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
More e-book titles
can be found by using the ONLINE
CATALOG.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Online (good source to find Latin names)
Access Science (agricultural
technologies such as harvesting, manufacturing, etc.)
http://plants.usda.gov/ - (plant dictionary of
common and scientific names)
Magazine / Journal / Newspaper Articles:
§ American
Gardener (print
only)
§ American Nurseryman
§ Economic Botany
§ Horticulture
§ HortTechnology (print
only)
§ OG (Organic
Gardening)
§ The
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.)
ACADEMIC
ONE FILE
Academic
and general interest periodicals and scientific journals.
Updated daily. Citations, abstracts, full-text, images
ACADEMIC
SEARCH PREMIER
Indexes
magazines and journals.
Citations, abstracts, full text, images
PROQUEST
Direct
Indexes
magazines, some newspapers and some scientific journals.
Updated Daily. 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 contains the complete back files of selected scholarly
journals in Ecology and Botany.
.
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 -
http://www.eoearth.org – Encyclopedia of
Earth (environmental topics)
http://www.eol.org
– Encyclopedia of Life
http://www.bbg.org/gar2/ -- Brooklyn Botanical Garden Website
http://www.wildflower.org/explore/
-- Native Plant Information Center
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 and images: use “Images” link in Google. Click on “advanced image search.”
Additional
resources:
Research Tutorial-Sidney –
Link on Library Home page – “Help and Tutorials” on upper left corner of
library’s homepage.
Go to “research tutorial” 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. $.20 per copy.
Color Printer – Available in Library L-222 and Free-time Lab L-346.
Revised: 09/16/2009
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