Selected Databases


Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts

  • Excellent general aquatic sciences resource
  • Covers aquactulture, limnology, oceanography, marine science, environmental quality, and water pollution
  • Timespan: 1971-present
  • Publisher: ProQuest

UW-Madison Center for Limnology Digital Library

  • Contains over 2,000 articles authored by UW-Madison Center for Limnology faculty, staff, students and affiliates
  • Covers topics including limnology, fresh water biology, acquatic zoology and aquaculture
  • Includes many articles documenting research conducted on Madison and northern Wisconsin lakes
  • Full-text access for in-library users only; other uses have access to citations only
  • Compiled and administered by the UW-Madison Limnology Library
  • Timespan: 1913-present

Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management

  • Focused on environmental and natural resources management
  • Covers air, land, water, and noise pollution, as well as basic science areas of bacteriology, ecology, toxicology, environmental engineering, environmental biotechnology, waste management, and water resources
  • Timespan: 1981-present
  • Publisher: ProQuest

Fish, Fisheries, and Aquatic Biodiversity Worldwide

  • Focused on ichthyology, fisheries, aquaculture and aquatic biology
  • Heavy coverage of aquaculture topics including propagation, genetics, behavior, ecology and habitat
  • Timespan: 1971-present
  • Publisher: EBSCO

Water Resources Abstracts

  • Focused on characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources
  • Covers water-related topics from a variety of perspectives, including physical and life sciences, engineering, law and government
  • Timespan: 1967-present
  • Publisher: ProQuest