Florida Keys Marine Research at Your Fingertips
Haskell, B.
bhaskell at ocean.nos.noaa.gov
Wed Jun 19 15:51:23 EDT 1996
Florida Keys Marine Research at Your Fingertips
After months of intense work compiling abstracts on the broad array of marine
research projects conducted here in the Keys, the Florida Keys National Marine
Sanctuary is now offering public access to a database of research papers and
educational materials on local marine resources. The database includes
citations for peer reviewed journals, state and federal reports, and other
reference materials.
In an effort to provide a broad audience with an efficient means of obtaining
information on marine resources, a growing number of documents, ranging from
published scientific papers to educational videotapes, have been compiled and
catalogued in a computer database. These materials focus on the many
different aspects of the biological and physical characteristics of the
Florida Keys marine environment. This database project was initiated by the
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and The Nature Conservancy utilizing
AmeriCorps and other volunteers to collect and enter information.
Citations and summaries of over 1,000 documents are now easily accessible by
Internet at URL: www.fknms.nos.noaa.gov. Because these citations are
computerized, a person can search all the documents for the particular subject
of interest, read the summary, and identify where to find the complete
document.
This database of documents on Keys resources will continue to grow as new
information is added. Many of the educational and scientific institutions of
the Florida Keys have expressed interest in participating, and it is the
project's continuing goal to include as many of their collections as possible
in the database. I hope you find this a useful resource.
Benjamin Haskell
Science Coordinator
bhaskell at ocean.nos.noaa.gov
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