Animal Science

This guide suggests resources and strategies for research on Animal Science

Contents of this research guide

Background Information |  Find Articles
Find Books  |   Web Resources

Background Information (Overview Sources)

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.

 

Encyclopedia of Animal Science	R 636 En193
Scientific farm animal production : an introduction to animal science	636 T2177s8
The behavior of animals : mechanisms, function, and evolution	591.5 B3947
Encyclopedia of agricultural science	R 630.3 En19 , 4 vol.
Animal behavior : an evolutionary approach	591.5 Al18a8
Van Nostrand's scientific encyclopedia	R 503 V839 2002, 2 vol.
Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia	R 591 G929g 2003 , 17 vol.
A Dictionary of Animal Behaviour	Oxford Reference Online
look at links for d. of animal beh.

 

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Find Articles

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 (http://library.semo.edu/find/articles.asp).

To find recent articles and scholarly/peer-reviewed articles use the following online databases:

AGRICOLA

BasicBIOSIS

Dissertation Abstracts

Medline

PubMed

TOXNET

Helminthological abstracts (print index)    INDEXES/ABSTRACTS

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Find General Collection Books

Use the Kent Library Catalog (http://library.semo.edu/find/books.shtml) 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.

Keyword Examples:	Subject Heading Examples:
animal science	livestock
dairy and farming	animal nutrition
cattle feeding	dairy science
horses and communication	horses

Browse the shelves by call number.  Use the Dewey Decimal chart (http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/fi_books_dd_list.htm) to get you in the right subject areas or try the following:

Browse by Call Number
591.5	animal behavior
636.2	dairy cattle
636.1	horses
591.56	animal communication

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Web Resources

For a list of Web searching tools, see the
Find: web resources page (http://library.semo.edu/find/webpages.shtml).

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