Current Subject: Forestry & Wood Products

BiologyBrowse - Produced by BIOSIS, the site provides free access to a database of approximately 25,000 evaluated Web links describing the natural world. Subject categories include botany, genetics, human medicine, biotechnology and the environment. Includes free access to some BIOSIS products, such as the Nomenclature Glossary for Zoology, the Zoological Record Thesaurus, and more.

CRIS: Current Research Information System - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s documentation and reporting system for ongoing and recently completed research projects in agriculture, food and nutrition, and forestry.

DOE Data Explorer (DDE) - Use to find scientific research data, such as computer simulations, numeric data files, figures and plots, interactive maps, multimedia, and scientific images, generated in the course of DOE (Department of Energy)-sponsored research in various science disciplines. It includes a database of citations based on the information found at data-hosting Web sites. It is intended to be particularly useful to students, the public, and to researchers who are new to a field or looking for experimental or observational data outside their normal field of expertise. You may browse or search the database, then link to a data collection where it resides.

Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI - Serves the public as the nation's leading wood research institute. FPL is recognized both nationally & internationally as an unbiased technical authority on wood science & use. Our research is concentrated in one location to promote an interdisciplinary approach to problem solving. FPL cooperates with many universities, industries, & federal & state agencies.

Forest Products Society - An international not-for-profit technical association founded in 1947 to provide an information network for all segments of the forest products industry. The Society's Vision is to be the world leader in technical information transfer to further the socially beneficial use of wood & fiber resources. The Society's Mission is to foster innovation & research in the environmentally sound processing & use of wood & fiber resources by disseminating information & providing forums for networking & the exchange of knowledge.

Forestry AGNET - Forestry AgNIC is a guide to quality forestry and natural resources information on the Internet with over 1500 links.

International Union of Forestry Research Organization (IUFRO) - A non-profit, non-governmental international network of forest scientists. Its objectives are to promote international cooperation in forestry & forest products research. IUFRO's activities are organized primarily through its 274 specialized Units in 8 technical Divisions.

National Agricultural Library Digital Repository (NALDR) - Provides access to the full text of selected USDA publications digitized by NAL. The text is fully searchable and image files are compressed for quick loading to the Web. Each publication in the repository has a corresponding record in the NAL Catalog and Article Citation Database (AGRICOLA), and the records include links to the full text.

Nearctica: Native Conifers of North America - An introduction and field guide to conifer species native to North America. Included for each species is a description of its morphology, identifying features, distribution, illustrations, and links to other webs sites with information about the species. Also contained are identification keys and separate pages for each of the genera.

Pinchot Institute for Conservation - Private forest and conservation site that gives much information and additional links.

Society of American Foresters - Society of American Foresters (SAF) provides access to information & networking opportunities to prepare members for the challenges & the changes that face natural resource professionals.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Provides contaminants, habitat, policy, fish & wildlife information

Upper Peninsula Tree Identification Key (MSU Extension) - Designed to help identify 73 commonly encountered tree & shrub species found in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

USDA Forest Service - Official website of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service