Sources for weather and climate data have been updated, with detailed instructions on how to use the National Climatic Data Center website and the Oregon State PRISM dataset.

See http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gis/noaaclim.html.

A new webpage has been created that lists various GIS resources related to energy. It's http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gis/energy.html.

If you know of anything to add, please email Data Services.

Green Buildings: Conserving the Human Habitat is the latest offering in CSA's Discovery Guides series.

"With mounting environmental and security concerns over energy use, conservation is more important than ever. The stereotype that automobiles are the main energy users is wrong; buildings are the largest consumers of energy worldwide. In the United States, buildings account for 37% of all energy use and 68% of all electricity use..." (Read more.)

Find online reference tools by selecting a subject, then clicking on the "Reference Tools" tab. Below are some electronic reference tools for Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences.

Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America - Describes more than 1,200 animals and plants that occur in North America both within and outside the boundaries of the US. Covers species that were identified before April 2000 by the US Fish and Wildlife Service as either Endangered or Threatened.

Birds of North America Online - This resource provides scientific information for each of the 716 species of birds nesting in the USA and Canada, with image and video galleries showing behaviors, habitat, nests, eggs and nestlings, recordings of bird's songs and calls selected from the collection in Cornell's Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds.

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences - Contains introductory, secondary, and special essays on 14 main subject areas: biochemistry, cell biology, clinical medicine, developmental biology, ecology, evolution and diversity of life, functional and comparative morphology, genetics and molecular biology, immunology, microbiology and virology, neuroscience, plant science, structural biology, and science and society. Updated articles and new articles are added monthly.

FishBase - Detailed information on population dynamics, genetics, morphology, trophic ecology, physiology, ecotoxicology, reproduction, etc.

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia - Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia is the searchable, online version of the seventeen-volume encyclopedia (2nd ed.). Grzimek's features approximately 3,000 color photos, 3,500 total color maps, and approximately 5,500 total color illustrations. Each featured species of animal is accompanied by both a distribution map and an illustration.