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- AGRICOLA (agricultural sciences)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to publications on all aspects of agriculture and agricultural research.
- AGRICOLA contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library and covers every major agricultural subject. The citations consist of journal articles, book chapters, monographs, theses, conference proceedings, serials, technical reports, patents, software, and other materials on a broad range of agricultural topics.
- Coverage Dates: 1979 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbag
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- BIOSIS Previews (Thomson Reuters)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index and abstracts to international journal articles in biological and medical research. BIOSIS Previews also covers books and meetings.
- The BIOSIS Previews database corresponds to the print publications Biological Abstracts and Biological Abstracts/ RRM (Reports, Reviews, Meetings). The mission of BIOSIS, a not-for-profit organization established in 1926, is to foster growth, communication and use of biological knowledge for the common good. The database covers nearly 6,000 journals, 1,500 international meetings, as well as review articles, books, book chapters and monographs in the life sciences including agriculture, biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, botany, ecology, environment, microbiology, pharmacology and public health.
- Coverage Dates: 1969 - present
- Updated: Weekly
- Database Provider: isi
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xbis-uga1
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- CABDirect Archive (1910-1972)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.Index to research on agriculture, forestry and allied life sciences between 1910 and 1972.
- CABDirect (formerly CAB Abstracts) provides bibliographic citations in the fields of agriculture, forestry and their allied life science disciplines. Specific topics include animal and crop husbandry, animal and plant breeding, plant protection, genetics, forestry engineering, economics, veterinary medicine, human nutrition, travel and rural development.
- Coverage Dates: 1973-
- Updated: Quarterly
- Languages: English and non-English (abstracts in English)
- Database Provider: CABI Publishing
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xcab-uga1
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- Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (ScienceDirect)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.This encyclopedia is an authoritative reference containing in-depth introductory articles, illustrations, interactive cross-referenced links, and numerous suggested readings.
- The Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior covers the topics of communication, learning, sexual selection, navigation, and the history of the field, as well as the emerging topics of animal cognition, animal welfare, conservation, and applications of animal behavior. Access: On campus and remote Database provider: Elsevier
- Coverage Dates: 2010
- Database Provider: sciencedirect
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=enov-uga1
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- Environment Complete
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles and books related to environmental topics.
- Environment Complete offers coverage in the areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. This database contains more than 1,590,000 records from more than 1,500 domestic and international titles going back to the 1950s (including 959 active core titles) as well as more than 100 monographs. The database also contains full text for more than 400 journals, including many of the most used journals in the discipline. Environment Complete includes over 170 journal titles and almost 100 book titles that are not included in Academic Search or Business Source.
- Coverage Dates: 1950s onwards
- Title List
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbev
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- Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to articles covering all aspects of wildlife and wildlife management.
- Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide covers wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians, including all aspects of wildlife and wildlife management. Taxonomic and geographic identifiers include broad regions and specific localities.
- Coverage Dates: 1935-
- Updated: Quarterly
- Database Provider: EBSCO
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xwwo-uga1
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- Zoological Record (Thomson Reuters)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to zoological literature with particular emphasis on systematic/taxonomic information.
- Zoological Record covers all aspects of zoology including behavior, biochemistry, disease, ecology, evolution, genetics, habitat, life cycle, physiology and more. The bibliographic citations come from over 6,000 journals, and selected dissertations and conference proceedings. Produced by BIOSIS.
- Coverage Dates: 1978/1979-present
- Updated: Quarterly
- Database Provider: isi
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xzoo-uga1
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- Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) (ProQuest)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Covering all aspects of the management of marine and freshwater environments.
- This database includes four subfiles: Biological Sciences & Living Resources; Ocean Technology Policy and Non-Living Resources; Aquatic Pollution & Environment Quality; and Oceanic Abstracts. It provides citations to worldwide literature on aquatic resources, limnology, ocean technology, and all aspects of the management of marine and freshwater environments.
- See also: zcas:Backup Site (Ohio)
- Coverage Dates: 1981 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: Cambridge Scientific
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=aquc-uga1
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- Biological Sciences (ProQuest)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to research on all aspects of biology.
- This interdisciplinary database offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. Supporting over two dozen areas of expertise, this CSA database provides access to literature from over 6000 serials, as well as conference proceedings, technical reports, monographs and selected books and patents. The topically related databases are combined to eliminate duplicate records.
