Animal Science

Library Specialist

Claudine Jenda
jendaca@auburn.edu 

334-844-1658
Reference Department

Reference Tools

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Cattle Breeds: An Encyclopedia   Vet. Med. folio SF191.4 F 45 1995
 
Dictionary of Agriculture   Ref S 411 D 573 1998
 
Dictionary of Dairy Terminology: in English, French, German, and SpanishRefSF 229 D 5 1996
 
Encyclopedia of Agricultural Science   S 411 E 713 1994
 
Handbooks and General Reference Books
Animal Health Yearbook   SF 600 F 2
Animal Science  SF 61 E 5 1991
Animal Science and Industry  SF 61 A 3 1998
Beef Cattle Science  SF 207 E 5 1997
FAO Yearbook. Production   HD 1421 F 585
Feed Additive Compendium   Ref SF 97 F 43
Handbook of Milkfat Fractionation Technology & ApplicationsRefSF 275 M 56 .K 38 1995
Horses and Tack  SF 285 E 55 1991
Modern Livestock and Poultry Production   SF 61G 5 2002
Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC   Ref S 587A 73 2000
Science of Animal Husbandry  SF 61 B 56 1990
Subject Profile Call Numbers
 
Call number range LC Subject Heading
QL 700 - QL749Zoology-Mammals
QL 750 - QL795Animal Behavior
SAgriculture
SFAnimal Culture
SF 95 - SF 100Feeds and Feeding-Animal Nutrition
SF 191 - SF 275Cattle
SF 207Beef Cattle
SF 208Dairy Cattle
SF 209Draft Cattle
SF 215Cattle Shows
SF 250 - SF 275Dairy Processing
SF 277 - SF 359Horses
SF 371 - SF 379Sheep
SF 380 - SF 388Goats
SF 391 - SF 401Swine
SF 481 - SF 507Poultry
SF 600 - SF 1100Veterinary Medicine

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Indexes and Databases

All databases are available on campus and remotelyunless otherwise noted.  To access a resource from home, you willneed to type your library ID and last name.  Your library ID is usually:two, zero, your Social Security Number, then zero.  For example: A person with the Social Security Number 123-45-6789 has the library ID: 201234567890
Subject Databases
Agricola
National Agricultural Library's database indexing journal articles, bookchapters, agriculture extension bulletins, etc. from 1979 - Present
Public access at http://www.nal.usda.gov/ag98/ag98.html
(For researching agricultural literature from 1942-1978, consult Bibliography of Agriculture   S 493 B 525.)
CABAbstracts
CAB International's database covering literature in the fields of agriculture,forestry, animal sciences, food science, etc. 1973 - Present
(For researching animal science literature before 1973, consult
Animal Breeding Abstracts  SF 1 A 63,
Dairy Science Abstracts  SF 221 D 36,
Helminthological Abstracts  QL 392 H 4
Nutrition Abstracts & Reviews  RM 214 N 8)
BiologicalAbstracts
Indexes journal articles covering the fields of biology, botany, zoology,microbiology, clinical and experimental medicine, etc. 1990- Present
(For researching biological literature from 1927-1990, consult Biological Abstracts  QH 301 B 37.)
 
Medline(from OVID)
Citations to journal literature covering biomedicine including research,clinical practice, administration, policy issues, etc. 1966 - Present
Public access at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

OLDMEDLINE (1958-1965) at http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/gw/Cmd
(For researching medical literature from 1941-1959, consult Current List of Medical Literature   Z 6660 C 8 .)
Chemical Abstracts
Covers a broad spectrum of technical and scientific information includingchemistry, biochemistry and chemical engineering. 1967 - Present. Onlyavailable on campus.
(For researching chemical literature from 1907-1966, consult Chemical Abstracts  
QD 1 A 51.)
Environmental Science
Indexes literature on aquatic pollution, bacteriology, ecology, energyresources, environmental biotechnology, environmental engineering, etc. from1981 to the present except citations from Selected Water Resources Abstracts begin in 1967.
For researching environmental literature prior to 1981, refer to AubieCat to find call numbers for the print indexes corresponding to the Environmental Sciences subfiles.
Zoological Record
This database covers animal behavior, biochemistry, genetics development,morphology, physiology, parasitology, immunology, and taxonomy. 1993 -Present.
(For researching zoological literature from 1864 to1993, consult Zoological Record  
QL 1 Z 675.)


General Databases

Academic Search FULLTEXTElite
Covers abstracts and indexing for over 3,000 scholarly journals and featuresfull text articles for over 1,200 journals since 1990. 
InfoTrac's Expanded AcademicASAP 
Indexes 1500 journal titles in a variety of subject areas.  Articlesin over 500 journals are full text. 1980 – Present 
Dissertation Abstracts
1861 – Present.  The most current two years are available off campus, butearlier years are only available on campus. 


