Library Guide for Ecology

Principles of Ecology

Library Guide

The Library offers a large number of databases, including many which offer the full text or full content of journal articles. All library databases are accessible from any PC on the UML campus. For patrons with cable modems, DSL or other high-speed links, an instant proxy is available on the library web page; just select "Off-Campus Users Start Here" and enter your name, Firstname_Lastname. Your password is (NEW! )your ISIS/UMS number. In addition, PPP accounts, with local dial-up numbers from Quincy to Tyngsboro are available to modem users. PPP accounts allow you to use the University as your Internet provider.

A number of excellent reference works are also available at the Lydon Library, North Campus. While you may access our databases from anywhere on campus, to obtain books on your subject or find copies of articles in journals not available online, you will need to visit Lydon Library.

The following list of titles will be helpful to you in obtaining background information about your chosen topic:

Barton, John. Atlas of Endangered Species. MacMillan, REF QH 75.A85 1991
Conservation and Environmentalism: an Encyclopedia. Garland Press, REF GE 10.C68 1995
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity Academic Press, REF QH 541.15 .B56 E53 2001
Encyclopedia of Deserts. Univ. Oklahoma Press, REF GB 611 .E65 1999.
Encyclopedia of Environmental Analysis and Remediation. 8v. Wiley, REF GE 10.E49 1998.
Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology. 3v. Academic Press, REF QH 540.4.E52 1995
Encyclopedia of Endangered Species. Gale, REF QH 75.E49 1994.
Encyclopedia of Global Change. 2v. Oxford Univ. Press, REF GE 149 .E47 2002.
Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Ecology. Van Nostrand Reinhold, REF QH 541.G79.
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.8th ed. 20v. McGraw-Hill, REF Q 121.M3 1997
Official World Wildlife Fund Guide to Endangered Species of North America. 3v. Beacham, REF QL 84.2.O35 1990.
Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. 2v. McGraw-Hill, REF QH 83.S89.

Consult the Public access catalog for lists of other titles available. Use "Title Words, "Keyword" or "Subject" to search for items of interest.

If you are looking for a book which does not appear in our PAC, try one of the Virtual Catalogs. This service allows you to check the book collections of a number of other library catalogs and order any title you find. The book will be delivered to the library of your choice and you will be notified by email when it arrives. You will need your student ID number to access this service. Items are available for one month, with no renewals.

These databases should prove to be very helpful to you in finding refereed journal articles.

The following databases offer full content or full text:

CSA Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. Offers both Medline and Biological Sciences. Subject specific parts of the larger Biological Sciences database may be found here. Plant Science and Toxline can also be searched separately.

ScienceDirect: Full text of about 1100 Elsevier journals from 1995- This site also offers automatic "alerts". Some journals in ScienceDirect are not accessible under our current subscription.

Ebsco Databases Academic Search Premier, with 3700+ journal titles--many full text. Other databases of interest here include Medline, PsycInfo/PsycArticles, and CINAHL (nursing and health). Also offers Table of Contents service for many science journals

Infotrac: Expanded Academic Index, 1400+ journal titles with about 1000 full text

OVID: indexing for a number of important biological, biomedical and nursing journals.

Annual Reviews: All biological/biomedical titles are available full text, 1996-

The Medline database is also available (from any computer anywhere, anytime) at PubMed for a real quick and easy search. It offers citations and abstracts, plus links to journals which have made their backfiles free.

LinkSource This is a simple way to check our electronic holdings from any database. If the article you have found is not available in full text, click on the LinkSource button , and LinkSource will check ALL our full-text databases for you. If it is available in Full Text to UML, LinkSource will provide the link to the item. It will also allow you to check the UML PAC and the UML E-journal list.

To find out if we have a journal in e-format, check the UML E-Journals list, which lists over 26,000 electronic titles accessible to all UML faculty and students. This list includes available years for each title. For journals not on this list, or for earlier years of a journal, check the Public Access Catalog using Journal title search to see if we have a copy on the shelf or in microformat. We also have a printed list of all journals we own in paper or microformat. You will find the printed list at the Reference or Access Services desks.

If you locate a journal article which is not available at UML, (and is not available via LinkSource), check the catalogs of BLC member schools. . All BLC member colleges and universities allow UML students to use their libraries to obtain journal articles, but you may not check out books. All state colleges, community colleges and the UMASS system allow UML students to use their libraries to find journal articles or check out books. Just present your UML ID at their circulation desk. Interlibrary Loan privileges are not available to undergraduates.

If you have difficulty determining how to construct your bibliography or cite a particular source, consult:

Council of Biology Editors. Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors and Publishers. 6th ed. REF T 11 .S386 1994.

Or the earlier edition:

Council of Biology Editors. CBE Style Manual. 5th ed. REF QH 304.C33 1983.

A good guide for biology and ecology material on the WEB will be found here. One for Environmental information is here.

Page maintained by Marion S. Muskiewicz, Science Librarian

Last updated 11/22/05