Wildlife & Plant Conservation Library Research Guide
Contents
- Finding Books and Journals
- Finding Articles Using Online Indexes
- Species Information Resources
- Deciphering Journal Abbreviations
Finding Books and Journals
The online catalog of the University of Hawaii libraries. To find a print journal title, go to Basic Search and perform a title search. If you are unsure about the title, use keywords from the title or search on the ISSN as a keyword, ex: 0004 AND 8038 retrieves a record for the journal Auk.
The journals and books in the UH Manoa library are shelved by Library of Congress call numbers. Q is the classification for Science; the zoological sciences are generally classed as QL, botany is classified in QK. Many older science journals (pre-1975) are shelved on the second floor of Sinclair Library.
Paging Government Documents and Hawaiian Pacific Collection Materials
Works that are located in Government Documents or in the Hawaiian Pacific Collection must be requested through the paging system. From the record in Hawaii Voyager, click on REQUEST, sign in, and select the UHM Hamilton & Sinclair Library Requests option. For Hawaiian collection items, you can go to the 5th floor of Hamilton Main and pick up the item usually within 15 minutes, when the Hawaiian Pacific Collection is open. For Government Documents, you will receive an e-mail when the item is ready to be picked up at the circulation desk.
Electronic Journals at UH Manoa
Use this database to find electronic journals and databases that are available through the library. Once the link to a journal or database is retrieved, you will login to connect to the UHM Library proxy server. Many of the licensed resources are only accessible outside of the library to UHM faculty, students, and staff.
BioOne: A collection of full-text online journals published by scientific societies, strong in conservation and environmental studies.
JSTOR: A collection of full-text online core ecology and science journals that can be searched for literature back to the first issues of key scientific journals such as Ecology, Science.
Pacific Science: An important journal for ecological and conservation research in the Pacific. The electronic version goes back to 2001. Earlier issues are indexed in Zoological Record, Biological Abstracts, and there are links in Google Scholar to Pacific Science articles.
Finding Journal Articles Using Online Indexes
The most comprehenive index of biological literature; published by Biosis. Print volumes go back to 1926 and are located at QH 301.B37 in the Hamilton Library, Science & Technology Reference shelves.
A core index in zoology with coverage on an international scope beginning online in 1978. Also available in print, covering 1864 to 1994, at call number Z7991 .Z76 in Hamilton Library, Science & Technology Reference shelves. Published by the Zoological Society of London and later by Biosis.
Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts
Index and abstract database covering biological and ecological aspects of marine, freshwater, and brackish environments; fisheries, aquaculture; aquatic pollution; oceanography, 1971 to present.
Ecological Abstracts is a part of Geobase and covers ecology in over 3000 journals, books, and proceedings, 1980 to present.
Core journals in ecology, botany, and zoology available online in full-text back to first issues can be searched via JSTOR's search function.
A multidisciplinary index in which the major life sciences journals are indexed. In General Search one can search to find article titles. In the Cited Ref search one can find citations to papers that cite an author or paper.
A useful entry into government reports and documents (such as the Forestry Service Station reports and National Fisheries and Wildlife papers). From a selected record, click on the Holdings button to find out whether the UH Manoa Library has the resource. Also provides links to the online format if available.
Species Information Sources
Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Taxonomic information on animals, plants, fungi, and microbes created in collaboration with several international agencies. A partner of Species2000 and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
An internationally refereed database of fishes with entries for 29500 species, 43100 pictures contributed by 1380 collaborators. Searchable by scientific name, common name or by family.
General Biodiversity Bibliography for Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia
Sources for species survey data in the Pacific created by members of the Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum in collaboration with the UH Libraries.
The Department of Systematic Biology of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has created a database of mammalian taxonomy with over 4000 recognized mammal species. Taxonomic trees and citations to the original descriptions of the species are available from this site. The information is derived from Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder (eds). 1993. Mammal Species of the World, second edition, Smithsonian Institution Press, and is being updated with information from the third edition.
This database from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) provides lineages for many taxa and links to PubMed citations, and gene and protein data. Enter a common name or species name to retrieve taxonomic lineages.
A project that is working to bring systematic information on all organisms to the web. Provides identification keys, taxonomic information, figures, etc. Contributors are biologists from around the world.
Deciphering Journal Abbreviations
Type in the abbreviation and select Serial Publication from the format pull-down menu to filter your results.
Jointly Administered Knowledge Management JAKE
Developed by Yale University but no longer maintained, so will not have journals that began within the last five years. Type journal abbreviation into search box to retrieve full journal title. Wide subject coverage.