Depository Library Conference
October 15, 2001
Additional Web Sites
? www.usgs.gov/education
? biology.usgs.gov/features/kidscorner/kidscrnr.html
? www.usgs.gov/earthscience
? earthquake.usgs.gov
? Volcanoes.usgs.gov

USGS Mission
	
	The USGS serves
   the Nation by 
   providing
	reliable scientific
	information 
   


Biological Resources
? Web site: http://biology.usgs.gov
? Programs - Support the sound management and conservation of our Nation's biological resources.
? Publications - Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources, Biological Science Reports and Information Technology Reports

Geology
? Web Site: http://geology.usgs.gov
? Science Programs:
? Geologic Hazards, Landscapes and Coasts, and Earth Resources
? Publications: Formal and Informal Series
? Fact Sheets, Professional Papers, General Interest Publications, Digital Data Series, Thematic Maps, Open File Reports, New Publications Of the USGS
? National Geologic Map Database


Geologic Map Database
Water Resources
? Web Site: http://water.usgs.gov
? Water Programs: State, Regional and National - Quantity, Quality, Ground
? Water Data: On-line - Streamflow, Water Quality, Water Use, Flood Tracking
? Publications: Water Supply Papers, Fact Sheets, Posters, TWRI, WRIR

water.usgs.gov/realtime.html
National Mapping
? Web site - http://mapping.usgs.gov
? Programs: 
? Cooperative Topographic Mapping
? Land Remote Sensing 
? Landscape Analysis

Geographic Information
The National Map
? Over the next 10 yrs we, together with our partners, will implement a revision strategy that provides information to our customers where currentness is measured in weeks, rather than years or decades.
? http://nationalmap.usgs.gov

Where We Were
Where We are Going - Seamless
Information Access 
? Web URL: http://www.usgs.gov
? Information Services - 1-888-ASK-USGS
? USGS Library http://library.usgs.gov



ask.usgs.gov/
Earth Explorer
? Earthexplorer@usgs.gov
? Over 60 Datasets Represented
? Landsat, AVHRR, DLG's, DEM's, DRG's, DOQ's, 
? Paper Maps: topo quads, Forest Service Visitor Maps
? Aerial Photography: NAPP
Spatial Coverage
The National Atlas of the United States 
Geographic Names Information System
? Official repository of domestic geographic feature names information.
? Contains over 2 million feature names.
? Names are tied to feature locations.
? Geonames.usgs.gov


http://landsat7.usgs.gov
New York, NY Landsat 7 Image
TerraServer 
(URL: http://terraserver.microsoft.com/)

Rea Mueller
U.S. Geological Survey
517 National Center
Reston VA 20192
Phone: 703-648-5954
FAX: 703-648-5939
E-mail: rlmueller@usgs.gov