CNW 102-63

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Poisons and Plants: Past and Future

I. Book Sources:
Books in Miller Library: Reference: Online: AccessScience (McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology) A Dictionary of Plant Sciences A Dictionary of Biology The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science Print: The Plant Book Concise Handbook of Psychoactive Herbs Invasive Plant Species of the World The American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of garden plants The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants Pest and Weed Control The Pesticide Manual : A World Compendium Books in the main collection: Subject search uses Library of Congress classification system climatology = QC start with these major headings and then skim the subheadings, e.g.: Plants Poisonous Plants United States Plants and Civilization Plants and History Pesticides Insecticides Herbicides Plants Development Native Plant Gardening keyWord search in the title, contents, series, etc., e.g.: Poisonous Plants (5 results found) Author search, e.g.: Hardin, James W. Books outside Miller Library: Other libraries: U of MD libraries U of DE Library of Congress WorldCat most distinguished database of catalogued books in the world searches over 52 million records held by academic libraries worldwide For books not in the library, order through Interlibrary Loan free, online order form, budget 1-2 weeks back to top
II. Scholarly and General Interest Sources:
Multidisciplinary: Academic Search Premier 4,500+ general and academic journals coverage 1985+ mostly full-text JSTOR 440+ scholarly journals, including general science complete run of all journals except for the most recent 3-5 years full-text WilsonWeb 3,500+ general and academic journals two components: OmniFile Full Text Mega; Humanities & Social Sci Retro OmniFile Full Text Mega: indexing begins in 1982, abstracts in 1984, and full-text in 1994 Humanities & Social Sci Retro: index only, 1907-1984 1,750 journals are full-text Scientific: AGRICOLA from the National Agriculture Library all aspects of agriculture, forestry, and animal science provides detailed abstracts over 5,000 sources: books, journals, etc. coverage from 1970+ BasicBIOSIS information about biology and other life sciences covers the basic core of life science journals found in college and university libraries includes popular and scholarly science journals over 350 sources coverage is the most recent 5 years Quick Reference Card BioDigest life science information written in a non-technical style provides detailed abstracts over 300 sources coverage from 1989+ ScienceDirect index to 1,800+ scientific, technical & medical peer-reviewed journals 200+ full-text provides MEDLINE access coverage varies: 5-20 years archive User Guides Scientific American Archive contains entire editorial contents of Scientific American Magazine coverage from Jan. 1993+ full-text Check journal titles in Journal Finder, the library's list of full-text electronic periodicals earth and environmental sciences journals For articles not in the library, order through Interlibrary Loan free, online order form, budget 1-2 weeks back to top
III. Government Sources:
Plants Database Plants Database: Image Gallery Medicinal Plants Science.gov (federal science portal) back to top
IV. Newspaper Sources:
Lexis-Nexis Academic 5,900+ national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources full-text search Washington Post full-text from 1977+ New York Times (1851-2001) and Washington Post 1877-1990) the complete newspaper (text, graphs, photos, etc.) in digital form back to top
V. How to Cite:
Hacker Online formatting examples back to top

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