SUBJECT GUIDE FOR URBAN COASTS
This presentation evaluates Web Site resources related to Urban Coastal Research. Each site is evaluated based upon a set of criteria suggested by Jan Alexander and Marsha Tate, Reference Librarians at the Wolfgram Memorial Library. For a full description of their method see The Web as a Research Tool: Evaluation Techniques. This guide is limited to an examination of the home pages, or first page of, a Web presentation. A single presentation may contain numerous links to other pages within the same site and other sites. In the tables below there are five columns that are rated on a scale of 1 to 5. Click on one of the criteria for an explanation of the rating scale for that particular criteria.
Introduction
National and International Governmental Agencies
| Name of Site and URL | Coverage | Accuracy | Authority | Objectivity | Currency |
| http://www.nbi.ac.uk/bodc/bodcmain.html British Oceanographic Data Center | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| http://sea.aims.gov.au/ Australian Institute of Marine Science | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| http://www.agso.gov.au/94-95/workplan/ project/121.37.html Urban / coastal impacts,Operating Plan 94-95 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/czm/ Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Program | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/ Office of Water Ocean and Coastal Protection Division | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| http://www.msl.pnl.gov:2080/ Welcome to the Battelle Marine Sciences Laboratory | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| http://www.bts.gov/smart/cat/RUNOFF.html USDOT Library - Developing Successful Runoff Control Programs For Urbanized Areas | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/NPS/facts/point7.htm Managing Urban Runoffs Factsheet | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| http://www.erin.gov.au/portfolio/dest/Turning_Tide /tide1.html Turning the Tide: Integrated local area management for Australia's coastal zone | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| http://www.nos.noaa.gov/ocrm/czm/ Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| http://www.nwrc.gov/index.html National Wetlands Research Center | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| http://www.csc.noaa.gov/CID/ Coastal Information Directory (Version 1.01) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| http://www.csc.noaa.gov/CID/ Coastal Information Directory (Version 1.01) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ccap/ NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Center | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/baytrail/ baytrail.html The Bay Trail An Endeavor to Encircle the San Francisco Bay | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| http://www.wa.gov/puget_sound/protect.html HOW IS PUGET SOUND BEING PROTECTED? | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| http://seaserver.nos.noaa.gov/projects/shoreline/shoreline.html NOAA's Medium Resolution Digital Vector Shoreline | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| http://128.143.238.20/nvpdc/es_pubs.htmNorthern VA Planning District Commissi | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/shorelines/gshhs.html GSHHS - A Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Shoreline Database | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| http://www.dos.state.ny.us/coastwww.html NYS Department of State Division of Coastal Resources and Waterfront Revitalization | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| http://www.panynj.gov/ The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| http://www.nfesc.navy.mil/ Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| http://www.doa.state.wi.us/deir/coastal.htm Wisconsins Coastal Management Program | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| http://wwwdmilns.er.usgs.gov/programs/glpurls.htm USGS Water Resources in Michigan - Lake Superior Urban Runoff |
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Created by Karen Mulcahy Wednesday, May 07, 1997