SPRING 2005
Dr. Bowen
ZOOLOGY 507—ADVANCED ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES ON THE WEB THROUGH ISU
1. Open a web browser.
2. Access the ISU Library home page. From the ISU home page
(www.iastate.edu), click on Library.
3. Collections--Library Catalog.
a. Use to find books or call numbers of journals in the library. Do not use to
search for papers on a topic.
b. Basic Search, Advanced Search
c. General Keyword is default; Subject is different from Keyword
d. Use Serial Title to find call number of journal (needed for paper copies)
4. Collections--Indexes, abstracts.
a. Subject-related (in order of my preference):
i. Web of Science/Web of Knowledge
ii. Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide
iii. Biological and Agricultural Index (BIAG)
iv. Biosis Previews (Biological Abstracts)
v. MEDLINE
vi. AGRICOLA
vii. Zoological Record
b. Interdisciplinary:
i. Dissertation Abstracts
ii. Current Contents Connect (included in Web of Knowledge)
iii. Books in Print
iv. NTIS (National Technical Information Service, govt.)
v. PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst
5. Collections—e-journals and e-books
a. Full Texts of Electronic Journals—type in name or initial letter of journal
b. American Naturalist, Animal Behaviour, Behavioral Ecology,
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, BioScience, Biological
Conservation (1995+), Conservation Biology, Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological
Sciences, Proceedings-Royal Society: Biological Sciences
c. Note: Journal of Wildlife Management is not available electronically.
6. Catalogs of other libraries
a. WebCATS (search catalogs of other libraries)
b. WorldCat (database of holdings of 23,000 libraries worldwide)
7. Getting materials from other libraries
a. Vet Med Express
b. Interlibrary Loan Request (free, allow 2 weeks)