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ABI 187: Animal Biology Seminar

Animal Biology Collections

Ruth Gustafson collects materials to support ALL animal-related research with the exception of Veterinary Medicine and Clinical Medicine research using lab animal models. Disciplines supported for animal research include: behavior; anatomy & physiology; breeding and genetics; ecology & conservation biology; growth & development; nutrition & feeding; reproduction; and taxonomy & systematics. Animal-related publications found in Shields Library are mainly located in four Library of Congress call number areas on the 3rd floor: QL – Zoology ; SF — Animal Agriculture ; SH — Fisheries & Aquaculture ; SK – Wildlife and Hunting.  Marine Science materials may additionally be located on the 2nd floor Shields in the GC area and evolutionary anthropology resources will be in the GN area.

The Carlson Health Sciences library (now closed) housed materials to support VetMed which are classed in the SF area. NOTE: This is the only VetMed library collection in the UC system.

  • ALL Sciences except Clinical Human Medicine, Shields Library:  The animal-related print collections are located mainly on the 3rd floor of Shields Library.   All Shields Library floor maps are found at https://library.ucdavis.edu/floor-maps/
  • Carlson Health Sciences Library (HSL), Southwest UCD campus.  This library closed in June 2022 and the collections are being transferred to 4 possible locations: Shields Library 3rd floor stacks; Shields Library Reference Collection (2nd floor); Blaisdell Medical Library; or the Northern Regional (UC) Library (Storage) Facility in Richmond.  Materials currently located in Temporary Storage (at the old HSL) may be requested for checkout at Shields or for digitization of a chapter.