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Animal Science |
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This guide
suggests resources and strategies for research on Animal Science
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Contents
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Background
Information | Find Articles
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Web Resources
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Background
Information (Overview Sources)
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Encyclopedias and other reference
works are an excellent place to start a research project or
simply learn more about a particular topic. They provide
topic summaries, context, and bibliographies for further reading.
Print reference works are
shelved on the third floor of Kent Library.
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Encyclopedia of Animal Science
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636 En193
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Encyclopedia of Agricultural Science |
R 630.3 En19 |
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Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia |
R 591 G929g 2003 |
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Van Nostrand's Scientific
Encyclopedia |
R 503 V839 2002 |
Electronic reference works on
many topics can be found in the Credo Reference Collection and
the Oxford Reference Collection, available on Kent Library's
Quick Facts page. Click the hyperlink below to go to a
specific book. You may have to log in if you're off
campus.
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Find Articles |
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Search indexes, abstracts, and databases
to find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles. For
a complete list of Kent Library's online indexes and databases,
see the Find:
articles page.
To find recent articles,
including scholarly/peer-reviewed articles,
use the following online databases:
To find historical articles,
including scholarly/peer-reviewed articles, use
the following print indexes and online archives:
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Helminthological Abstracts (1932 - present)
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Indexes and Abstracts (1st Floor) |
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JSTOR |
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| Wildlife Review (1935 - 1995) |
Indexes and Abstracts (1st Floor) |
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Find General
Collection Books |
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Use the
Kent
Library Catalog
to find books, periodicals (journals, magazines, & newspapers),
videos, government documents and other materials.
Keyword searches allow you
to use your own words as search terms.
Subject heading searches use Library of Congress subject
headings. Printed volumes of these headings are located near
the Reference Desk on the main floor.
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Keyword Examples: |
Subject Heading Examples: |
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animal science |
livestock |
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dairy and farming |
animal nutrition |
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cattle feeding |
dairy science |
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horses and communication |
horses |
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Browse the shelves by call
number. Use the Dewey
Decimal chart
to get you in the right subject areas or try the following:
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590 |
zoological sciences |
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591.5 |
animal behavior |
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598 |
birds |
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599 |
mammals |
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636
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animal husbandry |
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636.2 |
dairy cattle |
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636.1 |
horses |
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638 |
insect culture |
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639 |
hunting, fishing & conservation |
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Web
Resources
For a list
of Web searching tools, see the
Find: web resources
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Updated
7/16/09 by Michaela Willi Hooper - mwillihooper at semo dot edu |
