LibGuides: Natural Resource Management: Databases

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Subjects: Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, Agriculture & Biological Sciences, Animal Science, Citing Sources, Dairy Science, Natural Resource Management, Plant Science, Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences

Databases

Search in the following resources to find journal articles and other materials related to natural resource management. In many cases, the databases listed here will be adequate to find information for assignments, papers, etc.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
General multidisciplinary database covering virtually every subject area. Includes full-text peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers, and other sources.
This database is provided by the South Dakota State Library and the Institute of Museum Library Services.
Fish, Fisheries & Aquatic Biodiversity Worldwide This link opens in a new window
Content focuses on the living resources found in bodies of water, offering comprehensive international coverage for researchers specializing in ichthyology, fisheries, aquaculture, and aquatic and marine biology. Contains approximately 1.5 million records aggregated from 19 bibliographic databases from around the world. Coverage from the 1970's to the present.
Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide This link opens in a new window
Produced by NISC, this is the world’s largest index to literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Coverage includes more than 1.6 million bibliographic records. Major topic areas include studies of individual species, habitat types, hunting, economics, wildlife behavior, management techniques, diseases, ecotourism, zoology, taxonomy and much more. Approximately 18,000 records are added per year.
Web of Science Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides access to Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. This database allows very sophisticated searching including cited reference searching.
Zoological Record - Web of Science This link opens in a new window
The world’s leading taxonomic reference and oldest continuing database of animal biology. Keep up on all aspects of animal biology and biodiversity issues. Determine the first appearance of an animal name or new species and track taxonomic and nomenclatural changes. Search with the help of extensive thesauri, including subject, geographical, paleontological and taxonomic classifier. Coverage 1864 to present.
Agricola - Ebsco This link opens in a new window
Over 4.8 million citations covering all aspects of agriculture from the National Library of Agriculture. Coverage goes back to 1970 and includes journal articles, books, theses, patents, software, and technical reports.

PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
Focused on literature in psychology and related disciplines. Respected resource from the American Psychological Association (APA). Includes scholarly articles, book chapters, dissertations, book reviews, and editorials. Indexes more than 4 million records and offers extensive coverage from the 1800’s to the present. Allows users to identify document types, research methodologies, tests or assessment instruments, and grant or funding sources.
SocIndex This link opens in a new window
The database features more than 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus. This product also contains extensive indexing for books/monographs, conference papers, and other non-periodical content. Searchable cited references are also provided.

In addition to the databases listed as "Primary Databases," resources listed here can also be used to identify articles and other materials related to natural resource management. This list will be particularly useful for graduate students and faculty conducting thorough literature searches.

BIOSIS Citation Index - Web of Science This link opens in a new window
An expansive index to life sciences and biomedical research covering pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more. Search across journals, meetings, patents, and books. Search precisely using key terms and controlled terminology in context using fields including biochemistry. genes, and taxonomic data. Navigate to related research using indexed cited references. Coverage from 1969 to present.
Dissertations & Theses at South Dakota State University This link opens in a new window
Dissertations and theses produced by South Dakota State University students. Not all dissertations and theses are available full-text in this database. Indexing from 1958-2011.
Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
The world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1861 to the present day, and offering full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997. This database was previously known as Dissertation Abstracts International.
EBSCO MegaFILE This link opens in a new window
Combined search of Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier and Regional Business News databases. Include magazine and journal articles, biographies, primary source documents, company profiles, photos, and maps. Some content back to 1800s.
This database is provided by the South Dakota State Library and the Institute of Museum Library Services.
EconLit This link opens in a new window
Published by the American Economic Association and covers a wide range of economics-related literature. Indexes of journals, books and dissertations from 1969.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Includes more than 1,700 leading academic journals and 45,000 Ebooks in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as other materials valuable for academic work.
MEDLINE - Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Indexes articles from more than 5,200 worldwide journals in about 60 languages. Covers biomedicine and health, life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering, clinical care, public health, health policy development, and aspects of biology, environmental science, marine biology, plant and animal science as well as biophysics and chemistry. Coverage from 1950 to present.

NRM Style Guides

Journal of Wildlife Management and Wildlife Socity Bulletin Author Guidelines
This document from the editors of the Journal of Wildlife Management (JWM) provides details on the style and form to be used by authors in the preparation of manuscripts. 2016 Revision.
Rangeland Ecology & Management - Author Information Pack
Rangelands Style Manual
Style Guide: The Official American Fisheries Society Publication Style Guide

Scientific Style and Format by Council of Science Editors
Call Number: LIBRARY SERVICES DESK/MAIN LEVEL T11 .S386 2014
ISBN: 9780226116495
Publication Date: 2014-05-07

APA Style

Interlibrary Loan

Although Briggs Library has an extensive collection, you may need items that are not available at the Library. No worries! You can request those articles, books, and other materials through Interlibrary Loan.

Keep in mind that the process may take from a week to ten days. Start your research early!

Many of our databases have an Interlibrary Loan Request button for articles not available in that particular database. Before submitting the loan request, be sure to check our Journals List for the title of the source or periodical (i.e. New York Times).