BIOLOGY: BIRDS-ORNITHOLOGY Revised by Eileen Heaser

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QL 671-677.8 QL 679-695.5 QL 696- QL 699.5-699 SF 460-473 SF 481-502 SF 502-513 General works; by region or country; nomenclature; aviaries Zone divisions e.g. West Indies; South America, Europe Systematic divisions e.g. Anseriformes, Galliformes, Piciformes, Genetics; Reproduction; Bird banding; Song; Navigation; Ecology Birds, Cage Birds, Pet Birds Poultry, Breeding, Eggs, Hatcheries Game birds

REFERENCE BOOKS AND SERIES A.O.U. Check-List of North American Birds. 6th ed.  ref QL677 A5 1983 Beecham's Guide to International Endangered Species.  ref QL82 B435 1998 The Bird Almanac: The Ultimate Guide to Essential Facts and     Figures of the World's Birds.  ref QL673 B565 1999 The Birder's Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History     of North American Birds.  ref QL681 E37 1988 Birding Northern California.  ref QL684 C22 K45 1999 Birds of North America (Focus Guides).  ref QL681 K36 2000 The Birds of North America.  ref QL681 B625 no.1-716; 1992-2003 Birds of the Pacific Northwest Mountains.  ref QL683 N75 W37 1995 California Birds: Their Status & Destribution.  ref QL684 C2 S635 1994 Care of the Wild: First Aid for Wild Creatures.  ref SF996 45 J67 1991 Check-List of Birds of the World. 2nd ed.  QL677 P45 1979-1987, vol.1-16 Current Ornithology.  QL671 C87. vol.1; 1983-current A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names.  ref QL677 J55 1991 Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, 2nd.ed. Volumes 8-11 Birds. ref QL7 G7813 2003 A Guide to the Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds. 2nd ed.     ref QL675 B163 1997 Handbook of the Birds of the World.  ref QL674 H22 vol.1; 1992-current Living Bird.  QL671 L57. 1963-1980/81 The Official World Wildlife Fund Guide to Endangered Species of North America.     ref QL84.2 O35 1990 Ornithological Monographs.  QL671 O nos.1-24, 26-47 Raptor Watch: A Global Directory of Raptor Migration Sites.  ref QL696 F3 R39 2000 Scientific Style and Format: The CSI Manual. For Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 7th ed.     ref T11 S386 2006 Shorebirds of the Pacific Northwest.  ref QL683 P36 P38 1993 The Sibley Guide to Birds (National Audubon Society).  ref QL681 S497 2000 Studies in Avian Biology.  QL694 H3 S35 no.1; 1978-current     also available in Cooper Ornithological Society (http://www.cooper.org) Threatened Birds of the Americas: The ICBP/IUCN Red Data Book.  ref QL676.7 T5 1992

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WEB SITES Audubon California  http://www.audubon.org/chapter/ca/ British Trust for Ornithology  http://www.bto.org/ Cooper Ornithological Society  http://www.cooper.org/ Cornell Lab of Ornithology  http://www.birds.cornell.edu/ Encyclopedia of Life  http://www.eol.org/ Highwire Press (Stanford Univ.)  http://highwire.stanford.edu/ Index to Ornithology: Ornithology.com  http://www.ornithology.com/ IUCN (The World Conservation Union)  http://www.iucn.org Point Reyes Bird Observatory (PRBO)  http://www.prbo.org/ Science.gov. Biology & Nature.  http://www.science.gov/browse/w_115.htm Searchable Ornithological Research Archive ([pdf, Java] Searches 9 sources)     http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/index.php Tree of Life project at the Univ. of Arizona     http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html U.S. Government  http://www.usa.gov U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service  http://www.fws.gov/ The Wilson Ornithological Society  http://www.ummz.umich.edu/birds/wos/index.html Zoological Record Taxonomic Hierarchy     http://www.biosis.org/support/zr-thesaurus/sys-current/

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INDEXES TO JOURNAL LITERATURE Paper Indexes Biological Abstracts (1927-1995) QHZ 5321 B5 Zoological Record (1864-current ) Section 18: Aves. QLZ7991 Z87 Electronic Indexes Unless noted otherwise; electronic indexes are restricted to CSUS students, faculty, & staff. Instructions for off-campus access are available at Off-Campus Access to Library E-Resources. Biological Abstracts   (1969-current) ScienceDirect  (1995-current) Full text available Wildlife Worldwide   (1935 - current (some dates earlier than 1935) Wiley InterScience  (1996-current) Full text available

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JOURNALS Listed below are representative samples of titles currently received at CSUS Library. Journals that are also available via the Web or available full text in one of the CSUS Library databases are indicated. Audubon (1899-current) Auk (1884-85;1917-18; 1920-current) also available in Searchable Ornithological Research Archive     http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/index.php Bird Study: The Journal of the British Trust for Ornithology (1954-85; 1987-currrent)     also available in Academic Search Premier (Ebsco) The Condor (1899-current) also available in Searchable Ornithological Research Archive     http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/index.php Journal of Field Ornithology (1980-current) Northwestern Naturalist (was Murrelet; 1940-current) The Observer/Point Reyes Bird Observatory Newsletter (1965- current)     http://www.prbo.org/cms/index.php?mid=35&module=browse Western Birds (1973-current) also available in Searchable Ornithological Research Archive     http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/index.php The Wilson Bulletin (1893- current) also available in Searchable Ornithological Research Archive     http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/index.php

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SEARCH ENGINES Ananzi.com  http://www.ananzi.com/ GoogleScholar.com  http://www.scholar.google.com   Yahoo.com  http://www.yahoo.com Vivisimo.com  http://www.vivisimo.com       (Searches other search engines, groups information into categories)

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