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Arachnids & Insects
Revised by Eileen Heaser

Contents: Using EUREKA
Reference Books and Series
Web Sites
Indexes to Journals
Journals
Search Engines
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EUREKA COMPUTER CATALOG

EUREKA (http://eureka.lib.csus.edu/) is the CSUS Library online catalog. Books and other materials can be searched for in EUREKA by title, author, keyword, and Library of Congress Subject Headings. The Library of Congress (LC) catalog numbers listed below provide browsing areas for books.
QL 434-434.8
QL 451-458.32

QL 458.4-459
QL 459.2-515.2

QL 521-529.26
QL 529.27-540.42

QL 541-570.3

QL 571-599.82

SB 818-945
SB 950-990.5
SF 517-561
SF 562
Arthropoda General & Geographical Distribution
Arachnida, Acari, Amblypygi [scorpions, spiders, mites, etc.]
   General & Geographical Distribution. Systematic divisions
Arancae [spiders, scorpions]
Insects. General; Mayflies; Cockroaches; Grasshoppers;
   Earwigs; Caddis flies; Dragonflies; Stick Insects
Hemiptera [bugs]; homoptera [aphids, cicadas, etc.]
Isoptera [termites]; Plecoptera [stoneflies]; Diptera [flies];
   Embioptera [web spinners; Mallophaga [chewing lice]
Lepidoptera [butterflies, moths]; Hymenoptera
   [ants, bees, wasps, etc.]; Anoplura [sucking lice]
Coleoptera [beetles]; Thysanoptera [thrips]; Mecoptera [scropionflies];
   Strepsiptera [twisted-winged parasites]; Siphonaptera [fleas]
Economic Entomology, pests & diseases [pests A-Z]
Pest control & treatment; Pesticides, Insecticides
Beneficial Insects & Insect Culture [Bee culture, Sericulture (silk)]
Other Insects, A-Z [boll weevil, moths, Chinese wax scale…]

REFERENCE BOOKS AND SERIES

ABC & XYZ of Bee Culture.  ref SF 522.3 R6 1983
Advances in Insect Physiology.  (1963-1988) QL 495 AA23
American Entomological Institute Contributions.  (1964-86 incomplete) QL 461 A42
Annual Review of Entomology.  (1956-1991) QL 461 A5
The Bees of the World.  ref QL 566 M53 2000
The Butterflies of North America.  ref QL 548 B8 1975
Caterpillars in the Field & Garden: A Field Guide to the Butterfly Caterpillars of North America.
    ref QL 548 R44 2005
Common Names of Insects & Related Organisms 1997.  ref QL474 C66 1997
Crop Protection Chemicals Reference.  ref SB 950.9 C76 1995
The Dictionary of Butterflies and Moths in Color.  ref QL 543 W36 1975
A Dictionary of Entomology.  ref QL 462.3 G67 2001
Encyclopedia of Insects.  ref QL 462.3 E483 2003
Encyclopedia of Natural Insect & Disease Control.  ref SB 974 E53 1984
Eriophyid Studies, C.  QL 458 A2 C32 nos. 1-17
Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects & Spiders.  ref QL 462.3 F57 2002b
Grzimek"s Animal Life Encyclopedia, 2nd ed (Vol. 3 Insects).  ref QL7 G7813 2003
Handbook of Vegetable Pests.  ref SB 608 V4 C243 2001
How to Know the Beetles.  ref QL 583 J3 1980
Insect Biology: 19 Science Fair Projects.  ref QL 468.5 D37 1992
Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity: with a Photographic Guide to Insects of
     Eastern North America
 ref QL 473 M34 2006
Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America.  ref QL 473 I57 1996
Occasional Papers in Entomology. California Dept. of Food & Agriculture.
     QL 461 C32 nos. 1-30
Pacific Institute Monographs.  QL 461 P218 nos. 1-31; 36
The Pesticide Manual Incorporating the Agrochemicals Handbook. 10th ed.
     ref SB 951 P434 1994
Pestline Material Safety Data Sheets for Pesticides & Related Chemicals.
    ref SB 952.5 P48 1991 v.1-2
Spiders of the World.  ref QL 452 P72 1993
University of California Publications in Entomology.  QL 461 C17 vols. 2-111(incomplete)
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WEB SITES

AgNIC. The Agriculture Network Information Center/Insects and Entomology
    http://www.agnic.org/browse
Bugbios (Insects on the Web)  http://www.insects.org/
Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology
    http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=66150000
CSIRO Entomology  http://www.ento.csiro.au/
Encyclopedia of Life  http://www.eol.org/
Entomological Society of America  http://www.entsoc.org/
Entomology Index of Internet Resources (U of IA & CO. St. U)
    http://www.ent.iastate.edu/list/
Essig Museum of Entomology (UCB)  http://essig.berkeley.edu/
Endangered Species Program. U.S. FWS  http://endangered.fws.gov/
The International Society of Arachnology  http://www.arachnology.org/
The Lepidopterists' Society  http://lepsoc.org/
National Integrated Pest Management. USDA  http://www.ipmcenters.org/
IUCN (The World Conservation Union)  http://www.iucn.org/
Sacramento-Yolo County Mosquito and Vector Control District  http://www.sac-yolomvcd.com/
Smithsonian Natural Museum of History. Dept of Systematic Biology, Entomology
    http://entomology.si.edu/
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service  http://www.fws.gov/
WWW Virtual Library - Biosciences http://vlib.org/Biosciences
Washington, D.C. Science  http://www.science.gov/
Yahoo Search Directory. Insects/Forensic Entomology
    http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Zoology/Animals__Insects__and_Pets/Arthropods/Insects/Forensic_Entomology/
Zoological Record Taxonomic Hierarchy
    http://www.biosis.org/support/zr-thesaurus/
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INDEXES TO JOURNAL LITERATURE

Paper Indexes
  • Biological Abstracts (1927-1995)
    QHZ 5321 B5
  • Zoological Record (1864-1994)
    Section 13A-13F. 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.
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JOURNALS
Listed below are representative samples of titles currently received at CSUS Library either in print or via a Library Database. Use
Locate Print & e-Journals to locate the complete text of the article. Locate Print & e-Journals will indicate/connect to the Library catalog (EUREKA) for the print version or indicate/connect to a database for the online text of articles.

American Entomologist (1990 - current)
Annals of the Entomological Society of America (1908-current)
Australian Journal of Entomology (4/98-current)
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (1881-1995)
Bulletin of Entomological Research (1910-current)
Environmental Entomology (1972-current)
Journal of Economic Entomology (1909-current)
Journal of Insect Science  available via the Web
Journal of Medical Entomology (1964-current)
Western North American Naturalist (1970-current)
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SEARCH ENGINES
Ananzi.com  http://www.ananzi.com/
Scholar Google  http://www.scholar.google.com
Yahoo.com  http://www.yahoo.com
Vivisimo.com  http://www.vivisimo.com  
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Questions/comments to: Eileen Heaser, Science Reference Librarian; eheaser@csus.edu; CSU, Sacramento
eh/dr/6/02: Last updated 3/08