- See also: Backup Site (Ohio)
- Coverage Dates: 1982 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Title List
- Database Provider: Cambridge Scientific
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=bigc-uga1
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- Birds of North America Online
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Guide to the birds of North America including descriptions, geographic distribution information, systematic information, habitats, and more, complemented by images, sound files, and video clips.
- Birds of North America Online contains full descriptions of the bird species of North America. Included in the descriptions for each species is distribution, systematic, migration, habitat, and behavior information. There are images, sound files, and video clips associated with most birds in the database.
Database provider: Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology and the American Ornithologists' Union.
- Coverage Dates: Current
- Updated: Ongoing
- Database Provider: Cornell University
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=bird-uga1
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- Birds of North America Online contains full descriptions of the bird species of North America. Included in the descriptions for each species is distribution, systematic, migration, habitat, and behavior information. There are images, sound files, and video clips associated with most birds in the database.
- Business Source Complete
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Business-related articles from many peer-reviewed and other journals, reports, company profiles, and other sources.
- Business Source Complete is a scholarly business database that provides full-text access to many peer-reviewed business related journals, including disciplines such as marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Indexing and abstracts for the many important scholarly business journals as far back as 1886 are included. In addition to the searchable cited references provided for more than 1,200 journals, Business Source Complete contains detailed author profiles for the 20,000 most-cited authors in the database. Additional full-text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary. Some content goes as far back as 1886.
- Updated: Daily
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbbc
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- Encyclopedia of Inland Waters (ScienceDirect)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.This encyclopedia contains articles of interest for aquatic biologists, chemists, and ecologists.
- The Encyclopedia of Inland Waters contains articles on the properties of water; the hydrologic cycle; surface and groundwater hydrology; lakes and rivers of the world; and bacteria, fungi, vertebrates and invertebrates of these systems. Attention is also given to pollution, remediation and conservation and management of these systems. Access: On campus and remote Database provider: Elsevier
- Coverage Dates: 2009
- Database Provider: sciencedirect
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=enor-uga1
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- Environmental Impact Statements (ProQuest)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Summaries of key issues, consequences, legal mandates.
- This database summarizes the key issues in environmental impact statements. Each entry includes a description of the project, a discussion of positive and negative consequences, and a listing of legal mandates. Subjects included are air transportation, defense programs, energy production, hazardous substances, land use, parks, refuges, roads and railroads, urban and municipal programs, and water use. Print index covers 1979- .
- See also: zcei:Backup Site (Ohio)
- Coverage Dates: 1985 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: cambridge
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=eisg-uga1
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- Environmental Science and Pollution Management (ProQuest)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Set of databases combined to eliminate duplicate records.
- Several topically related databases are combined to eliminate duplicate records.
- See also: zces:Backup Site (Ohio)
- Coverage Dates: 1981 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
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- Database Provider: cambridge
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=envl-uga1
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- Historical Statistics of the United States
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Historical statistical data for the United States
- Historical Statistics of the United States presents the numerical history of the United States. The database contains over 37,000 tables of quantitative historical data covering population, the economy, social conditions, health, and governance. Each topic area includes introductory essays to place the data in historical context.
- Coverage Dates: 18th - 20th centuries
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: cambridge_univ
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=hioo-uga1
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Broader Databases
- Academic Search Complete
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles from some peer-reviewed journals as well as monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and other sources.
- Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database is updated daily and features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary. Some content goes as far back as 1865.
- Updated: Daily
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbac
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- Annual Reviews
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium-high for this database to function properly.Critical reviews of scholarly research in the biomedical, physical, and social sciences.
- Annual Reviews, a nonprofit organization, provides critical, authoritative reviews of scholarly advances in various fields of science.Annual Reviews can be searched in its entirety or within each of the following suites: Biomedical Science, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences.
The Biomedical Science Suite is further subdivided as Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure, Cell and Developmental Biology, Ecology and Systematics, Entomology, Genetics, Genomics and Human Genetics, Immunology, Medicine, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Nutrition, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Physiology, Phytopathology, Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology, Psychology, and Public Health.
The Physical Science Suite is further subdivided as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Energy and the Environment, Fluid Mechanics, Materials Science, Nuclear and Particle Science, and Physical Chemistry.
The Social Science Suite is further subdivided as Anthropology, Energy and Environment, Political Science, Psychology, Public Health, and Sociology.
