Find Books in the UC Davis Library Collections
Search for print and ebooks:
Searching in a library catalog requires looking for broader topics such as California* amphibia* conservation OR California* bird* rather than the more specific California* slender salamander* habitat* conservation OR California* condor* mate selection.
Useful subject headings (sometimes from two subject vocabularies, see information in bullets below on Library of Congress or National Library of Medicine Classification systems) for searches in this area include: Amphibians — California | Birds — California | Endemic Plants — California | Insects — California | Mammals — California | Reptiles — California
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 ; 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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UC Library Search
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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
QH72-77 Habitat Conservation
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
QL640-669.3 Reptiles/Amphibians
QL671-699 Birds
QL700-739.8 Mammals
QL750-795 Animal Behavior
CLASS S - AGRICULTURE
Fisheries management and Aquaculture resources are in a separate designated Agriculture subclass
SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
SH 20.3-191 Aquaculture
SH 201-399 Fisheries
SH 401-691 Angling
SK Hunting and Wildlife Management (Federal and State Fish & Wildlife - or Fish & Game - agency publications are located in this area)
SK 351-579 Wildlife management. Game protection
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Understanding Call Numbers
Explains how to read a Library of Congress call number.