1998
Standard Mehods for the Examination of Water & Wastewater [REF] QD142 .A5 1998
World's Water : The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources [REF] TD345 .W674
Water & Wastewater Calculations Manual [REF] TD351 .L55 2001
Water Distribution Systems Handbook [REF] TD481.W375 2000
Water Quality & Treatment : A Handbook of Community Water Supplies [REF] TD430 .W365 1999
Water Resources Handbook [REF] TD345 .W38 1996
Circulating Books (Selective)
Chemistry of Water Treatment TD433 .F38 1998
Drinking Water Handbook TD365 .S6396 2000
Life's Matrix : A Biography of Water GB661.2 .B35 2000
Principles of Hydrogeology GB1003.2 .H83 2000
Watersheds : A Practical Handbook for Healthy Water QH102 .D63 1999
eBooks (Selective: netLibrary Account required)
Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds
Natural Disasters : Floods : a Reference Handbook
Science of Water : Concepts & Applications
Search the Library Catalog
Search the Catalog using some of the suggested subjects listed below. Subject headings consist of words, groups of words, or acronyms that are used to describe the subject of a work and utilized in searching the catalog and other online databases to enhance retrieval.
Subject Headings
Water Hydrogeology Drinking water Hydrology Water-supply Water quality Water rights Fresh water Watersheds
Water conservation Irrigation Groundwater Wells Floods Floodplain management Wetlands Wastewater
Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings (set of red volumes near the Index tables) to find other related subject headings to search.
Most books on Water are classified as TD208-481 in the Library of Congress Classification System. You may wish to browse the shelves in this area. Look in both the Reference Collection and the General Collection. Books on hydrology are located in the GB655-661.2 area.
Additional resources may be found in the Water Resouces Area in the LIbrary. This is a collection of materials donated by the Arizona Floodplain Management Association (AFMA). Materials in the Catalog in the AFMA Collection have the shelf location [WATERREF] preceding the call number. Click here for a list of titles in the AFMA Collection.
Search the Library Databases for Articles
To find periodical and newspaper articles, select one of the databases listed under "Databases." If the full text is not available for an article online, these databases will provide a brief citation to the article.
Please keep in mind that the Library does not own every journal listed in these sources. To find out if the library does own a specific title perform a Title search in the Catalog or look up the magazine or journal title in GateWay's Jounal Locator. For those periodicals that we do not carry, Interlibrary Loan is available for requesting such resources. See also the Water Journal Locator for titles available in the Water Resources Area.
Suggested Databases:
- AccessScience [McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Online; off-campus access by username/password]
- EBSCOhost [Select MasterFile Premier]
- Expanded Academic ASAP
- Proquest [Select National News 5 for newspaper articles from the leading national newspapers, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times]
- Wilson Select Fulltext
Journals of Interest
See the Water Journal Locator for a list of print magazine & journal holdings related to Water, most located in the Water Resources Area.
Website of Interest
GateWay's Study Links: Water