Current Awareness Resources

Current Contents
Provides access to the tables of contents and bibliographic data from currentissues of scholarly research journals and books in the sciences. 1996 – Present 
Reveal
An automated alerting service that delivers the table of contents of periodicalsor results of keyword searches directly to your e-mail address.  Availableto AU faculty, graduate students and staff. Be sure to first enter your library barcode, then your password and in the next window choose the Reveal option.  
Ingenta Uncover Plus 
A database of article information taken from over 18,000 journals that allows faxing of articles not owned by AU Libraries. Available to AU faculty, graduate students and staff.  
Citation Database
Science Citation Index
Provides access to current bibliographic information and cited referencesfrom over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals.1984 - Present.
(For researching citation literature from 1961-1983, consult Science Citation Index  
Ref Q 1 S 3693.)
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Journals

Listof Current Print Animal & Dairy Science Journals

 

E-journalsat AU Libraries

This E-journals list includes ALL subject areas, notjust Animal & Dairy Science.

Please note:  If you don't see the journal that you needon the above lists, always be sure to check AubieCat. By doing a "journal title" search in that database, you will get the callnumber for any paper subscription and/or a link to any electronic subscription.

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Web Sites

AgNIC (Agriculture Databases) http://www.agnic.org/
Guide to quality agricultural information on the Internet as selected by the National Agricultural Library, Land-Grant Universities and other institutions
AgNIC Swine Page  http://www.lib.iastate.edu/services1/ref/agnic/aboutpage.html
Iowa State University Library Swine Home Page
Agricultural Databases for Decision Support http://www.adds.org/defaultFlash.htm
The ADD is a list of links organized by subject for agricultural information
Agripedia  http://www.ca.uky.edu/agripedia/
Centralized, general agricultural information including a Glossary and Subject Index
Animal Resources   http://netvet.wustl.edu/
Internet resources in veterinary medicine and zoology 
Center for Animal Health Monitoring   http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ceah/cahm/
USDA links to publications on the health of cattle, pigs, and livestock
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service http://www.csrees.usda.gov/
CSREES expands the research and higher education functions of the former Cooperative State Research Service and the education and outreach functions of the former Extension Service. Links to state extension pages.
FAO Statistics   http://apps.fao.org/lim500/Agri_db.pl
Contains information about foodstuffs by country or continent in a searchabledatabase
Food Safety Research Information Office http://fsrio.nal.usda.gov/index.php
Database of food safety research projects for the research community and the general public
Horse Breeds of the World http://www.imh.org/imh/bw/home2.html
Created by the International Museum of the Horse, Kentucky Horse Park
Information Systems for Biotechnology   http://gophisb.biochem.vt.edu
Provides information on agricultural and environmental biotechnology research,product development, regulatory issues, and biosafety
Livestock Library  http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/library/index.htm
Collection of links related to livestock
Comprehensive site for agriculture information
Web-agri.com   http://web-agri.com
An agricultural search engine (not a directory site) to search over 300,000 web pages
World Wide Web Virtual Library Agriculture   http://vlib.org/Agriculture.html
Nonprofit, ag-related organizations
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Genetics   http://www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/genetics.html
Subject Catalogue covering genetics
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Research Guides

General
Key Guide to Electronic Resources: Agriculture   Vet.Med. Ref S 494.5 A 39 .K 49 1995
Literature of Animal Science and Health  Vet. Med. RefSF 22.5 L 58 1993
Reference Sources in Science, Engineering, Medicine, and AgricultureRefQ 158.5 M 278 1994

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Associations and Societies

AASP (American Association of Swine Veterinarians)  http://www.aasp.org/aasp.html
ADSA (American Dairy Science Association)   http://www.adsa.org/
AFIA (American Feed Industry Association)   http://www.afia.org
AMSA (American Meat Science Association)   http://www.meatscience.org/
ASAS (American Society of Animal Science)   http://www.asas.org/
Biotechnology Associations http://www.cbi.pku.edu.cn/mirror/GenomeWeb/genome-centres-b.html
NCBA (National Cattlemen's Beef Association)   http://WWW.BEEF.ORG/
NPPC (National Pork Producers Council)   http://www.nppc.org
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Discussion Lists and Newsgroups

General
Electronic Mailing Lists at Auburn University   http://www.auburn.edu/helpdesk/internet/listserv.html#classmail
Contains links to help sites for all varieties of mailing lists. 
Subject Specific

Kovacs' WWW View of Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferenceshttp://www.kovacs.com/directory.html

BIOSCI/bionet Electronic Newsgroup Network for Biology   http://net.bio.net/

Auburn University Department and Course Pages

Departmental and Faculty Web Pages

Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences   http://www.ag.auburn.edu/dept/ads/

College of Veterinary Medicine   http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/

Alabama Cooperative Extension System

Animal Science  http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/indexes/anranisci.tmpl

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