Research Guide for Ornithology

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These databases will help you locate information published in journals, magazines, newspapers and a variety of other sources. BasicBIOSIS Includes over 300,000 records from 350 of the core life science journals most easily found in college and university libraries. Coverage is from 1994 to the present. Updated monthly. Web of Science Web of Science (also known as Science Citation Index) provides keyword and citation searching of scholarly journals in the sciences from 1986 to the present. General Science Abstracts Indexes 150 journals and magazines from the U.S. and Great Britain, covering such subjects as anthropology, astronomy, biology, computers, earth sciences, medicine and health, and much more.Coverage is from 1984 to the present. Updated monthly. Biological and Agricultural Index Nearly 250 English-language periodicals in life sciences and agricultural subjects, published in the U.S. and elsewhere. Includes book reviews. July 1983 to the present. Updated monthly. BioOne Abstracts and Index Indexes only the journals included in the BioOne electronic journal collection. Provides links to full text articles in that collection. Expanded Academic Index Full-Text Indexes approximately 3,400 journals and magazines and the New York Times. Full text online is provided for approximately 2,100 of these titles. Article1st Article1st indexes approximately 12,500 journals and magazines, across all subject areas. This database indicates which journal and magazine articles are available in the Albion College Library. WilsonSelectPlus WilsonSelectPlus contains indexed and abstracted articles from over 1300 periodicals, all with full text online. The database is comprised of records from the following H.W. Wilson databases: Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts and Wilson Business Abstracts. The dates of coverage begin January 1994 and continue to the present (please note that each periodical can begin on a different month and year).

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Albion College Library - Electronic Journals Home Page Provides links to more than 800 electronic journals available through the Albion College Library. BioOne This service provides access to the full text of nearly 50 bioscience research journals from a number of small societies and non-commercial publishers. These journals are focused primarily on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences. Searchable Ornithological Research Archive (SORA) Provides access to full text articles for six ornithological journals, including The Auk (1884- 1999), The Condor (1899-2000), The Journal of Field Ornithology (1930-1999), The Wilson Bulletin (1889-1999), Pacific Coast Avifauna (1900-1974) and Studies in Avian Biology (1978-1999). Electronic Collections Online Electronic Collections Online provides indexing and full-text from academic journals in the life sciences and many other disciplines. Articles can be viewed online or printed. JSTOR Provides indexing and full-text from scholarly journals in the many disciplines, including Botany, Ecology, and General Science. Unique, in that coverage for each journal begins with the first volume.

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Albion College Library Online Catalog The Online Catalog will help you find books, videos, government documents, journals, newspapers, and other materials owned by the Albion College Library. MeLCat Online Catalog MeLCat will help you find books owned by dozens of libraries in Michigan (including Albion College, Michigan State University, Central Michigan University, Albion Public Library, East Lansing Public Library, Grand Rapids Community College, Southfield Public Library, and many others). Books may be borrowed by using the online request form. WorldCat Records of books and any other types of material cataloged by thousands of libraries worldwide. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.

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A dictionary of biology. REFERENCE COLLECTION QH 302.5 .D5 2000 Dictionary of modern biology. REFERENCE COLLECTION QH 302.5 .R83 1997 The Facts on File dictionary of biology. REFERENCE COLLECTION QH 302.5 .F38 1999 Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences. REFERENCE COLLECTION QH 304 .m36 2001

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Avibase - The World Bird Database "Avibase is an extensive database information system about all birds of the world, containing over 1.4 million records about 10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies of birds, including distribution information, taxonomy, synonyms in several languages and more." Bird Checklists of the United States Cornell Lab of Ornithology Cornell Lab of Ornithology Macaulay Library Sound and Video Collection The Collection contains over 160,000 sound clips and video clips of more than 3,000 species of birds and animals (not all clips are freely available). In many cases, visualizations (waveforms and spectrograms) of bird calls are available. eNature - Birds and Birding Includes information on more than 550 North American birds. Listen to Nature - British Library Includes sound files for many birds, and a variety of other species. Atlas of Climate Change Effects in 150 Bird Species of the Eastern United States "This atlas documents the current and potential future distribution of 150 common bird species in the Eastern United States in relation to climate and vegetation distributions." NatureSound Studio - Native Songbirds in Color and Sound Includes RealAudio sound files of selected bird songs. Owling.com Includes Owl images and sound files. Scirus "Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. ...Scirus searches over 167 million science-specific Web pages"