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ABI 187: Animal Biology Seminar

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Note that the UCD Library has many books on proposal writing. Browse the subject heading Proposal Writing in Research to see various resources.

For locating CAREER information:

1) You may BROWSE by a discipline and look for the subheading “vocational guidance” e.g. agriculture — vocational guidance ; ecology — vocational guidance ; environmental sciences — vocational guidance ; medicine — vocational guidance ; psychology — vocational guidance ; science — vocational guidance ; veterinary medicine — vocational guidance .

2) For some areas you can combine subject keywords.  For animal-related careers type in Subject Words “animal* vocational” which brings up a variety of titles.

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Call number ranges to browse in the Shields Library stacks - all on the third floor.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION OUTLINE


CLASS Q - SCIENCE

QH subclass  Natural History
    QH359-425     Evolution  
    QH540-549.5  Ecology

QK subclass   Botany

     QK 926  Pollination biology including animals as pollinators

QL subclass   Zoology

     QL1-355   Zoology General, Including geographical distribution
     QL360-599.82   Invertebrates

          QL 461 - QL 599.82  Insects 

          QL 568   Systematic Divisions by Family, A-Z

             QL 568 .A6  Bees

             QL 568 .F7  Ants       

     QL605-739.8   Chordates. Vertebrates

          QL614-639.8  Fishes

          QL671-699  Birds

          QL700-739.8   Mammals

             QL 737 .C5  Bats

     QL750-795  Animal Behavior

          QL791-795  Anim Behav - Stories & anecdotes

     QL799-799.5  Morphology

     QL801-950.9  Anatomy

     QL951-991     Embryology
 

CLASS S - AGRICULTURE (General)


SF subclass   Animal culture

SF94.5-99  Feeds & Feeding. Animal Nutrition

     SF105-109  Breeding & Breeds

     SF191-275  Cattle

     SF277-360.4  Horses

     SF361-361.73 Donkeys

     SF362  Mules

     SF371-379  Sheep. Wool

     SF380-388  Goats

     SF391-397.83  Swine

     SF405.5-407  Laboratory Animals

     SF408-408.6  Zoo animals

     SF411-459  Pets

          SF421-440.2  Dogs

          SF441-450  Cats

          SF451-455  Rabbits and Hares

          SF456-458.83   Fish. Aquariums

     SF481-507  Poultry. Eggs

     SF508-510.6  Game Birds

     SF511-511.5  Ostriches

     SF515-515.5  Reptiles

     SF 518   Insect rearing

     SF 521 – SF 539.8   Bees and Bee culture (Apiculture)

     SF 541 - SF 560   Sericulture. Silkworm culture

     SF600-1100  Veterinary Medicine  PLEASE NOTE: with the closure of the Carlson Health Sciences Library in June 2022, print-only Veterinary Medicine publications that are high-use, core titles, reference materials and serials titles will be moved to appropriate locations in Shields Library over 2022-2023.

Fisheries management and Aquaculture resources are in a separate designated Agriculture subclass

SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling

    SH 201-399  Fisheries

    SH 401-691  Angling

SK 1-664   Hunting Sports

     SK 351-579  Wildlife Management

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