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 # |
Dictionary for Managing Trees in Urban Environments |
Ref SB436.D53 2009 |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Forestry |
Ref SD126.D455 2004 |
Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History |
SD143.E53 1983 (3rd floor) |
Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences |
ebook |
Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology |
SB728.E53 2000 (3rd floor) |
Forests and Forestry in the Americas: an Encyclopedia |
Website |
Historical dictionary of forestry and woodland terms |
Ref SD179.J349 1991 |
Literature of forestry and agroforestry |
Ref SD387.D6L58 1996 |
Silvaterm Database |
ebook |
Wildfire terminology |
Ref SD420.67.W53 2006; ebook |
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 |
Forestry (General) |
SD 1-131 |
History of Forestry |
SD131-247.5 |
Forestry Education |
SD 250-363.3 |
Forestry Machinery and Engineering. Forest Roads. |
SD 388-89 |
Forest Soils |
SD 390-390.43 |
Forest Meteorology. |
SD 390.5-390.7 |
Sylviculture |
SD 391-410.9 |
Conservation and Protection. Includes Fire. |
SD 411-428 |
Exploitation and utilization |
SD 430-559 |
Administration. Policy. |
SD 561-669.5 |
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
- Agricola
From the National Agricultural Library, Agricola provides citations to articles and reports on agriculture and forestry.
- CAB Direct
Most comprehensive database for forest-related topics. Contains abstracts for articles, proceedings, book chapters, and more. Also contains the database "Forest Science Info".
- Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management
Abstracts and citations covering the environmental sciences are drawn from over 10,000 scientific journals and thousands of other sources including conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications.
- University of Minnesota Forestry Databases
UM's Forestry Library produces four indexes to sub-topics within forestry: Social Sciences in Forestry; Trail Planning, Construction and Maintenance; Tropical Conservation and Development; Urban Forestry.
- AGRIS and CARIS
From the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), AGRIS is an international cooperative system that provides citations to journal literature, theses, reports and other publications in the agricultural sciences. CARIS is an international cooperative system that provides citations to current research in all aspects of agriculture, forestry, fisheries, nutrition, rural development, agricultural economics, and topics in environmental and natural resource areas as they apply to agriculture.
- Biological and Agricultural Index
Citations to articles on agriculture, botany, biochemistry, biology, ecology, environmental science and forestry.
- ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
Provides access to the full-text of articles in journals published by Elsevier Science. UI journal subscriptions are indicated by a green icon in the journal listing.
- TreeSearch
A database for locating and delivering publications by Research and Development scientists in the USDA Forest Service from the different research stations.
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