The Wall Street Journal is a daily newspaper valued world-wide for its coverage of business, finance, and economic topics. References are selected from journals, conferences, books, reports, legislative documents, theses and patents. Because waste management is a multidisciplinary subject, a wide array of journals from a variety of fields are covered, as well as the literature from the waste management and environmental fields. The database, initiated in 1968, was produced by the U.S. Geological Survey, until 1994, and is now produced by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.
Coverage emphasizes English-language materials, and most records contain an informative abstract.
Records are indexed using controlled vocabulary from the Water Resources Thesaurus, and other index terms where needed. U.S.A. Provides a comprehensive index of the publications of the American Water Works Association and the AWWA Research Foundation. Included are books and proceedings, journals, newsletters, standards, manuals, handbooks, and water quality standard test methods. Emphasis is on the technical reports and studies from water utilities, regulatory agencies, and research groups in the United States and its territories, Canada, Mexico, and Latin America. European and Asian data are also reported.