31 January, 1997
The on-line edition of "Arctic Information and Data: A Guide to Selected
Resources" is now available at
http://arcus.polarnet.com/Arctic_Data_Guide/.
The guide was compiled and edited by Martha Andrews and members of The U.S.
Polar Information Working Group. Development and publication of the guide
was supported by the National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs
and the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS).
This guide is intended for teachers, undergraduates and beginning graduate
students, librarians and other information specialists, and the lay public
with a general interest in the Arctic. Researchers will also find it useful
for locating information peripheral to their own specialties. This guide
leads to the information resources of U.S. federal and state agencies,
universities and research institutes, non-governmental and private
organizations, and electronically and traditionally published databases,
journals, and monographs. While the scope of the document is broad,
encompassing data and information for both Arctic and non-Arctic regions,
it concentrates on information published or generated within the United
States.