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BSCI 360 Principles of Animal Behavior Instructor: Dr. Gerald Wilkinson Resources compiled and web page developed by Marian Burright, UM Libraries This guide will assist you in locating resources for BSCI 360. Due to licensing agreements, some of the electronic resources available by remote search are restricted to current students, faculty, and staff at the University of Maryland, College Park. E-mail Marian Burright, the subject area specialist, or call 301-405-9068 for more information. Contents BSCI 360 Webpage Reference Sources Library Catalog Journal Article Databases Review Journals Key Research Journals Web Sites Interlibrary Loan Questions? BSCI 360 Principles of Animal Behavior return to top Reference Sources Britannica Online Access Science (McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology) Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms ed. S.P. Parker Location: McKeldin Reference QH83 .S89 vol. 1&2 Introduction to Behavioral Ecology by J.R. Krebs and N.B.Davies Location: McKeldin Stacks QL751 .K815 1993 Unravelling animal behaviour by M.S.Dawkins Location: McKeldin Stacks QL751 .D375 1995 Animal Behavior Desk Reference Location: McKeldin Reference QL750 .3 .B37 1996 The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Zoology ed. M. Allaby Location: McKeldin Reference QL9 .C66 1999 Covers all animal taxa and other topics such as evolution, behavior, cytology, zoogeography, taxanomy and genetics. return to top Library Catalog To find books on a certain topic, do a keyword search in the library catalog . You can also search using the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) by typing any of the following selected subject headings in the library catalog: Animal behavior Animal behavior mathematical models Human behavior animal models Animal Behavior evolution return to top Journal Article Databases BIOSIS Previews(Biological Abstracts) Primary research database for all areas of the life sciences: zoology, botany, microbiology, ecology, anatomy and physiology, molecular biology. Biological & Medical Sciences Collection Individual databases of potential interest include Animal Behavior Abstracts, Ecology Abstracts, and Entomology Abstracts. To access these and other databases, select "Search subfiles" next to Biological Sciences category from the main search screen. Science Citation Index Expanded (1945-) Multidisciplinary database with citation searching. Zoological Record Zoological Record (ZR) provides the most comprehensive coverage to the world's zoological literature. ZR provides complete coverage to taxonomy and nomenclature and other areas such as ecology, behavior, life cycle, methodology, physiology and others. Online access is available from 1978-present. return to top Review Journals Review journals are a good starting point for finding a research topic of interest. You may expand the scope of your search by searching an index such as the Science Citation Index. SCI provides the cited references for a particular article, number of times cited and related records. Current issues of journals are shelved alphabetically in the Current Periodicals Room on the 1st floor of McKeldin Library. Bound journals are located in the stacks by call number. To locate a particular volume, search by title of the publication in the online library catalog. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics Biological Reviews Trends in Ecology and Evolution Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology Quarterly Review of Biology return to top Key Research Journals Peer-reviewed scholarly journals are primary sources for scientific research. You can locate references to articles in journals by doing a keyword search in a specialized database. You can find the following journals in the McKeldin Library. Search the Library Catalog for specific volumes. A number of journals is available on the Web through the UM Libraries homepage, these journals are linked below: American Naturalist Animal Behaviour Behaviour Behavioral Ecology Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology BioOne Journals Ecology Ethology Ethology and Sociobiology Evolution Evolutionary Ecology Evolutionary Ecology Research Journal of Animal Ecology Molecular Ecology Oecologia Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B (appears in the library catalog as Proceedings Biological Sciences) Science Nature return to top Web Sites Animal Behavior Society Association for Biodiversity Information NatureServe: An Online Encyclopedia of Life World Wildlife Fund return to top Interlibrary Loan Interlibrary Loan Services Request materials the UM Libraries do not own through the Interlibrary Loan Office. return to top Questions? If you have any questions about these or other library resources, contact Marian Burright. return to top


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