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VIMS provides on-line access to a wealth of scientific data, computer models, and literature sources. On-line data include time-series measurements of the salinity, temperature, and quality of Chesapeake Bay waters; as well as weather records from a meteorological station at the VIMS main campus. Also available are data concerning the Chesapeake Bay's living resources, including a juvenile fish index, digital maps of submerged aquatic vegetation, and a Comprehensive Coastal Inventory for wetlands, shoreline, and associated natural and cultural resources in the coastal plain.
The VIMS library provides a web interface to an on-site search engine, which enables users to search library holdings on-line. The VIMS library holds more than 500 journal subscriptions, 53,000 volumes, and 23,000 titles in addition to topographic maps, nautical charts, and scientific archives. Students also have access to on-line catalogs at Swem Library on the main campus of William and Mary and a wealth of electronic databases offered by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Also available are links to other local environmental data collected and archived by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS), and US Geological Survey (USGS).
Questions? Contact the webmaster.