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REFERENCE SOURCES
Search the reference collection for brief facts, biographical information, addresses, telephone numbers, statistical information, articles in encyclopedias, general and subject, on all aspects of human knowledge. Much information is included in the general encyclopedias, such as Compton's, Academic American, or World Book. However, more specialized information is included in subject encyclopedias. Additional information can be found in these sources:
DIRECTORIES OF BIOLOGICAL OR CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS
| R 353 Un3s | The United States Government Manual
Contains information on federal organizations and agencies, including Legislative Branch organizations and agencies, Judicial Branch organizations, Executive Branch organizations and agencies, independent establishments and government corporations, and quasi-official agencies. |
| R 061.3 G13enc | Encyclopedia of Associations
This is a directory of nearly 23,000 national and International organizations, including: trade, business, commercial, environmental, agricultural, legal, military, natural and social sciences, educational, cultural, and many more. |
| R 352.8 F31c8 | Congressional Quarterly's Federal Regulatory Directory
Gives information on over one hundred federal regulatory agencies. For each agency, it gives the responsibilities of the agency, the power and authority of the agency, and historical background and current issues of the agency. It gives the agency organization, and addresses of regional offices. |
BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION RESOURCES
| R 070.442 Ed4c | CQ Researcher
Published by Congressional Quarterly, the staff does research a topic of current interest, such as AIDS, gun control, abortion, lotteries, Acid rain, toxic waste, global warming, hazardous substances, environmental protection, etc. Great place to start doing research on a topic. Each weekly report contains an extensive bibliography at the end of the report. |
| R 070.444442 In3a | The Information Series on Current Topics
Each of these books is crammed with statistical tables, charts, graphs, maps, and paragraphs that present the basic data on a single current topic. |
| R 070.442 Is7 | Issues and Controversies on File
Articles provide the history or development of an issue, a current overview, varying opinions, a prediction of future developments, and a short bibliography. |
| R 505.8 Sc2s | Science Year
This is the annual science supplement to the World Book encyclopedia. It contains many articles that update the contents of the encyclopedia, and other feature articles each year on various topics |
| R 550 M27 | Magill's Survey of Science: Earth Science Series
This excellent series describes many earth sciences terms such as: acid rain, air pollution, aquifers, atmospheric inversion layers, clouds, faults, glaciers, groundwater, hazardous wastes, oil and gas offshore wells, radioactive minerals, sand, soil erosion, and wind. |
| R 570.3 W89m | World of Biology
This is an excellent new book on biology. It contains over 1,000 entries on many different aspects of biology, such as; acid rain, aging, AIDS, cholesterol, bacteria, people important in the history of biology, extinction, cloning and much more. |
| R 570.3 B52R | Biology
This set is part of the Macmillan Science Library. It is not intended to cover every topic in biology, but "present as broad an introduction as possible to the many facets of biology." It contains over 400 entries that cover all aspects of biology, such as; aging, algae, AIDS, chromosome, conservation, forests, nitrogen cycle, plant and much more. |
| R 590.3 An5c | Animal Sciences
This set is part of the Macmillan Science Library. It is not intended to be "both specific and general, detailed and thematic." It contains 300 entries that cover all kinds of animal life, such as; amphibian, mammal, insects, molluska, birds, fishes, and much more. |
| R 363.7 En8 | Environmental Encyclopedia 2nd ed.
