Zoology: A Source Discussion

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Zoology A SourceDiscussion

• Cindy Kloos
• LIBR 532
• October 20, 2006

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What is Zoology?

• Study of all species in Kingdom Animalia
• Includes
• Ecology
• Evolution
• Humane and/or ethical issues
• Human implications
• Animal behavior
• Animal physiology
• Zoologists - study ecosystems, community,
  populations, and whole organisms

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Classification Schemes

• Dewey Decimal
• 590 Zoological sciences
• 591 Zoology 
• 591.1 Physiology of animals
• 591.2 Pathology of animals
• 591.3 Development/maturation
• 591.4 Anatomy morphology
• 591.5 Ecology of animals
• 591.4 Anatomy and morphology
• 591.5 Ecology
• 591.6 Economic biology
• 591.8 Tissue, cell, molecular
• 591.9 Geographic treatment
• 592 Invertebrates
• 593 Protozoa, Echinodermata,
• 594 Mollusks related phyla
• 595 Other invertebrates 
• 596 Vertebrates
• 597 Cold-blooded vertebrates 

• Library of Congress
• QL1-991 Zoology
• QL1-355 General
• QL360-599.82 Invertebrates
• QL461-599.82 Insects
• 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
• QL791-795 Stories and anecdotes
• QL799-799.5 Morphology
• QL801-950.9 Anatomy
• QL951-991 Embryology
• QH301-705.5 Biology (General)
• QH359-425 Evolution
• QH540-549.5 Ecology

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Handbooks Encyclopedias

• Lehner, Philip N. Handbook of Ethological
  Methods. 1979.
• - What equipment you need, how to record data,
  how to analyze interpret it
• Call QL751 .L398 1996
• Putman, Paul A. (Ed). Handbook of Animal Science.
  1991.
• Compilation of information about Animal Science
• Call SF65.2 .H36 1991 (Location MacMillan)
• Grzimek, Bernhard. Grzimeks Animal Life
  Encyclopedia
• - Multi volume set (11 of them)
• - Introductory chapters (narrative
  style), followed by more
  scientific information
• - Color photographs, illustrations, and
  distribution
  maps supplement the text.
• Call QL7 .G7813 2004

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Guides Dictionaries

• Allaby, Michael. Concise Oxford Dictionary of
  Zoology. 1992.
• - Over 6,000 entries
• - Covers animal behavior, physiology, genetics,
  cytology, evolution, Earth history zoogeography
  
• - Taxonomic treatment of animal groups
  (arthropods to mammals)
• Call QL9 .C66 1992
• - Similar one online http//www.oxfordreference.c
  om/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?bookt8subjects23
• Bell, George, H., and Diane B. Rhodes A Guide to
  the Zoological Literature The Animal Kingdom.
  1994.
• - 8 sections that are divided by type of
  reference source dictionaries, bibliographies,
  indexes and abstracts, field guides, journals,
  etc.
• - 1,655 entries with full bibliographic
  information
• Call ZQL45.2 .B44 1994
• Schmidt, Diane. Guide to Reference and
  Information Sources in the Zoological Sciences.
  2003.
• -Hundreds of resources indexes, abstracts,
  journals, dictionaries, encyclopedias, textbooks,
  Web sites, etc.
• -Designed for graduate students, scientists
• Call QL45.2 .S354 2003

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Journals

• 114 journal titles ranked on JCR. Impact factors
  range from 5.286-0.000
• UBC has most of the ranked journals, plus
  non-ranked ones
• Most are available electronically, some are
  available in print

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Web Sites

• World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List of
  Threatened Species (http//www.iucnredlist.org/)
• - Print edition found in Woodward, but 1992 is
  most current
• Environment Canada. Canadian Wildlife Service
  National Site
• IT IS Integrated Taxonomic Information System
  (http//www.itis.usda.gov/index.html)

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Search Engines

• SCIRUS (http//www.scirus.com/srsapp/)
• - Searches the web for science-specific
  information only
• - Charts and pinpoints data, locates university
  sites and finds reports/articles
• iSpecies.org (http//darwin.zoology.gla.ac.uk/rpa
  ge/ispecies/)
• - Finds free full text articles about a specific
  species

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Databases

• BIOSIS Previews
• Zoological Records
• Web of Science
• NCBI taxonomy browser
• Use to find scientific/common names, but you
  must know entire name
• - PubMed database, but not free

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Questions

• What sources can I use to find out what a
  species scientific or common name is?
• What is the difference between an endangered and
  a threatened/vulnerable species?
• Where can I go to find a list of all the
  endangered mammals in Canada?
• What is the definition of plastron? Where can I
  find it?
• I need to find peer-review articles on the
  factors that affect the migratory patterns of
  geese. Where can I look?