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About NOAA Restoration References 
Purpose and Organization
The NOAA Restoration References section of the NOAA Restoration Portal utilizes relatively new technology to access an on-line database, the NOAA Library Catalog, organized by the NOAA Central Library and other NOAA libraries, to dynamically list and link to a variety of NOAA restoration resources (publications, Web sites, and audiovisual materials. This does not include journal articles). NOAA resources include those from NOAA programs that are jointly managed by NOAA and academic or state institutions (e.g., CICEET, NERRS, Sea Grant).
These resources are then organized into four major theme areas: Collaborating with Communities, Restoring Injured Habitats and Natural Resources, Advancing Restoration Science, and the Estuary Restoration Act. Links to digital versions (pdfs, Web sites, images, video and sound) of these resources are provided whenever possible.
The NOAA Restoration References section also includes case studies, an advanced search capability, and direct access to the National Estuary Restoration Inventory. Additional materials will be added to the Catalog on a regular basis.
Description of Four Collections in each Theme Area (focusing on NOAA products only):
- Publications: Includes citations from NOAA papers, reports, conference proceedings, and fact sheets related to NOAA restoration activities. This excludes journal articles.
- Web Sites: Lists NOAA Web sites focusing on coastal restoration.
- Audiovisual Materials: Includes access to audiovisual materials that support NOAA restoration endeavors (e.g. sound, images, video).
- Case Studies: Highlights specific NOAA restoration projects and activities related to each thematic area.
Accessibility
Every attempt has been made to make this site compliant with Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Additionally, a link to a detailed Site Map is provided on every page. This index provides a direct link to most pages in the site for simple text navigation. Please notify us of any specific accessibility problems that you encounter, or any suggestions you might have on how we could improve the site's access. Please e-mail these comments and suggestions to: restoreweb@noaa.gov.
Editorial Policy
This site is managed by the National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. As a federal government site, all federal editorial policies apply, such as those on privacy, copyright, commercial promotion, etc.Materials posted on this site are reviewed by NOS professional staff prior to publishing. Final decisions are made by the site's editorial board. All material on the site resides in the public domain and can be freely distributed. Use of appropriate photo and image credits is requested.
Technical Information
The technology used to dynamically display this information from the NOAA library catalog is the Microsoft.NET framework integrated with the industry standard protocol for library catalog servers (Z39.50). This approach streamlines the existing method used within NOAA for similar Web offerings and will be transferable to future projects. This approach ensures that information will be up-to-date because pages are dynamically generated directly from NOAA Library Catalog database.
The NOAA Library Catalog is the main repository of information on NOAA publications and how to obtain them. The NOAA Restoration References interface accesses a subset of the larger Library catalog. Each record accessed by the site contains a "restoration-specific" field, identified by library and NOAA Restoration staff as relevant to NOAA's restoration activities. All of the records include abstracts, as well as a link to those available on-line. Customizing records in the catalog minimizes duplicated effort and increases the utility of the catalog as a whole because the existing records are more accurately maintained and updated and records that need to be added are more quickly identified.
Whenever possible, electronic versions of publications in the NOAA Restoration References section are provided on-line (pdf format). When a publication is not available electronically, it can be requested from the NOAA office that published it, or from the NOAA Library and Information Network (for more information, see Contact Us).
Web Site Specifics:
Browsers. This site is best viewed in Netscape, version 6.0 and above, or Internet Explorer, version 5.0 and above. Web site visitors using earlier versions of these browsers may encounter occasional format anomalies when viewing and printing pages from the Web site. Performance of this site has not been tested on browsers other than Netscape and Internet Explorer.
Links. Links are provided to many external Web sites, chiefly other NOAA Web sites. External sites that are accessed by these links will launch a new browser session in a single, separate browser window. Each external site that is accessed will appear in this same browser window until the window is closed.
Fonts and Type Sizes. Palatino is the default font for this site; 12 point is the default size. All browsers allow users to select specific fonts and type sizes for display. Some users select large type sizes for ease of reading, or specific fonts for personal tastes. The text and layout should not be adversely affected by a user's selection of alternative fonts and type sizes.
Printing Pages. This site has been designed to ensure simple printing. We recommend printing in portrait format at a scale of 100 percent. There are some known issues with downloading PDF documents, particularly on Windows systems, due to conflicting changes in the way in which Acrobat Reader and various browsers talk to one another. But there is a simple work-around: if you right-click (Windows) or option-click (Macintosh) on the link, the entire file will be sent to your machine, and then you can open it off your own hard drive using Acrobat Reader.
Navigation. Navigation through the site is straightforward. There are four levels of navigation. The first level is access to the major sections of the site is at the top of each page under the NOAA Restoration Portal banner or from the homepage. The second level is on the right-hand sidebar in each thematic area and provides access to resource types (publications, Web sites, audio-visual materials) and case studies for each category. The third level is within-page navigation found at the top of some pages that includes links to sections within the page, also called anchors. The fourth level includes text links within the page content. These links take the user to external links related to the topic of the page or other pages within the Web site.
Map and Search This Site. A link to the site index and the search box appear on every page. The Site Map is a complete listing of every page on the site and includes links to each of those pages. The search capability links to the NOAA Central Library catalog to search for specific items by author, title, theme, NOAA office, word or phrase, habitat type.
For More Information
For questions or comments about the technical aspects of this site, e-mail:
For questions or to recommend an item be included in the NOAA Restoration
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