Searching in a library catalog requires looking for broader topics such as avian or bird or poultry behavior rather than the more specific feeding behavior in crows. Useful subject searches include birds — pictorial works or birds — reproduction or birds — behavior or poultry breeds.
For locating birds by geography, do a subject search with “contains” and put the term birds with the geographic region such as birds california or birds venezuela or birds thailand. Not many books for your geographic regions? Move to a broader geographic term such South America or Asia.
CALL NUMBER ranges: QL 670s-690s Ornithology/Birds OR SF 480s-490s Domesticated Birds/Poultry
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
QK subclass Botany
QK 926 Pollination biology including animals as pollinators including birds
QL subclass Zoology QL1-355 Zoology General, Including geographical distribution
QL605-739.8 Chordates. Vertebrates
QL671-699 Birds
QL750-795 Animal Behavior
CLASS S - AGRICULTURE (General)
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.
The following eBook collections are useful in searching the entire online text of books for specific chapters or book sections on your project topics.