http://plantfacts.osu.edu/ - Ohio State Univ. Factsheet database from 40 U.S and Canadian universities and government research centers. Images and video clips.

SEARCH ENGINES:

GOOGLE www.google.com - General search engine

(Use “latin name” in quotes for best results.)

Evaluate the information that you find very carefully.

BIOMES - Selected Reference Books

Biomes of Earth: terrestrial, aquatic and human-dominated (Woodward, Susan L.) REF QH541.W633 2003

Biomes of the World (9 volumes) REF QH 541.14 .A45 1999

Biomes and Habitats QH541. W438 2002

Botanica North America REF QK115.H365 2003 (Book is organized by BIOMES. Entries include economic and medicinal uses of plants.)

North American Terrestrial Vegetation REF QK110.N854 2000 (Excellent summary of Biomes in North America.)

Encyclopedia of the Biosphere (11 volumes) REF GF75.B5613 1999

Use the index volume first. Look up the term "Biomes" or look up a specific biome such as "Deciduous Forests. Look up the term “medicinal plants to see which volumes have info. Look up the term “toxin.” Check the subheading “plant” to see which volumes have info.

Ecosystems of the World REF QH541.5.T8 P65 1997

BCC Library has Volume 3 (Polar and Alpine Tundra), Volume 7 (Temperate Deciduous Forests), Volume 8 (Natural Grasslands, Volume 25 (Coral Reefs), Volume 1 (Wet Coastal Ecosystems), Volumes 4a and 4b (Mires - Swamp, Bog, Fen and Moor.)

U.X.L. Encyclopedia of Biomes (3 volumes) REF QH541.14 .U18 1999

Basic information, well illustrated. ONLINE VERSION ONLINE VERSION

Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology (3 volumes) REF QH540.4 .E52 1995

Encyclopedia of World Geography (24 volumes ) REF G133 .E49 2001 (Divided by geographic regions. Look in Table of Contents of appropriate volume for “Plant Life.” There will be a list of “Useful and Dangerous Native Plants” in a colored box on the first page of the Plant Life Section.) Check volume 24 (Index) page 3376 “Natural Vegetation Zones.”

Flora: a gardener’s encyclopedia (2 volumes) SB403.2.F66 2003

MAP OF WORLD - HARDINESS ZONES (Volume I, pages 20-21 and continues with description of each zone.

Plant REF QK45.2.P57 2005 (Beautifully illustrated chapters covering global habitats)

Peterson's Field Guides

Search keywords "peterson field guide*"

Scan volumes: Eastern Forests , Atlantic Seashore, Western Trees, Southeastern and Caribbean Seashores, Rocky Mountain and Southwest Forests, California and Pacific Northwest Forests, Eastern Trees.

Toxic Plants of North America (ON RESERVE) REF. QK100.N6 B87 2000

Includes plant distribution maps

E-BOOKS – Logon and Password Required to check out e-books

Search (tab on left side of NetLibrary screen) for keywords such as “poisonous” within the appropriate e-book.

Field Guide to the Eastern Forests – North America

Rocky Mountain Flora

Field Guide to Medicinal Plants

Field Guide to California and Pacific Northwest Forests

Field Guide to the Eastern Trees: Eastern United States and Canada, Including the Midwest

Field Guide to Rocky Mountain and Southwest Forests

Southern Rocky Mountain Wildflowers

Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers

Western Trees

IMPORTANT LINKS and INFORMATION:

What is Plagiarism? Left side of library home page – Handouts – All – Plagiarism)

Tutorial on how to identify and avoid plagiarism. (Left side of library home page – Research Tutorial)

Citation Guides (Left side of library home page)

Color Printing – Color printer in L-222 (Library Computer Lab) and S-346 (Free-Time Computer lab.)

Color copies – Color copier is available in the library. Color copies are $.50 each.

Edith Sirianni

esirianni@bergen.edu

Revised 06/29/08