PLANTS - Information Sources
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Browse Books using Library of Congress Classification

Use – ONLINE CATALOG  

E-BOOKS (Find in Online Catalog)

Field Guide to the Eastern Forests – North America

Field Guide to Medicinal Plants

Tempting Tropicals: 175 Irresistible Indoor Plants

More e-book titles can be found by using the ONLINE CATALOG.

Background Information

         Encyclopedia Britannica Online (good source to find Latin names)

           http://plants.usda.gov/ - (plant dictionary of common and scientific names)

 

 

Magazine / Journal / Newspaper Articles:

          Use “Journal Titles List” on homepage to locate issues.

                        (Link is located on light orange bar on left side of library home page.)

§  American Gardener  (print only)                     

§  American Nurseryman

§  Economic Botany

§  Horticulture                                                     

§  HortTechnology (print only)

§  OG (Organic Gardening) 

§  The Public Garden (print only)

 

Use Online Periodical Indexes to find articles.

Go to the library home page and look under the heading,

 FIND ARTICLES / ELECTRONIC RESOURCES.

(Use one of the ‘frequently used’ databases.)

PROQUEST Direct
Indexes magazines, some newspapers and some scientific journals.
Updated Daily. Citations, abstracts, full-text, images

ACADEMIC SEARCH PREMIER
Indexes magazines and journals.
Citations, abstracts, full text, images

LEXIS-NEXIS ACADEMIC
NEWSPAPERS from the U.S. and the world.
Indexes hundreds of newspapers, magazines and journals.
Full text. No images

AGRICOLA
Indexes worldwide journals in botany and agriculture.
Citations, abstracts. Not full text but sometimes there are links to the full text.

JSTOR Ecology and Botany

JSTOR contains the complete back files of selected scholarly journals in Ecology and Botany.

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Search the Web

Recommended Internet Resources:

          http://plants.usda.gov/ - Plant "dictionary" of common and scientific names

            http:www.nbii.gov – NBII National Biological Information Infrastructure 

            http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html  - USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

            http://www.arborday.org/trees/treeid.cfm - Tree Identification Guide

            http://plantfacts.osu.edu/   – Plantfacts - Ohio State University

            http://www.eol.org – Encyclopedia of Life

            http://www.bbg.org/ -- Brooklyn Botanical Garden Website

            http://www.mobot.org/ -- Missouri Botanical Garden

            http://www.wildflower.org/explore/ -- Native Plant Information Center

            http://urbanext.illinois.edu/hort/2.html -- Hort Corner - U. of Illinois Extension

 

 

 

             Search Engines:  Always evaluate information very carefully.

                        GOOGLE - http://www.google.com/ 

                                    Some hints:

§  To find plant information: search the web by using the “Latin name” in quotes.

§  Use “advanced search” and limit domain to .gov or .edu.

§  To find pictures / images:  use “Images” link in Google.  Click on “advanced image search.”

 

Additional resources:

Research Tutorial-Sidney  – Link on Library Home page – “Sidney Tutorial” on upper left side of library’s homepage.

Go to the section on citing sources.

Citation Guide - Link from Library Home Page – light orange bar on left side of screen.

Journal Titles List  -Link from Library Home Page – light orange bar on left side of screen.

Color Copier – Available in copier room. $.10 per copy.

Color Printer – Available in Library L-222 and Free-time Lab L-346.

 

Revised: 09/21/2010

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