Fisheries & Wildlife
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Introduction
Finding Books
Finding Articles
Electronic
Journals
Useful Reference Sources
Selected Internet Resources
Introduction
Listed below are a variety of resources used to find information on wildlife and fisheries. Before you start a research project consider the following questions: Do you need a comprehensive literature search or a sampling?; Do you need research results or general information on the topic?; Is the project due tomorrow or next year? Just as each of your projects is unique, so are the sources you will use to find information. Remember to ask a librarian for help in getting started or bailing you out. Contact Janet Webster, the subject librarian for fisheries and wildlife, at 7-0108 or Janet.Webster@oregonstate.edu.
Finding Books
Much of the fisheries and wildlife material in the Valley Library is shelved in the "SH" and "SK" call number areas, but since the information you will use is multidisciplinary, you will also look in other areas including, HD (economics), QH (biology & ecology), and QL (zoology). The Guin Library at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport has a large collection on marine fisheries and coastal wildlife.
Search OSU Libraries' Online Catalog for books, journal titles, conference proceedings, government documents and reports. You can search by author, title or subject either by browsing or using keywords. If you choose to browse by subject try subject headings such as these:
| Fisheries | Wildlife Conservation |
| Fisheries--Oregon | Deer hunting |
| Crab Fishery | Ecosystem |
| Fishery conservation | Birds |
Finding Articles
To find articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc., use a database that covers your topic.
Get started with these general databases.
- Academic Search Premier - Provides full text for over 4600 academic, social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals. This includes 3500 peer reviewed journal. This database is updated daily. Coverage varies with each journal, but some go back as far as 1975.
- AGRICOLA
-- (1970-present).
Data provided by the National Agriculture Library comprises the most comprehensive coverage of agricultural literature. This index is particularly good for information on aquaculture, including many government reports. - Web
of Science -- (1955-present, online since 1996).
Indexes approximately 5,000 journals from various scientific disciplines. Represents core life science journals defined as those most often cited in research articles. Searchable by author, article title work, journal name, cited author, and cited journal name.
Use these for more comprehensive searches as well as more topic specific ones.
- Aquatic
Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts-- (1972-present).
This index provides abstracts of the international literature dealing with the science, technology, and management of marine, freshwater, and brackish environments. - Fish
and Fisheries Worldwide -- (1971-Present).
Coverage includes studies of individual species, diseases and parasites, economics, genetics, habitats, management practices and techniques, natural history and general research. - Biological
Abstracts -- (1927-present, online since 1991).
Worldwide research in biology, medicine and interdisciplinary life science is indexed by author, biosystems (taxonomic categories), genus-species names and subject. - Dissertation
Abstracts International -- (1861-present).
This provides author and keyword title access to this wealth of information. Titles are arranged by subject: wildlife is in Section B: Science and Engineering. - Environmental
Science & Pollution Management -- (1992-present).
Comprehensive, multidisciplinary index to articles from all fields in the environmental sciences. Indexes U.S. government environmental impact statements. - Wildlife
and Ecology Studies Worldwide -- (1935-present).
This selectively indexes over 1,300 journals and over 500 non-journal sources. It is useful for world-wide coverage of current literature on wildlife and natural resources. - Zoological
Record -- Library web (1864-Present, online since 1993).
This is the most comprehensive and oldest continuing taxonomic reference source in zoology. There are 20 sections, each dealing with a single group of animals phylogenetically, and has author, subject and systematic indices.
Electronic Journals
If you can browse fisheries and wildlife electronic journals using these links to lists of journals by subject. Time coverage varies and currently more is in paper than electronically. For a more comprehensive search on a narrower topic, be sure to use the Indexes and Abstracts first.
The OSU Libraries are moving towards more electronic access to journals rathr than print. Here's the complete list of the electronic journals to which we subscribe.
Useful References Sources
Use reference resources to locate standard information on species, habitats, organizations and policy. They are often excellent starting points for a research project. These are just examples of the variey of resources available. Some are only available in print.
- Birds
of North America
Valley REF QL681 .B625
This resource provides modern, authoritative accounts of each of the 700+ species of birds that breed in North America. Each species is covered in a separate booklet emphasizing key aspects of its ecology and conservation. Online access is pending. - Conservation
Directory
Valley REF S920 .C64
Compiled by the National Wildlife Federation, this list U.S. Government departments, international, national and regional organizations. - Grzimek's
Encyclopedia of Mammals
Valley REF QL701 .G7913 1990
This five volume set provides excellent general information on each class and family. It is well-illustrated and indexed. - Management of Wildlife and Fish Habitats in Forests
in Western Oregon and Washington
SK439 .M31 1985 v. 1&2
These two volumes summarize pertinent information on habitats in managed forests and discuss alternatives. Volume 1 contains the narrative and volume 2, the data. The extensive appendixes provide useful information including species lists and habitats. - Pacific Fishes of Canada
Valley SH223 .A5 no. 180; HMSC REF SH223 .A5 no.180
An example of an excellent guide to fishes of a particular region of the world. It is organized by species and includes a gazetteer and glossary as well as complete illustrations. - Species
Profile: Life histories & environmental requirements of coastal
fishes & invertebrates
Valley QH301 .U4 no. 82; HMSC REF QH301 .U4 no. 82
These pamphlets contain useful life history, habitat and management information for a wide variety of coastal species. Other parts of this series, the USFW Biological Reports, provide valuable information on habitats and wildlife studies.
Internet Resources
Internet resources are constantly changing. These sites provide useful starting points for exploring the World Wide Web.
- Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife The state department handles state
management issues and administers state law.
http://www.dfw.state.or.us - U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Here's the federal department that handles policy and management.
http://www.fws.gov - U.S. Government Printing Office Sooner or later, you will need to track downa government report, a congressional hearing or a federal staffer. Here's one place to start.
- IUCN Red list of Threatened Species This well-referenced taxonomic list covers endangered, vulnerable, rare and out-of-danger species. Its index combines common and scientific names with geographic names.
- American Fisheries Society This is the major fisheries related professional society in North America.
- The Wildlife Society Comparable to AFS, this society serves the wildlife professional.
Return to the Alphabetical or Subject index of the Subject Research Guides.
