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Marilyn Christianson
chrismc@auburn.edu
334-844-1740
Browse in these call number areas for books:
| GE |
Environmental Science |
| QH |
Natural History |
| |
QH 540-559 |
Ecology |
| QK |
Botany |
| |
QK 494-494.5 |
Gymnosperms |
| |
QK 495 |
Angiosperms |
| |
QK 504-638 |
Cryptogams |
| |
QK 640-707 |
Plant Anatomy |
| |
QK 710-899 |
Plant Physiology |
| |
QK 900-989 |
Plant Ecology |
| SD |
Forestry |
| SK |
Hunting & Wildlife Management |
| TD |
Environmental Technology |
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All databases are available on campus and remotely unless otherwise noted.
To access a resource from home, you will need to type your Auburn user ID (i.e., the first part
of your email address), and your related password. Use of the older library ID is being phased out.
Subject Databases
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AGRICOLA
- National Agricultural Library's database indexing journal articles,
- book chapters, agriculture extension bulletins,
etc.
- Business & Industry Database, 1994 -
- Information, facts, and figures on public and private companies, industries, products and markets for all manufacturing
and service industries. International coverage. Approx. 60% fulltext.
- CAB Abstracts
- CAB International: covers literature in agriculture, forestry, animal sciences, food science, etc.
- Biological Abstracts, 1969 - present
- The biggest basic biological sciences scholarly index in the world.
- Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
- Start here for scholarly environmental literature.
- Web of Science, 1945 -
- aka Science Citation Index aka Web of Knowledge
- Indexes the most-cited journals in the world. All subjects.
- See who has cited an article or book.
- Zoological Record, 1993 -
- Includes material not included in Biological Abstracts.
- Best sources for scholarly articles on taxonomy.
- Print 1864 - 1994 here: RBD Library QL 1 .Z675
Finding the Older Literature
- Catalogue of Scientific Papers Compiled by the Royal Society of London
- Index to 19th-century scientific literature.
- PDF files that are apparently non-searchable. Gather your patience! You will need to browse.
- RBD Library has
print copies as well.
- Botanical Abstracts
- 1917-1925/1926
- Partial predecessor of Biological Abstracts
- QK1 B83 Print in Closed Stacks -Ask for it at the First Floor Circulation Desk
-
Biological Abstracts, 1926 -
- Older print volumes not duplicated online=1926-1968 here:QH 301 .B37
- SciFinder Scholar aka Chemical Abstracts etc., 1907 -
- Includes a great deal of biology, biochemistry, food science, medicine, agriculture, etc.
- Zoological Record
- Print 1864 - 1994 here: RBD Library QL 1 .Z675
Current Awareness Services
- Current Contents, 1996 -
- Quick indexing of the latest important scholarly journals in science.
- Contact your Library Specialist for the special URL needed to set up email notification of new articles.
- Ingenta
- Multidisciplinary, quick-and-dirty indexing.
- Many articles can be faxed to Auburn faculty and graduate students or opened directly.
- Auburn instructions.
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To search for
articles, use the
Searching for Articles
section of this guide.
Auburn journals are:
- Cataloged in
Aubiecat. All formats, print, electronic, and microform are here.
Selected Auburn electronic journals are:
- Listed here.
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Acronyms, Initialisms, and Abbreviations
- For journal abbreviations, see Mystery Cites.
- Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols,
and Abbreviations (Wiley Interscience)
Forestry Statistics
- Forestry Statistics for Alabama 2000
Endangered/Threatened Species:
- Alabama Inventory List 2003, aka Tracking LIst
- Note especially page 58:"Extinct Species That Once Occurred in Alabama."
- Animal Diversity
- Biodiversity Hotspots
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- Help!
- Is something wrong with your reference? Has Interlibrary Loan returned your request because it doesn't seem to exist?
Auburn Biological Sciences students and faculty should contact their library specialist for help.
- Abbreviation Lists:
- Online:
- Swiss WSL (Forest, Snow, and Landscape) Research
Center Journal Abbreviations List.
- JAKE
- Only for journals in aggregator databases.
- You have to have the first several letters of the first word right.
- Print:
- CASSI: Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index.
- The biggest science source, not just for chemistry.
RBD Library Reference Desk: QD 1 .C473
- Still Desperate? Only full titles can be found on these sites, but judicious guessing can be done.
- Zoological Record Current Journals List
- BIOSIS aka Biological Abstracts Current Journals List
- At these sites go to the letter with which you think your journal title might begin. Do a "Find" with your browser for little scraps of your
journal abbreviation.
- ISI Master List of Periodicals.
- Only for journals indexed in ISI
products such as Web of Knowledge (aka Science Citation Index aka Web of Science) and Current Contents.
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Auburn University Department and Course Pages
- School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences
- Forestry Page of the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service
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If you have any comments about this page, please send them to
Marilyn Christianson. Last updated Dec. 16, 2003.
