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The UCD Libraries selectively buy materials on writing in the sciences. Browsable subject headings that bring up these types of publications include: Communication in the environmental sciences; Environmental literature — Authorship ; Ecology — Authorship; Natural history literature — Authorship; Communication of technical information; Report writing ; Technical writing.
For background information, locate books on fish parasites by using the subject heading Fishes — parasites and locate centrarchid fish by searching Centrarchidae.
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Locate books in person:
Call number ranges to browse in the Shields Library stacks - all on the third floor.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION OUTLINE @ https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/
CLASS Q - SCIENCE
QH subclass Natural History
QH359-425 Evolution
QH540-549.5 Ecology
QL subclass Zoology QL1-355 Zoology General, Including geographical distribution
QL605-739.8 Chordates. Vertebrates
QL614-639.8 Fishes
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
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
- Understanding Call Numbers
Explains how to read a Library of Congress call number.
Access eBooks online via the databases:
The following eBook collections are useful in searching the entire online text of books for specific chapters or book sections on your project topics.
Fish Project - Recommended eBook Collections
- Springer eBooks CollectionSpringer eBooks includes more than 60,000 titles in English (and selectively in German) from every scientific discipline and many social sciences. Coverage: 2005-2020. This online interface enables all books to be searchable at the full-text level. Scope (textbook areas are starred) ranges from Architecture and Design, *Behavioral Science, *Biomedical and Life Sciences, *Business and Economics, *Chemistry and Materials Science, *Computer Science, *Earth and Environmental Science, *Engineering, *Humanities & Social Sciences and Law, *Mathematics and Statistics, *Medicine, *Physics and Astronomy, to Professional and Applied Computing. NEW books are added monthly. NOTE: Springer puts out new year titles 6 months before the new year date. Our contract is from Jan-Dec so a very recent book may not be accessible the first months of the new year. For example a 2021 book may be released in August 2020 but is NOT accessible until well into 2021.
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Coverage: 2005-2022 - Wiley eBooks CollectionFull-text searching and access to more than 22,000 ebooks from the life, physical, health, and social sciences, as well as the humanities disciplines.
Coverage: 1790 - present
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Multi-disciplinary collection of ebooks selected from the front list titles of participating university presses. Participants include: Amsterdam University Press, Columbia University Press, Cornell University Press, Duke University Press, Fordham University Press, Harvard University Press, New York University Press, Princeton University Press, Rutgers University Press, Stanford University Press, University of California Press, University of Chicago Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, University of Toronto Press, and Yale University Press.
UCD has also purchased frontlists for:
Columbia University Press: 2019-2022
Cornell University Press: 2019-2022
Harvard University Press: 2018-2022
University of California Press: 2000-2013 and 2016-2022
Yale University Press: 2019-2022
University Press titles may also be available in print or through other online packages and for additional years. Check UC Library Search for access to specific titles.
