Reference Works
The reference section is located on the 1st floor of the library.
Books are shelved using the Library of Congress Classification scheme.
Reference Books
Title/Description |
Call # |
Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico |
Ref QL618.C65 2004 |
Aqualex : a glossary of aquaculture terms |
Ref SH20.3.A35 1997 |
Encyclopedia of aquaculture |
Ref SH20.3.E53 2000 |
Encyclopedia of underwater life : aquatic invertebrates and fishes |
ebook |
Handbook of Fish Biology and Fisheries |
QL615.H36 2002 (3rd floor) |
Books
Books are located on the 3rd (H-Z) and 4th (A-G) floors organized by the Library of Congress Classification scheme.
Search for books (including the e-book collection) using the library catalog.
Call Number Areas to Browse
Description |
Call # Areas |
Fishes. Population dynamics. Geographic and systematic divisions. |
QL614-QL637.5 |
Genetics. Anatomy and morphology. Behavior. Migration. Ecology. |
QL638.97-639.8 |
Aquaculture (General) |
SH20.3-SH35 |
Fish Culture. Habitat Improvement. Individual species. |
SH141-SH167 |
Diseases and adverse factors. Dams, pollution, individual diseases. |
SH171-SH179 |
Fisheries. Management. Technology. Individual species. |
SH201-399 |
Articles
Articles are generally more specific; use more specific keywords to create a narrower search.
Journals may contain both popular and scholarly sources (magazine, journal, and newspaper articles)
Search Article Databases
- Aquaculture Database (University of Idaho)
Contains selected citations and abstracts to journal articles, reports, proceedings related to freshwater salmonids. No longer updated. Covers 1974-1997.
- ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality
ASFA 3 includes citations to articles, reports, conference proceedings, and grey literature in areas of aquatic pollution and environmental quality, covering research and policy on the contamination of oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, and estuaries.
- BioOne
BioOne provides the scholarly community with a collection of peer-reviewed, high quality titles across the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.
- BIOSIS Previews
Online version of Biological Abstracts and Biological Abstracts/RRM, BIOSIS Previews is the largest collection of biological literature and contains references to primary journal literature on vital biological research and discoveries of new organisms.
- Fish, Fisheries and Aquatic Biodiversity Worldwide
Fish, Fisheries and Aquatic Biodiversity Worldwide combines databases on all facets of ichthyology, fisheries, aquaculture and aquatic biology. With excellent world coverage, this database includes research on aquaculture species ranging from culture and propagation to genetics, behavior, ecology and habitat.
- ScienceDirect
Website for Elsevier science journals. The UI has subscription access to articles for 1300 titles back to 1995. These titles are indicated by a green icon in the journal listing. Users may view tables of contents and abstracts from 'non-subscribed' journals. Users who register may receive free table of contents alerts.
- Web of Science
Web of Science contains the Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index. The Science Citation Index Expanded is a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences. It fully indexes thousands of major journals across 150 scientific disciplines and includes all cited references captured from indexed articles.
