PLANTS
Information Sources

FUNDAMENTALS OF HORTICULTURE / GENERAL BOTANY / PLANT SCIENCE
http://www.bergen.edu/library/

Books / Reference Books / Audiovisual Materials

Browse Books using Library of Congress Classification

• QK - Botany
• QH - Biology (general) / Natural History (general) / Ecology / Economic biology
• SB - Plant Culture

Use – ONLINE CATALOG

• SUBJECT - medicinal plants
• SUBJECT - ethnobotany
• SUBJECT - carnivorous plants
• KEYWORD - garden* and japan*

Background Information

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

ACCESS SCIENCE

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

Horticulture HortTechnology (print only)

OG (Organic Gardening) Plants & Gardens News

The Public Garden (print only)

Does the library have the periodical that you need?

Click the “Journal Titles List” link on the BCC Library Home Page.

Use Online Periodical Indexes to find articles.

Go to the library homepage and look under the heading,

FIND ARTICLES / ELECTRONIC RESOURCES.

Use one of the ‘frequently used’ databases.

NOTE: You will need your BCC ID for off-campus access.

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.

Recommended Internet Resources:

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

http://159.189.176.5/portal/server.pt – 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.eoearth.org – Encyclopedia of Earth

SEARCH ENGINES: Always evaluate information very carefully.

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

Hints:

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

2. To find Pictures and images: use “Images” tab in Google.

3. Use advanced search and limit domain to .gov or .edu .

E-BOOKS (Find in Online Catalog)

Field Guide to the Eastern Forests – North America

Field Guide to Medicinal Plants

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

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

More Useful Information:

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 Free-time Lab L-346 and Library Lab – L222

Revised: 02/18/2008

esirianni@bergen.edu