Course Guides
Conservation Biology (WFC 11)
Spring 2009
Instructor:
- Heather Campbell (hcampbell@ucdavis.edu)
Library Catalogs
- Harvest UC Davis Catalog (http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu)
- http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu
- UCD online catalog of the collections of all five UC Davis General Libraries. it does not include the holdings of the law Library. If you log in (My Account) using your library card number and PIN, you can renew books online, and request items that have been checked out to another borrower, or are in storage.
- Access: http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu (http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu)
Encyclopedias
- Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia [Gale Virtual Reference Library] (http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX3406799999&q=ucdavis)
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VPN - http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX3406799999&q=ucdavis
- Extensive, completely revised and updated 17-volume version of the original work published in Germany in 1960. Incorporates recent developments in the animal world as noted by prominent advisors and contributors from the scientific community. Volume 1 covers Lower metazoans and lesser deuterostomes and volume 2 is on Protostomes. Volume 3 is about Insects. Volumes 4-5 are both concerning Fishes. Volume 6 pertains to Amphibians and volume 7 is about Reptiles. Volumes 8-11 are all concerning Birds. Volumes 12-16 are on Mammals and lastly, volume 17 is the cumulative index. [2003]
- Access: http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX3406799999&q=ucdavis (http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX3406799999&q=ucdavis) VPN
- WILDPro (http://institution.wildlifeinformation.org/) VPN
- http://institution.wildlifeinformation.org/
- WILDLIFE. An electronic encyclopaedia and a library of electronic books and documents providing information on the natural history, health and management of captive and free-ranging wild animals.
- Access: http://institution.wildlifeinformation.org/ (http://institution.wildlifeinformation.org/) VPN
Conservation Biology Guides
- Conservation Biology related Subject Guides (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/)
- http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/
- Library subject guides make it easy to identify library databases and other resources geared to a particular subject area. Pertinent Subject Guides for this class are "Ecology & Conservation Biology" and "Animal/Wildlife Biology".
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/ (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/)
Databases
The following are the most important research databases to find literature in conservation biology, especially pertaining to animals.
- BIOSIS Previews [via ISI] (http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS) VPN
- http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS
- More than 19 million records in all life science areas, including agriculture, biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, botany, ecology, environmental sciences, genetics, microbiology, veterinary medicine & pharmacology. Indexes over 6000 journals, serials, books and book chapters, conference proceedings and patents. (Backfile for 1926-1968 added November 2006.)
- Coverage: 1926-present
- Access: http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS (http://isiknowledge.com/BIOSIS) VPN
- Zoological Record [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=zoorec-m-set-c&adv=1&db=zoorec-n-set-c&adv=1&db=zooclust-set-c&adv=1) VPN
- http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=zoorec-m-set-c&adv=1&db=zoorec-n-set-c&adv=1&db=zooclust-set-c&adv=1
- WILDLIFE. Comprehensive coverage of zoology; including behavior, conservation and environmental science, ecology, evolution, genetics, habitat, marine and freshwater biology, nutrition, parasitology and disease, reproduction, taxonomy and systematics, veterinary studies, zoogeography and fossil records. Especially strong in new species reports and field studies. Backfile for 1864-1977 added April 2007.
- Coverage: 1864-present [1864-1977 backfile added]
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=zoorec-m-set-c&adv=1&db=zoorec-n-set-c&adv=1&db=zooclust-set-c&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=zoorec-m-set-c&adv=1&db=zoorec-n-set-c&adv=1&db=zooclust-set-c&adv=1) VPN
- Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=asfa&adv=1) VPN
- http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=asfa&adv=1
- Includes information on the science, technology and management of marine, freshwater, and brackish water environments and organisms. Database consists of the following subfiles: ASFA 1: Biological Sciences and Living Resources; ASFA 2: Ocean Technology, Policy and Non-Living Resources; ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality; ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts; and ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts.
- Coverage: varies by subfile; 1971-present;earlier for selected core titles
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=asfa&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=asfa&adv=1) VPN
- Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide [via EBSCO] (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=fzh) VPN
- http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=fzh
- WILDLIFE. Indexes literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians; covering all aspects of wildlife and wildlife management
- Coverage: 1935 (& earlier)-present
- Access: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=fzh (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=fzh) VPN
Library Contacts
- Ruth Gustafson
- ragustafson@ucdavis.edu (530) 752‑1883
- Biological/Agricultural Sciences & Map Services