Contains articles on many environmental topics, such as: animal rights, automobile emissions, famine, recycling, air pollution, water pollution, agent orange, acid rain, radon, and toxic substances. Also has articles on environmental legislation passed by U.S. Congress, toxic waste sites in the United States, biographies of important environmentalists, animals that have been affected by environmental problems, organizations involved with environmental issues, and other environmental terms. |
| R 363.7056 IN8b | International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics Contains entries on environmental issues, environmental groups, laws and agencies concerned with the environment. Also contains articles on the environment in many countries of the world. |
| R 628.03 M17en3 | McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia
of Environmental Science & Engineering
Contains many useful articles that give the current state of knowledge, prospects for the future, and legislation passed (U.S.). There are articles on such things as: acid rain, air pollution, atmosphere, ozone, dams, ecology, ecosystem, energy sources, environmental assessment, groundwater hydrology, meteorology, oceanography, pesticide, population dispersion, recycling technology, sewage, soil chemistry, soil conservation, solar energy, surface mining, water conservation, wetlands, and wind. |
| Reference area | Contemporary World Issues
Series
Excellent for gaining the grasp of a topic. Each book in the series covers a different topic. Each topic covered in the series has the following: an overview section, which has a discussion of the main questions being asked or arguments raised about the topic, then a chronology section, a biographical sketches section of the main figures in the topic, facts and statistics section, documents and reports, laws and legislation pertaining to the topic, and a directory of agencies and organizations associated with the topic. The ones concerned with the environment are: R 363.7287 M61e Environmental
Hazards: Toxic Waste and Hazardous Material
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| R 560 L17f | The Field Guide to Prehistoric Life "This book is a concise key to prehistoric animals, plants, and other organisms." |
| R 566 N78p | Prehistoric Life: The Rise of the Vertebrates |
| R 569.6 L69m | Mammoths This book contains much useful information about mammoths, including the origins of mammoths, where mammoths have been unearthed, the natural history of mammoths, mammoths and human culture and the extinction of mammoths. | R 576.503 En1k | Encyclopedia of Genetics Contains articles that "provide the general reader a thorough yet accessible overview of one of modern science's most vital and intriguing fields." |
R 576.803 En1p | Encyclopedia of Evolution Contains articles that put together in one book what is known about evolution, such as fundamental concepts of evolution, definitions of terms, theories of evolution, evolutionary and population genetics, molecular evolution, behavioral ecology and social evolution, and more. |
| Juv R 577.82 Ux6w | U.X.L. Encyclopedia of Biomes |
| R 577.82 W87B | Biomes of the Earth This book contains information on all the biomes on the earth. It includes the terrestrial biomes, the freshwater biomes, the marine biomes, and even includes the human-dominated biomes. |
| R 577.03 Ec7s | Ecology Basics This book contains information on all the aspects of ecology. |
| R 579.3012 B45h | Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Originally called the Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, edited by Dr. David Bergey and others in 1923. It has gone through numerous revisions and editions since then. The purpose of the manual is to assist in the identification of bacteria, and also to indicate the relationships that exist between various kinds of bacteria. |
| R 579.03 Sa5m | Microbes and People: An A-Z of Microorganisms in Our Lives |
| R 571.638293 D56d11 | Difco Manual This manual's purpose is to provide information on the products used in microbiology. |
| R 581.973 G79m8 | Gray's Manual of Botany The first edition of this manual was written by Asa Gray in 1848 and the eighth in 1950. It contains descriptions of plants in mainly the mid to eastern United States and Canada. |
| R 582.13 Z7g | Guide to Flowering Plant Families This is a handbook of the class Angiospermae. It lists flowering plants by families, and it gives the family characterization of each family given, plus distribution, economic plants and products, and commentary on each family and a list of references cited. |
| R 581 C78t | Dictionary of Plant Names This small dictionary gives the pronunciation, derivation, and meaning of botanical names, and their common-name equivalents. |
