Library Instruction for ZOOL 3221
Endangered Species
10 September 1997

Electronic Resources

Genie - an Online Public Access Catalog from which you can access book holdings in NSU Libraries. From the same terminals, you can access book holdings in other libraries which are part of the LOUIS consortium. Approximately 60% of NSU’s holdings are represented in Genie. This 60% includes all holdings 1995 - Present. For material older than 1995, please also consult the card catalog.

Sample searches:
• k=endangered species
• k=bald eagle

LOUIS Infoshare Databases - a group of indices to periodical literature available to all libraries in the LOUIS consortium. All databases have similar search enginges and may be searched by author, title and keyword.

Some Helpful Databases Include:
• ASTA Applied Science & Technology Abstracts
• BIAG Biological and Agricultural Index
• GSCI General Science Index
• READ Readers Guide to Periodical Literature

Sample searches:
• k=endangered species
• k=endangered species and eagle
• k=endangered species and bald eagle
• k=bald eagle

GPO Silverplatter - A comprehensive index to U.S. Federal Government Publications using the Silverplatter search engine.

Sample searches:
• Find: endangered species
• Find: bald eagle
• Find: endangered species eagle
• Find: endangered species bald eagle

IAC Searchbank - a group of indices to periodical and newspaper literature in many fields of study. Includes full text of some citations. In IAC, you can search a subject guide, or do a keyword search. Try doing both types of searches using your terms and note the differences in the results and how they are presented.

Sample Searches:
• endangered species
• bald eagle

Proquest - a database which allows searching of general periodical literature through the Proquest search engine. Includes journals and newspapers.

Internet - The Internet lab in Watson library is provided by the Student Government Association as a service to NSU affiliates only. Please sign up to use a computer. If you are unfamiliar with the Internet, you may sign up for a beginning Internet workshop. If you are familliar with the internet, but would like to learn more, you may sign up for an advanced workshop.

Search Engines and General Sites:
• Alta Vista
• Dogpile
• Yahoo
• GPO Access
• Dept of the Interior
• Fish and Wildlife Service
• Environmental Protection Agency

Other Web Pages of Potential Interest
• http://www.nceet.snre.umich.edu/EndSpp/Endangered.html
• http://www.umich.edu/~esupdate/
• http://www.poplarpub.com/
• http://www.wcmc.org.uk/data/database/rl_anml_combo.html
• http://www.fws.gov/~r9endspp/endspp.html
• http://www.sky.net/~emily/eagle.html
• http://www.alaska.net/~angelwrk/eagleone/index.html
• http://www.interchange.ubc.ca/eaglenet/eaglenet.html

Paper Resources

Reference material - Reference material shelved in the reference room of Watson Library is not available for circulation. However, you may make photocopies of this material.

Title Dictionary of Ecology & Environmental Science Forest and Rangeland Birds of the U.S. Guide to the National Wildlife Refuges Conservation and Environmentalism Environmental Encyclopedia Green Encyclopedia McGraw-Hill Encyc. of Environmental Science and Engineering. Collier’s Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Americana Encyclopaedia Britannica World Book Encyclopedia

Call Number GE 10 .D53 1993 Ref. QL 682 .F68 1991 Ref. QH 76 .R54 1981 Ref. GE 10 .C68 1995 Ref. GE 10 .E58 1994 Ref. GE 10 .F73 1992 Ref. GE 10 .M38 1993 Ref. AE 5 .C683 1996 Ref. AE 5 .E333 1993 Ref. AE 5 .E363 1995 Ref. AE 5 .W55 1997 Ref.

Government Documents Resources - Watson Library is a 30% Selective Depository of U.S. Federal Government Publications. The nearest Regional Depository Library is Louisiana Tech in Ruston LA.

Title U.S. Department of the Interior - General Publications Fish and Wildlife Service - General Publications U.S. Department of Agriculture - General Publications Environmental Protection Agency - General Publications United States Statutes at Large - Endangered Species Act of 1973

SuDocs Number I 19.2 I 49.2 A 1.2 EP 1.2 KF 50 .U52 Ref.

Paper Indices/Resources - if you come to the library and find that the computer system is down, don’t think you have wasted your time coming in. We have plenty of paper resources to get your research started!

Biological and Agricultural Index - the paper counterpart of BIAG. This index is located on index table 4B and was discontinued in 1993.

Card Catalog - Use the card catalog when LOUIS is down or when you are looking for material prior to 1995. Also double check the card catalog in order to make sure you have covered all the bases.

General Science Index - the paper counterpart of GSCI located on index table 4A. We have a current subscription to this index.

Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature - The paper counterpart to the Readers Guide we already talked about. Goes back to 1802 so it is great for historical research.

New York Times Index - an index specifically for the NYT which we have in Watson Library. 1851- 1940 of this index are shelved in the reference stacks. 1941 - current are shelved on index table 5B.

Gail Kwak
327-4466
kwak@alpha.nsula.edu

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