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 # |
Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America |
Ref QH77.N56B43 2001 |
CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology |
Ref QK13.Q38 2000 |
Dictionary of Ecology and the Environment |
Ref QH540.4.F35 2004 |
Ecological Stewardship: a common reference for ecosystem management |
Ref GE300.E365 1999 |
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity |
Ref QH541.15.B56E53 2001 |
Encyclopedia of Deserts |
Ref GB611 .E65 1999 |
Encyclopedia of the Biosphere |
Ref QH343.4.E54 2000 |
Handbook of Northwestern Plants |
Ref QK144.G5 2001 |
Techniques of Wildlife Investigations and Management |
Ref SK355.T434 2005 |
Weeds of the West |
Ref SB612.W42W44 1996 |
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 |
Ecology, including biological diversity (biodiversity), restoration ecology, fire ecology. |
QH540-549.5 |
Plant ecology |
QK900-989 |
Forage crops. Feed crops. Including ranges of western United States. |
SB193 |
Weeds of Idaho. |
SB612.I |
Grassland Fires |
SD421.5 |
Rangelands. Range Management. Grazing-research. |
SF84.82-85.6 |
Useful Books
Title |
Call # |
Idaho's rangelands: a history |
F746.H34 2009 |
North American Wildland Plants: a field guide |
SB193.3.N67S88 2003 |
Biology and management of noxious rangeland weeds |
SB612.W47B564 1999 |
Aquatic and Riparian Weeds of the West |
SB614.3.W47D58 2003 |
Introduction to Wildland Fire |
SD421.P94 1996 |
Rangeland health: new methods to classify, inventory and monitor rangelands |
SF85.3.R36 1994 |
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
- 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.
- CABDirect
Subjects covered include animal science; crop protection; plant science; parasitology; human and animal nutrition; natural resources and ecology; forestry, forest products and agroforesty; soil science; rural development, tourism and economics; food science and food products; biotechnology; and agricultural engineering.
- 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.
- 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.
- Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide
The world's largest index to literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Major topic areas include studies of individual species, habitat types, hunting, economics, wildlife behavior, management techniques, diseases, ecotourism, zoology, taxonomy and much more.