| R 581.6520978 W41w5 | Weeds of the West This book gives descriptions and nice illustrations of weeds in the Western United States, defined as "from Montana to New Mexico to the Pacific Ocean, including Hawaii." A weed is defined as: "A plant that interferes with management objectives for a given area of land at a given point in time." |
| R 582.12 B81w | Weeds in Winter This is a book that tell what herbaceous plants (wildflowers, weeds, grasses, ferns) look like in the winter months. It includes plants found on the eastern coast of North America. |
| R 581.97 H24B | Botanica North America* This book contains information and illustrations of North America's native plants, their botany, history, and the way they have shaped the world. |
| R 634.9097 W15n | The North American Forests: Geography, Ecology and Silviculture. |
| R 581.97 H24B | A Field Guide to Eastern Trees This book is one of the Peterson Field Guides and it contains over 400 species of trees that are found in the Eastern United States and Canada. A look at the map on the first page shows that it covers the midwest also, including eastern Oklahoma. It has beautiful illustrations of what each species of tree look like and where you can find them in the eastern United States and Canada. |
| R 582.13 F22p | The Photographic Encyclopedia of Wildflowers |
| R 632.303 En1m | Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology |
| R 581.97 H24B | Nature's Heartland: Native Plant Communities of the Great Plains This book, published in 1990, contains the native plant communities of dry prairie, marsh-Pothole prairie, wet prairie, oak savanna, oak hickory, maple-Linden, Woodland flower, pine-fir-birch, mixed floodplain, river-lake Margin, and farmstead-Windbreak. |
| R 579.6 L12m | Mushrooms This book is a "visual guide to more than 500 species of mushrooms from around the world." |
| R 579.6 G79K | The Great Encyclopedia of Mushrooms This book was originally published in Germany, and contains many wonderful color photographs. Sections include: the principal characteristics of mushrooms, poisonous mushrooms, and different classifications of mushrooms, such as: the Boletales, the Russulales, the Tricholomatales, the Pluteales, the Cortinariales, the Agaricales, the Gasteromycetes, the Aphyllophorales and Phragmobasidiomycetes, and the Ascomycetes. |
| R 581.97 K14s2 | A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland This is the second edition of a book originally published in 1980. It serves the needs of those who wish to know the "numbers and kinds of wild and naturalized plants found on the North American continent." |
| R 595.70973 Ar6a2 | American Insects: A Handbook of Insects of America North of Mexico Presents a description of all insects of North America north of Mexico, arranged by order and tribe. Written by Ross H. Arnett. |
| R 592.176 V92g | A Guide to Common Freshwater Invertebrates of North America Presents a description of all invertebrates inhabiting freshwater, including worms, anthropoids, and insects. |
| R 595.7 Im6 | Immature Insects Presents a description of all states of insects except adult and egg. |
| R 595.789 Sch1w | A World for Butterflies This volume presents a description of the butterfly's heritage, the life cycle of a butterfly, body form and structure, how to tell the difference between a butterfly and a moth, the origin of butterflies, taxonomy, classification and nomenclature of butterflies, and the geographic distribution of butterflies. |
| R 595.703 En1r | Encyclopedia of Insects new This new encyclopedia contains terms used in the study of insects and descriptions of all kinds of insects, which includes the following for each type of insect: phylogeny and classification, life history, behavior and ecology, capture and preservation, diversity, and a list of references for further reading. |
| R 591.92 En1 | The Encyclopedia of Aquatic Life This encyclopedia has chapters on fishes, aquatic invertebrates, and whales, dolphins and sea cows. |
| R 597.176097 C19h | Handbook of Freshwater Fishery Biology Life history data on ichthyopercid and percid fishes of the United States and Canada. |
| R 597.09297 At6 | Atlas of North American Freshwater Fishes Gives names, pictures, distribution and habitat of North American freshwater fishes. |
| R 597.09297 At6 | Nonindigenous Fishes Introduced Into Inland Waters of the United States American Fisheries Society Special Publication 27 "Throughout history, humans have transported and released plants and animals from one ecosystem to another for various reasons. Plants or animals moved into areas outside their historic or natural geographic range are considered nonindigenous species." (from the introduction) This volume contains fishes that have been transplanted to the inland waters of the United States. |
