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Select digital libraries and collections relevant to ISWS researchers

Aquatic Commons A digital repository covering natural marine, estuarine /brackish and fresh water environments, and all aspects of the science, technology, management and conservation of these environments, their organisms and resources.
Boneyard Creek Collection Many of the documents on Boneyard Creek have been digitized by the University Library and made available online.
Critical Trends Assessment Program (CTAP) documents Area assessments and other reports have been digitized and are available online.
Electronic Documents of Illinois The electronic document depository for state documents, maintained by the Illinois State Library.
Fort Armstrong Weather Records 1820-1836 Earliest known weather records for Illinois. Scanned from originals owned by the Rock Island Arsenal museum, and posted online by the Illinois State Climatologist
Illinois State Water Survey Community in IDEALS The ISWS collection in IDEALS. Search or browse documents from the entire collection or select a specific series sub-collection.
Illinois Water Resources Center Archives Full text of the IWRC publications in IDEALS, organized by topic.
Illinois Waters Bibliography A directory of digitized technical information on Illinois waters.
ISWS Closed Stacks Online Many documents which were in the ISWS Library "rare books" collection are now available online in the HathiTrust Digital Repository.
National Water Resources Survey Reports on Illinois Rivers Reports on major Illinois waterways from the late 1930s.
Prairie Research Institute Community in IDEALS Publications and reports from the Prairie Research Institute.
Substation Meteorological Records Ottawa, IL, 1865-1874 Digitized records from the Ottawa substation
Surface Waters of Illinois Counties (1968-1975) Volumes produced by the Illinois Division of Fisheries and document lakes, reservoirs, and other surface waters by county, digitized by the University Library.
Technical Report Archive & Image Library (TRAIL)
Search U.S. government technical reports issued primarily prior to 1975 and digitized by the TRAIL Working Groups.

Library Guide for Illinois State Water Survey Staff: Digital Libraries

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