- Coverage Dates: 1984- present; Tables of Contents only: 1984-1995; Full Text: 1996- present
- Updated: ongoing
- Languages: English
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xann-uga1
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- Annual Reviews, a nonprofit organization, provides critical, authoritative reviews of scholarly advances in various fields of science.Annual Reviews can be searched in its entirety or within each of the following suites: Biomedical Science, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences.
- JSTOR
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.Access to back issues (from the date of first publication) of selected, core journals.
- JSTOR provides electronic access to back issues (from the date of first publication) of selected, core journals. The goal of the project is to build a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature. The journals are organized into the Arts and Sciences Collections I & II, the General Sciences Collection, the Ecology and Botany Collection, the Business Collection, the Language and Literature Collection, the Mathematics and Statistics Collection, and the Music Collection.
- Coverage Dates: 1800s- (dates vary)
- Updated: Ongoing
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- Database Provider: jstor
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xjst-uga1
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- ScienceDirect
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles from scholarly journals on all the sciences, including the social sciences.
- ScienceDirect provides full text access to scholarly journals published by Elsevier and its subsidiaries.
- Coverage Dates: 1995 - present (Academic Press journals: 1996 - present)
- Updated: Ongoing
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- Database Provider: Elsevier
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xsdi-uga1
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- Web of Science (at Web of Knowledge)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Provides access to the combined Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
- Web of Science provides access to the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index covering over 8,000 journal. These three databases can be searched separately, in any combination, or all at once. These databases are unique in that the user can search to find which articles have cited a certain author or article. This technique of doing research, called pearl growing, allows researchers to find articles that are related to an earlier work. Often this technique turns up articles which are not found through traditional subject and keyword searches.
- Coverage Dates: 1945- (Science Citation Index); 1956- (Social Science Citation Index); 1975- (Arts and Humanities Citation Index)
- Updated: Weekly
- Languages: English and non-English
- Database Provider: isi
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xwos-uga1
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Acronyms
- Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, & Remote Sensing
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Selective list of geography-related acronyms and abbreviations. This list is not meant to be authoritative. It includes abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms found in a variety of maps and geographical websites.
- URL: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/abbrev.html
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- Forestry Acronyms and Initialisms
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Alphabetical list of acronyms and initialisms for British Columbia.
- URL: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/acronyms
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Books
- eBooks on EBSCOhost (formerly NetLibrary)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.eBooks, general topics, non-fiction, reference, consumer.
eBooks at EBSCOhost, formerly known as NetLibrary, provides access to electronic books (eBooks), including reference books, scholarly monographs, publications of many university presses, and consumer books that have been converted into digital format. It is possible to perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online. There is currently no checkout period for eBooks (at EBSCOhost).
Users can create a My EBSCOhost account in order to use personalization tools, including creating a Favorites list, but a personal account is not required for accessing eBooks through the GALILEO interface.
GALILEO institutions purchased together the following collections:
- Shared Collection 1
- Shared Collection 2
- Shared Collection 9
- Database Provider: EBSCO Information and Learning
- Database Tutorial: Downloading eBooks on EBSCOhost
- Coverage Dates: Currently available
- Database Provider: EBSCO
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zmnl
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- EU (European Union) Tropical Forestry Sourcebook
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Examination of the various EC Directorates-General with forestry interests, and each Member State's policies and activities in tropical forestry. A comparative overview assesses the totality of Europe's experience in tropical forestry and identifies trends and issues for the future.
- URL: http://www.odi.org.uk/fpeg/publications/books/sourcebook/index.html
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- GIL Library Catalog
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Search the UGA Libraries catalog for books, journals, CD-ROMs, and other media. Use title, author or subject searches, or perform a keyword search.
- URL: http://gil.uga.edu
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- National Academies Press
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Selected titles online. Use the Discovery Engine for words in title or text. Asterisk (*) will truncate.
- URL: http://www.nap.edu/index.html
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- Silvics of North America
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Silvical characteristics of about 200 forest tree species varieties native to the United States and Puerto Rico are described. Information on habitat, life history, and genetics is given. Also known as USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook 654 (December 1990).
- URL: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/table_of_contents.htm
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- State of the World's Forests
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (UN) every two years to give the most comprehensive and up-to-date picture available of the state of forests worldwide and new developments in the forestry sector. Do not use punctuation in the search engine. Search in this way: state of the world s forests
- URL: http://www.fao.org/forestry/site/sofo/en/
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- WorldCat
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Huge catalog of books and other materials held by libraries worldwide.
