North Carolina Online Bibliography

North Carolina Bibliograpy - Introduction


This publications search system is based on a collection of water-resources publications for North Carolina by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) authors. The compilation is not intended to be an exhaustive literature review. Not all papers and abstracts prepared for meetings or scientific journals, for example, are included here.

Water-resources reports for North Carolina come in a variety of formats, including books, journal articles, map reports, brochures, fact sheets, and abstracts. The USGS report numbering system reflects the report format and initial distribution of the report at the time of publication. Short general audience reports are generally designated as Circulars or Fact Sheets. Data and interpretive reports of local interest are designated as Open File reports and Water Resources Investigation reports. Reports of national interest are generally published as Water-Supply Papers or Professional Papers. These publications-series definitions have relaxed in recent years with the implementaion of Internet access to publications.

Cooperative support for most of the water-resources data and investigative reports was furnished by the North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources and its predecessor agencies; the North Carolina Department of Transportation; other State agencies; and many county and city governments. A number of other Federal agencies cooperatively supported some of the investigations.

The product of a successful search is a list of one or more reports in bibliographic format.


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