Content Source Index

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Published: June 23, 2010, 4:05 pm
Updated:December 21, 2011, 9:10 am
Author: Ida Kubiszewski
Topic Editor: Peter Saundry

Free and Open Content Sources

Free and open content sources are organizations which allow the harvesting of their content with appropriate acknowledgements. The typical example here is a government agency whose work rests fully in the public domain, such as many federal government publications. Other examples include non-profit and educational organizations whose copyright allows free use for educational and non-commercial purposes. In most cases, such material is published verbatim from the organization, with some editing for style and length to make the entry consistent with Encyclopedia of Earth (EoE) guidelines. Remaining consistent with the EoE governance guidelines, once the entry is up on the EoE, Authors (Content Source Index) may then add to or edit that material. Every entry from a Content Source is assigned to, and must be approved by, at least one Topic Editor.

Every article from a Content Source carries this disclaimer:

This article is taken wholly from, or contains information that was originally published by, [Insert Source]. Topic editors and authors for the Encyclopedia of Earth may have edited its content or added new information. The use of information from the should not be construed as support for or endorsement by that organization for any new information added by EoE personnel, or for any editing of the original content.

ATSDR.html File:ATSDR.jpg	Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (Articles (Content Source Index))	NIEHS.html	National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Articles (Content Source Index) 2)
ANL.html	Argonne National Laboratory (Articles (Content Source Index) 3)	NIST.html	National Institute of Standards and Technology (Articles (Content Source Index) 4)
Biomed.central.html	BioMed Central (Articles (Content Source Index) 5)	NLM.html	National Library of Medicine (Articles (Content Source Index) 6)
CEC.html	California Energy Commission (Articles (Content Source Index) 7)	MPA.html	National Marine Protected Areas Center (Articles (Content Source Index) 8)
CDC.html	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Articles (Content Source Index) 9)	NMS.html	National Marine Sanctuaries (Articles (Content Source Index) 10)
CIA.html	Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (Articles (Content Source Index) 11)	NOAA.html	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Articles (Content Source Index) 12)
Crs.html	Congressional Research Service (Articles (Content Source Index) 13)	NSIDC.html	National Snow and Ice Data Center (Articles (Content Source Index) 14)
CBD.html	Convention on Biological Diversity (Articles (Content Source Index) 15)	OSHA.html	Occupational Safety & Health Administration (Articles (Content Source Index) 16)
DOE.html	Department of Energy (Articles (Content Source Index) 17)	PPPL.html	Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (Articles (Content Source Index) 18)
EERE.html	Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Articles (Content Source Index) 19)	USDA.html	U.S. Department of Agriculture (Articles (Content Source Index) 20)
Eia.html	Energy Information Administration (Articles (Content Source Index) 21)	USFWS.html	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Articles (Content Source Index) 22)
EPA.html	Environmental Protection Agency (Articles (Content Source Index) 23)	USFS.html	U.S. Forest Service (Articles (Content Source Index) 24)
FEMA.html	Federal Emergency Management Agency (Articles (Content Source Index) 25)	USGS.html	U.S. Geological Survey (Articles (Content Source Index) 26)
FAO.html	Food and Agriculture Organization (Articles (Content Source Index) 27)	NRC.html	U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Articles (Content Source Index) 28)
Green.facts.html	GreenFacts (Articles (Content Source Index) 29)	United.nations.html	United Nations (Articles (Content Source Index) 30)
NASA.html	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Articles (Content Source Index) 31)	UNDP.html	United Nations Development Programme (Articles (Content Source Index) 32)
NIOSH.html	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Articles (Content Source Index) 33)	Wikipedia.html	Wikipedia (Articles (Content Source Index) 34)