| R 597 En1 | Encyclopedia of Fishes Discusses fish from all areas of the world, both freshwater and saltwater fish and deep water fish. |
| R 597.920923 Er6t | Turtles of the United States and Canada THis book gives information on turtles found in the United States and Canada. It gives the following for each species: recognition, karyotype, fossil record, distribution, geographic variation, confusing species, habitat, behavior, reproduction, growth and longevity, food habits, predators and defense, and populations. |
| R 597.6 H13e | Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians |
| R 597.92 F41t | Turtles and Tortoises |
| R 597.96 M43s | Snake: The Essential Visual Guide to the World of Snakes This book, published by DK Publishing, the publisher of visual books for children, contains great pictures of many snake of the world, but not much text. |
| R598 IL6 | Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds Published by the International Council for Bird Preservation, this encyclopedia contains birds of the world by bird family. It has color drawings of most birds, plus their scientific name, habitat, range, size, plus a brief description of each bird included. |
| R 598.05 B53 | The Birds of North America Published by the American Ornithologists' Union and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, this set contains detailed information of all the birds in North America, such as: scientific name, photograph, distinguishing characteristics, distribution, systematics, migration patterns, habitat, food habits, sounds the bird makes, behavior, breeding, demography and populations, conservation and management, appearance, and an extended list of references. |
| R 598.29766 Su8f | Fifty Common Birds of Oklahoma Published in 1977, this book contains one page descriptions and a color illustration of fifty of the most common birds in Oklahoma, from the mourning dove, to the blue jay, field sparrow, and the cardinal. |
| R 598.65 G35p | Pigeons and Doves A guide to the pigeons and doves of the world. |
| R 598 B53bi | The Bird Almanac: The Ultimate Guide to Essential Facts and Figures of the World's Birds |
| R 598.9 W42r | The Raptor Almanac This is a book all about raptors, which are, according to the book, "hawks, falcons, eagles, vultures, owls." These birds are also known as "birds of prey," since they feed"almost exclusively on meat." It provides a biochemical classification of raptors, discusses evolution and distribution, anatomy and physiology, behavior, social structure, courtship and breeding, nesting, hunting and diet, migration and life span. |
| R 598.096 F94b | The Birds of Africa A guide to the birds of Africa, and shows where each kind lives in Africa. |
| R 599 G92m | Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals Translated from the German edition, this multi-volume set contains information on all the mammals of the world, arranged by family. |
R 612.003 En1d2 | Encyclopedia of Human Biology This encyclopedia "strives to present a complete overview of the current state of knowledge of contemporary human biology." It contains over 4200 entries. Each entry has an outline, a glossary of important terms, a defining statement in the first paragraph, plus cross-references to other articles in the encyclopedia. |
| R 599.4 N86w | Walker's Bats of the World Contains descriptions and illustrations of bats from all areas of the world. |
| R 599 D29m | The Mammals of Texas Contains descriptions and illustrations of mammals in Texas. |
| R 574.529 Of3 | The Official World Wildlife Fund Guide to Endangered
Species of North America Gives descriptions, habitat, historic range, and current distribution of hundreds of threatened or endangered plants and animals. |
| R 591.52903 Se4g | The Grolier World Encyclopedia of Endangered Species
Contains descriptions of species the world over that are endangered that has been compiled by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources |
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
| R 925.81 | Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists |
| R 925 B52d2 | Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists This two volume set contains descriptions of about 2000 scientists from all over the world and in all time periods. Also is accounts of the history of major scientific centers, and a book list of scientific papers and books that are "particularly influential in the development of science." |
| R 925.81 Is2o | One Hundred and One Botanists |
| R 363.70092273 B38a | American Environmental Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present
Contains biographies of almost 350 "'American Environmental leaders': well known founders and leaders of the diversified strands of the environmental movement as well as some less famous regional or behind-the-scenes participants." |
THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE LAW
