Library Guides: NREM: Natural Resources Ecology and Management Research Guide: Find Reports and Data

Find Reports and Data

Reports and data issued by societies, governments, and organizations can be very valuable sources of research. Unfortunately they are difficult to track down. This page is an work in progress of places to start. Don't hesitate to ask your librarian for help if you're having trouble finding what you need.

Search tips:

Reports and data from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can be best found online through a web search engine such as Google, Bing, or Duck, Duck, Go. Search for an NGO by name (if you know it) and then look for a section labeled "publications", "reports," or "library". If you don't know the name of an NGO you will need to search by topic (ex: sea turtle rescue, plastic recycling, etc.), and then by region (ex: North America, Guyana, etc.) if needed.

Regional (Iowa, Midwest, Great Plains, etc.)

Prairie Biotic Research
PBR is an all-volunteer non-profit created to fund prairie research projects and has made their research reports available for free online.
Iowa GeoData
A growing collection of open geo-data for the state of Iowa.
data.iowa.gov
The State of Iowa's open data portal contains data collected and produced by state agencies.

National (United States of America)

EPA: Science Topics
Gateway to data sets, methodologies, toolboxes, and more developed and published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife: ECOS
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS) serves a variety of reports related to FWS Threatened and Endangered Species.
USGS: Data & Tools: Browse by Topic
Explore by the topics below and find our data and tools are the digital information in a format suitable for direct input to software that can analyze its meaning in the scientific, engineering, or business context for which the data were collected.
USGS Publications Warehouse
Searchable library of USGS publications dating from 1882 to the present. A good source for environmental and ecosystem reports and data.

Global

eMammal
eMammal is a data management system and archive for camera trap research projects. This cyber-tool is designed to not only be useful to scientists, but also to the citizen scientists who aid scientists in photo collection.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Updated each year – provides textual data on each species, images, and links to other relevant information on the web.

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