Note on Changes to Services
NOTE ON CHANGES TO SERVICE DUE TO COVID-19
In an effort to prioritize the safety of our students, faculty, staff and visitors, Parks Library is closed for the foreseeable future. During this time, in-person library services will not be available. However, you can still contact your subject librarian for support and access online resources available through the Library.
For up-to-date information about services affected by the shutdown, please visit the library's COVID-19 Response webpage.
Introduction
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Jetstream - Online School for WeatherFrom the National Weather Service - introductory information on almost any aspect of weather.
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Weather 101Tutorials, glossaries, and a section on do-it-yourself weather predicting.
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Weather AlmanacThe almanac presents hundreds of in-depth weather records for 108 major U.S. cities and a climatic overview of the country, including 33 U.S. weather atlas maps.
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Weather DoctorGood introductory information on anything related to weather.
Basic Resources
Once you have chosen a topic - pick one of the resources listed below. Items listed here are basictools useful for finding journal, magazine, and newspaper articles relevant to meteorology.
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Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)This database covers almost all subject areas and is especially good at interdisciplinary areas. Good place to start for class assignments. It contains full text articles for more than 6,500 journals.
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Access World News (NewsBank)Providing access to a comprehensive collection of over 2,000 newspapers and news sources from around the world. Information is translated into English when original is written in another language.
Your Librarian
Jesse Garrison
Contact:
294-5077
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Friendly URL for this guide
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Guide updates
Guide created on March 27, 2008.
Text last updated on May 29, 2014.
Links checked May 29, 2014.