| R 348.7303 W52w | West's Encyclopedia of American Law
A layman's guide to American law, with descriptions of legal terms and phrases. |
| R 348.7323 Un3c | United States Code
Contains the full text of all United States laws passed by the U.S. Congress. It is arranged by title |
| AE 2.0106 | Code of Federal Regulations
When a law is passed by congress, it gives authority to regulatory agencies in the government to make regulations to enforce the law. This is what the Code of Federal Regulations is. It is a codification of rules established by agencies of the Federal Government. The code is divided by topic into what is called titles. These are the titles pertaining to the environment: Title 7: Agriculture
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REGULAR COLLECTION
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Opposing Viewpoints Series
Excellent for argumentative papers. Each book in the series takes a controversial topic and discusses the issues and presents both sides of the argument using expert opinions from contemporary and historical authors in a pro/con format. Contains bibliographies, list of relevant organization glossaries, and chronologies. 363.7 En8p Environmental Justice
Current Controversies Excerpts from articles, newspapers and books are used to present authoritative opinions on issues of national and international interests in a pro/con format. A short bibliography and a list of organizations included. 333.72 C76e Conserving the Environment Reference Shelf 808.5 R25r
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| third floor | Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics
Reprints about twenty four significant articles each year on research in ecology, evolution and systematics |
| third floor | Wild Flowers of the United States A wonderful set that contains pictures and descriptions of all wild flowers in the United States |
GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT SOURCES
| EP | Environmental Protection
Agency Publications
The Environmental Protection Agency has many publications on the environment. You can go to the Government Documents room on Floor 2A and browse the shelves, or access through the online public access catalog. |
| E 4850.1 E61i | Green Cyberspace: Environmental Information Resources
for Citizens
This card contains Internet addresses for environmental sites on the Internet, such as: environmental networks, Indices, directories, environmental news sites, environmental justice resources, and U.S. activist groups. This card is located with the Oklahoma government documents section of the library, and it has been reprinted for you. |
VIDEOS
| video collection | The Earth At Risk Environmental Video Series
A series of 10 videos that discuss environmental issues of today. The topics covered include: acid rain, clean air, clean water, degradation of land, extinction, global warming, nuclear energy, recycling, the ozone layer, and the rainforest. |
| video collection 333.7923 So4 |
Solar Energy: Hope for the Future |
| video Collection 333.794 AL4 |
Alternative Energy Sources: Geothermal, Water, and Wind |
| video collection 363.7 En8si |
The Environment: When Politics and Industry Interact (Green Pacts and Greenbacks) |
| video collection 571.89 C62s |
Cloning: How and Why |
| video collection 599.735 Af8 |
Africa's Great Migration |
| The Human Frontier: DNA, genes, and molecular biology | |
| video collection 599.8844 P39 |
People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe |
| video collection 599.74446 G79 |
The Great Bears of Alaska |
| video collection 599.74442 C88 |
Cry of the Wild |
| video collection 576.82Ev3t |
The Evolution of Darwin: The Evidence for Evolution |
| video collection 581.8 P69 |
Plant Cells and Tissues |
| video collection 598.07234 Au2 |
Audubon Society's Video Guide To Birds of North America |
| video collection 582.16 In1 |
In Celebration of Trees: The World's Oldest Living Things |
| video collection 582 T71m |
Trees, Shrubs, Nuts, Berries |
| video collection 575.1 B52 |
Biology Concepts: Applied Genetics |
| video collection 597.31 D39 |
Demons of the Deep: The World of Sharks and Barracudas |
VERTICAL FILE
The Vertical File cabinets on the first floor (by the Juvenile
section) contain folders on numerous biological and conversation topics such
as: Birds, biology, biotechnology, endangered species, energy conservation,
hazardous substances, recycling, water pollution , air pollution, wildflowers,
and wildlife conservation.
PERIODICAL INDEXES
Periodicals are a useful source to gather current information on a topic. You look for information on a topic by using a periodical index. These indexes are arranged by subject, and tell you what magazines and journals have articles on that subject.
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