Natural Resources and Environment

FIW 4714: Fisheries management

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Basic guides and tools before getting started

• General search tips for literature reviews
• Understanding "Boolean"
• Concept table
• Using Addison

Finding books and materials in Addison 

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.

Some keywords to try:

• Fisheries management
• Fish conservation
• Fisheries water quality

Subject headings (specific classifications given to materials about their subject area): these are also called "controlled vocabulary" or "index terms" as these are assigned to materials that meet criteria for a specific subject area.

Some broad subject headings

• Fisheries
• Fishery Management
• Tuna

Some specific subject headings

• Fisheries -- Atlantic Ocean -- Statistics
• Fishery Co-management
• Tuna Fisheries -- Law and Legislation -- United States

A sample of the many useful books and resources available through the library

• Biology and ecology of fishes - 1995 and 2004 editions ~ both available for checkout from the library
• Handbook of Fish Biology and Fisheries ~ available for checkout from the library
• Deep water: Fisheries Policy for the Future ~ online book
• Fish conservation: a guide to understanding and restoring global aquatic biodiversity and fishery resources ~ available for checkout from the library
• Fisheries of the United States ~ 1995-2007 data available online
• Handbook of Marine Fisheries Conservation and Management ~ available for checkout from the library
• Management of Shared Fish Stocks ~ available for checkout from the library
• Propagated Fish in Resource Management ~ available for checkout from the library
• Towards a science of recruitment in fish populations ~ available for checkout from the library

Using databases to find articles 

Broad databases to use (helpful to get started, or cover a wide variety of subject areas)

• Biological Abstracts: Covers articles from life sciences research journals published worldwide
• CABDirect: Over 8.3 million records in the life sciences, covering an international scope
• CSA Natural Sciences: CSA Natural Sciences will search across 20 indexes and their subsets in all areas of the natural sciences (biology, ecology, medicine, plant sciences, etc)
• Web of Science: Includes Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index

Fish related databases

• Fish and Fisheries Worldwide: combines databases on all facets of ichthyology, fisheries, aquaculture and aquatic biology
• ASFA:Aquatics Sciences and Fisheries Management (search all databases listed below at the same time) 
  • ASFA 1: Biological Sciences and Living Resources
  • ASFA 2: Ocean Technology,Policy and Non-Living Resources
  • ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality
  • Aquaculture Abstracts (not able to individually search unless you go into the full ASFA Aquatic Sciences group and specifically select this particular index and de-select all the others)
  • ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts
• Aqualine: provides comprehensive focus on trade, technical and scientific literature concerning all aspects of water resources

Policy related databases

• EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements: provides detailed abstracts of EIS statements. Use the "by title" search in step two offered in the Get VText option to check the catalog for access. May have to order throuh Interlibrary Loan to get a copy.
• GPO Monthly Catalog: Catalog to U.S. government publications
• PAIS International: (to search items pre 1972, search the PAIS Archive) Covers political science, government, international relations, law, economics, business, finance, and other social sciences.
• PolicyArchive:(open to public) Summaries (and full text) on public policy topics from 220 think tanks, university research centers, and government agencies.
•  Water Resources Abstracts: provides summaries on water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources.

A few key journals 

Links to records in Addison are included to show full access information of each journal title. Some journals have more than one electronic access point - the only online link included in the list here is the one with that includes the current year of access.

Resources to help you write your paper 

Understanding paraphrasing

Avoiding plagiarism: a guide for graduate students at Virginia Tech

Paraphrase: Write it in your own words (Purdue)

Successful vs. unsuccessful paraphrases (UW-Madison)

Citing your source

Citation styles and manuals

Using information appropriately

Need more help?

Writing Center

Additional subject guides to check 

• Fisheries
• Business (if looking at more in-depth business aspects of fisheries)
• Environmental and Water Resources Engineering (if looking at technologies of fisheries)