Wood Science & Wood Engineering Literature Guide

This is a general guide for students in OSU's Wood Science and Engineering program. If further assistance is needed, please contact the subject librarian for Forestry to arrange an appointment: Bonnie Avery, ph 737-7602, Bonnie.Avery@oregonstate.edu
 
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Table of Contents

Library of Congress Call numbers

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Selected Journals

Databases

Selected Web Resources

Library of Congress Call numbers

Call numbers have meaning: e.g. Q=Science, QK=Botany, QK 640 = Plant Anatomy
Use the call numbers below to familiarize yourself with the subject arrangement of the Valley Library Collection.
Location: 5th floor and reference collection on 2nd /main floor:
HD 9750 - 9769   =  (Wood products industry)
Location: 1st floor and reference collection on 2nd /main floor:
QK 647  (Wood - anatomy)
SD 1 - SD 900  (Forests and Forestry)
TA 419   (Wood engineering)
TP 800 - TP 869  (Logging and pulpwood production)
TS 800 - TS 970  (Wood and wood products manufacturing)
TS 1080 - TS 1299  (Pulp and Paper products and manufacturing)

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Use these to get started in the OSU Libraries Catalog: http://oasis.oregonstate.edu

  • Adhesives
  • Biomass energy
  • Bleaching - biotechnology
  • Building, wooden
  • Cellulose - biotechnology
  • Fiberboard
  • Forests and Forestry
  • Forest Products: See also: Non-timber forest products; Timber; Wood; Wood Products
  • Hardwoods
  • Laminated wood
  • Lumber
  • Lumber - Testing
  • Lumber trade See also: Plywood industry; Particle board industry; Pulpwood industry; Redwood industry; Sandalwood industry; Softwood industry; Stave and stave trade
  • Lumbering
  • Non-timber forest products:See also: Cork; Naval stores; Gums and resins; Turpentine; Rubber; Wood tar
  • Papermaking
  • Plywood
  • Planing mills
  • Pulpwood (see Wood pulp)
  • Timber
  • See also: Dry rot; Lumber; Hardwoods; Trees;
  • Bark (See also: Bast; Pine Bark; Quinine; Bark peeling; Tree felling)
  • Wood See also: Compression wood; Hardwood; Heartwood; Pulpwood (see also wood pulp); Redwood (wood); Ships, wooden; Simulated wood (see also graining); Softwood; Wood, compressed
  • Wood - anatomy
  • Wood - biodeterioration
  • Wood - bonding
  • Wood - chemistry See also: Cellulose; Lignin; Wood distillation
  • Wood - deterioration
  • Wood - quality
  • Wood decaying fungi
  • Wood Products See also: Laminated wood; Plywood; Veneers and veneering; Wood chips; Wood poles; Wood-Pulp; Wood-wastes (See also: Fiberboard; Particle board; Slash (logging); Wood chips)
  • Wood-pulp - biotechnology
  • Wood-pulp industry
  • Wood waste as fuel

Selected Journals

Use these journals to get acquainted with some of the scholarly writing in Wood Science.

Forest Products Journal ;  SD1 .F565    (e-access, 1998-date)
Holzforschung   TA419.A1 H591    (e-access beginning 1/2006)
Holz als Roh- und Werkstoff   TA419 .A1 H58 nbsp;  (e-access 1999-date)
IAWA Journal (International Association of Wood Anatomists)   QK647 .I5
Journal of the Institute of Wood Science   TS 800 .J6
Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology   TS932 .J68    (e-access 2001-date with 12 month lag)
Journal of Wood Science  TA419 .A1 J685    (e-access, 1998-date)
Pulp and paper   TS1080 .P16    (e-access 1997-date)
Wood and fiber science   TA419 .W61
Wood design focus   TA419 .A1 W67
Wood Science and Technology   TA419 .W83   (e-access 1997-date)

Databases

Use these databases when you are looking for research on specific topics in wood science and wood engineering. Unless otherwise noted, use the link to "Databases" on OSU Libraries Homepage (http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu) to access these databases.

  1. SciFinder Scholar
    • Chemical Abstracts
    • has vocabulary/thesaurus/specialized chemical search options
    • 1907 to the present.
    • Windows based CD available via library network; elsewhere on campus with proper scripting.
  2. Forest Science Database
    • includes Forestry & Forest Products Abstracts (as well as other subjects areas)
    • has vocabulary/thesaurus
    • 1939 to date (from CAB Direct)
  3. Agricola
    • Good coverage of USDA research reports
    • uses CABI thesaurus, but no official controlled vocabulary
    • 1970 to date (from EbscoHost) or back to 1942 in print Z5073 .U5
  4. Web of Science
    • Science Citation Index
    • unique feature is "cited reference searching"
    • no controlled vocabulary
    • 1996 to date (from ISI) or back to 1955 in print Z7401 .S35
  5. Biosis
    • Biological Abstracts
    • has controlled vocabulary/thesaurus
    • 1992 to date (Ovid) or back to 1927 in print QH1 .B5
  6. Compendex
    • Engineering Index
    • has controlled vocabulary/thesaurus
    • 1972 to date (EI Village) or back to 1892 in print Z5851 .E57
  7. TreeSearch
    • Articles and peer reviewed reports from the authors US Forest Service
    • [1998] to date (with growing back file of reports to which OSU Libraries is a contributor)
    • Free to the public

Web Resources

Use these as a jumping off point for locating quality websites in your field.