APSC 4004: Issues in animal science
Note this guide is to be used as a starting point to find materials for your topic, and should not be mistaken as an all inclusive list of resources
Search help and other information
- Concept table (DOC | 34KB)
- Evaluating sources (DOC | 42KB)
- Evaluating internet info (DOC | 49KB)
- Searchtips (PDF | 161KB)
- Boolean searching (PDF | 13KB)
Peer review
- What is Peer-Review? (video)
- Types of information sources
- Source for determining peer reviewed journals: UlrichsWeb - Ulrich's Periodical Directory
Addison catalog searching
Keywords: broad/general terms found anywhere in the record; use as starting point to find information, then move to subject searches based on items returned of interest in your search.
Type terms in order of importance (e.g. watershed resources instead of resources watershed)
Subject headings (specific classifications given to materials about their subject area):
| General: | Focused: |
| Pesticides | Herbicides -- Application |
| Water rights | Irrigation |
| Animal industry | Factory farms |
| Land use | Zoning law -- United States |
| Antibiotics | Antibiotics in Animal Nutrition |
Finding background and other reference sources
Animal and food related topics
- Encyclopedia of Animal Science (library use only)
- Encyclopedia of Farm Animal Nutrition (can be checked out)
- Encyclopedia of Food Science and Technology (library use only)
- Feed Additive Compendium (library use only)
- Veterinarian's Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (2 copies, one library use only)
Land and Water topics
- Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (online)
- Encyclopedia of Rural America: the Land and People (library use only)
- Encyclopedia of Water Science (can be checked out)
- Our Earth's Changing Land: An Encyclopedia of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change (can be checked out)
If the above are not related to your topic, try searching Addison for one of your key terms (or over-arching terms) with "encyclopedia" or "handbook" (minus the quotation marks) to find a general starting point.
If you're still not sure where to go, contact Kiri for more assistance.
Recommended databases to search
General & news sources
- Academic Search Complete from EBSCOhost (both news and scholarly sources)
- LexisNexis Academic (international scope)
- Opposing Viewpoint Resource Center from Gale
Agriculture
- AGRICOLA from ProQuest
- Animal Behavior Abstracts from ProQuest
- Animal Health and Production Compendium from CABI
- FSTA - Food Science and Technology Abstracts from EBSCOhost
- NewCrop
- Plant Management Network
- Plant Science from ProQuest
- S-PAC: Searchable Proceedings of Animal Conferences (animal production conferences)
Life sciences
- Biological Abstracts from ISI Web of Knowledge
- CAB Abstracts from CABDirect
- Agriculture, Life Science, and Natural Resource databases from ProQuest
- Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management from ProQuest
- Environment Complete from EBSCOhost
- Water Resources Abstracts from ProQuest
- Web of Science: Citation Databases from ISI
Health
- Genetics Abstracts from ProQuest
- Health & Safety Science Abstracts from ProQuest
- PubMed/MEDLINE from the NLM
Business
Social sciences (education, ethics, and policy)
- Education Research Complete from EBSCOhost
- Philosopher's Index from ProQuest
- PolicyArchive
- Sociological Abstracts from ProQuest
Writing your paper
Understanding paraphrasing
- Avoiding plagiarism: a guide for graduate students at Virginia Tech (applies to undergraduates to!)
- Paraphrase: Write it in your own words (from Purdue)
- Successful vs. unsuccessful paraphrases (UW-Madison)
Citing your sources
Need more help?
- Kyrille K Goldbeck DeBose
- College Librarian for Natural Resources and Environment
- (540) 231-0495
- (540) 231-0419 (Cheatham Hall office)
- kdebose@vt.edu
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315B Cheatham Hall
4005 Newman Library
Blacksburg, VA 24061
