ESPM 24 (Freshman Seminar):
Issues in Natural Resources Conservation

• Finding Books
• Online Books and Reference Sources
• Finding Articles
• Suggested Print Resources
• Suggested Web Sites
• Managing Your References/Evaluating Your Sources

Finding Books

Use a library catalog to find books, journals, magazines, government reports, maps, and other materials owned by the UCB libraries.

Resource	Coverage	Unique Features
OskiCat OskiCat Quick Guide (PDF)	Most UCB libraries (more information)	Renew your books online Find course reserves Request checked out or offsite items Restrict your search to a specific library, online items, or available items only.
Melvyl (Next Gen) Melvyl Guide	Most UCB libraries and many libraries worldwide, plus citations to selected articles (more information)	Search libraries worldwide Request items UCB doesn't own Create and save lists and add tags to items Automatically format citations
Electronic Books	Links to Google Books, Open Library, and other electronic book resources categorized by subject.	Search the full text of relevant materials Full text may be available online

Online Books and Reference Sources (UCB-only access)

How to connect from off-campus

Electronic Books

Links to Google Books, Open Library, and other electronic book resources categorized by subject.

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity

The electronic version of the five-volume Encyclopedia of Biodiversity; provides in-depth information on all aspects of biodiversity issues worldwide, including social and policy issues.

Finding Articles (UCB-only access)

How to connect from off-campus

Search article databases to find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles. These databases index articles published in selected journals and magazines, papers presented at conferences, and other sources; most records include citations and abstracts with links to the full text of articles (when available). To access the full text, use the button.

Core Life Science/Environmental Science Article Databases	Years Covered	Peer-reviewed Content?
AQUATIC SCIENCES AND FISHERIES ABSTRACTS Index of scholarly articles on aquatic biology, ecology, fisheries, oceanography, limnology and aquaculture. (Quick Reference Card: PDF)	1978-present	Some
BIOSIS The most comprehensive article database in the biological sciences; indexes over 6000 peer-reviewed journals. (Guide: HTML, PDF)	1926-present	Most
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND POLLUTION MANAGEMENT All aspects of environmental issues, including air, land, and water pollution, bacteriology, waste management, water resources and environmental biotechnology. (Quick Reference Card: PDF)	1981-present	Some
WEB OF SCIENCE Indexes core journals in science, social sciences, and the arts and humanities. Allows cited reference searching, which allows you to identify later articles which cite a given author or article.	1901-present	Most
Related Article Databases	Years Covered	Peer-reviewed Content?
Academic Search Complete Multidisciplinary source for scholarly journal and popular magazine articles; indexes and abstracts articles from more than 10,900 English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and Portuguese sources. Full text is available for over 5300 journals.	1865-present	Some

Suggested Print Resources

Map of call numbers in the Bioscience Library

• California Natural History Guides (series). Includes titles such as Introduction to California Beetles, Introduction to Water in California, etc. Try a Title search in OskiCat for "california natural history guides" to see all titles available. The Bioscience Library owns two complete sets of this series.
  • Set 1 is on 1-day reserve at the Bioscience Library circulation desk: QH105.C2.C3.
  • Set 2 is in the Bioscience Library stacks [regular shelves]: QH105.C2.C3 (7-day loan).
• Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues. Craig W. Allin, editor. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, 2000.
  • Bioscience Library Reference Area GE10.E52 2000 v. 1-3.
• Trees of the California Landscape: a photographic manual of native and ornamental trees. Charles R. Hatch. Berkeley: University of California Press, c2007.
  • Bioscience Library Reference Area QK149.H38 2007.

Suggested Web Sites

• NatureServe Information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems.
• Science.gov A gateway to scientific information produced by US government agencies.
• VTM (Vegetation Type Maps and Photographs) historic photo collection [UC Berkeley]

Managing Your References and Evaluating Your Sources

• Critical Evaluation of Resources Questions to ask when evaluating the suitability of a book, article, website, or other material.
• Citing Your Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism Quick guides to APA, MLA, and Chicago-Turabian styles.
• RefWorks The UCB Libraries have purchased a site license to RefWorks. Sign up for a free account, and manage your references and format bibliographies with just a few clicks.
  • RefWorks Tutorials and Guides [Bioscience Library, UCB]
• Video tutorial: Evaluating Scholarly Content Online [UCB Libraries]