- The WorldCat database is the world's most comprehensive bibliography with bibliographic records representing information spanning 4,000 years of knowledge. It is the OCLC Online Union Catalog of information contributed by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries worldwide.
The OCLC NetFirst database has been integrated into WorldCat. NetFirst bibliographic citations describe Internet-accessible resources, including World Wide Web pages, interest groups, library catalogs, FTP sites, Internet services, electronic journals, and newsletters. NetFirst is no longer available as a separate database.
WorldCat listings include netLibrary ebook records.
- Coverage Dates: Approx. 1000 A.D. to the present
- Updated: Daily
- Database Provider: firstsearch
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zowc
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- The WorldCat database is the world's most comprehensive bibliography with bibliographic records representing information spanning 4,000 years of knowledge. It is the OCLC Online Union Catalog of information contributed by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries worldwide.
Calculators
- Lex Scripta On-line Calculators
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Calculators for distance, area, weight, volume, temperature and time available.
- URL: http://www.lexscripta.com/calculators/
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Conference Papers/Proceedings
- COS Conference Papers Index (ProQuest)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.For scientific and technical proceedings.
- Coverage includes scientific and technical proceedings in animal and plant science, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computer science, environmental science, experimental medicine, geology, marine science, mathematics, and pharmacology.
- See also: zccp:Backup Site (Ohio)
- Coverage Dates: 1989 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: Cambridge
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=coec-uga1
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- PapersFirst (conference papers)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index of papers presented at conferences.
- The PapersFirst database provides access to individual papers presented at conferences worldwide, PapersFirst is a major new research aid, covering every congress, symposium, exposition, workshop, and meeting added to The British Library Document Supply Centre's vast proceedings collection since October 1993. Users may order the full text of papers cited in PapersFirst from The British Library using the FirstSearch online ordering service.
- Coverage Dates: 1993 to present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: firstsearch
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zopi
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- ProceedingsFirst (conference proceedings)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index of conference proceedings.
- The ProceedingsFirst database provides tables of contents of papers presented at conferences worldwide. Each ProceedingsFirst record contains a list of the papers presented at each conference. Like its companion, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst provides access to The British Library Document Supply Centre's vast collection of conference proceedings.
- Coverage Dates: 1993 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: firstsearch
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zop1
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Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
- BioTech Life Science Dictionary
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Search for terms dealing with biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, cell biology, genetics, ecology, limnology, and toxicology. Also provides links to web sites and databases about species of plants, fish, mammals, reptiles, and crop pests.
- URL: http://life.nthu.edu.tw/~g864204/dict-search.html
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- Bryological Glossary
Online Access: On/Off Campus- This web version of Glossarium Polyglottum Bryologiae contains the 1,181 English terms and their definitions from the original publication. The Latin entry has been included along with the translated term(s) in French, German, and Spanish from the original publication.
- URL: http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/tropicos/most/Glossary/glosefr.html
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- Forest Ecology Terminology
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Alphabetical list of terms used in forest ecology.
- URL: http://www.cnr.vt.edu/for3364/ecolterms.htm
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- Forest Terminology for Multiple-Use Management
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Includes definitions for many terms commonly used in modern forestry, as well as traditional forestry terms. Addition of terms from other fields added to accommodate multidisciplinary approach to forestry.
- URL: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FR063
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Directories
- Federal Agencies
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Features Department of Agriculture and Department of Interior.
- URL: http://www.libs.uga.edu/ref/agnic/agnicfederalagencies.html
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- Forestry Graduate School Directories
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Gradschools.com is a service of Educational Directories Unlimited, Inc. It is a system dedicated to post-baccalaureate educational programs. The site is arranged in a directory format with listings categorized by curriculum, then subdivided by geography.
- URL: http://www.gradschools.com/listings/menus/forestry_menu.html
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- State Agencies
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A list of all the U.S. state government environmental agencies. The agencies are divided by state.
- URL: http://www.caprep.com/stagency.htm
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Government Publications
- Forest Service Directives
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Consists of the Forest Service Manual and Handbooks, which codify the agency's policy, practice, and procedure.
- URL: http://www.fs.fed.us/im/directives/
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- Guide to Grants, Fellowships, and Scholarships in International Forestry and Natural Resources
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Publication (Document Number FS-584, December 1995) of the United States Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service, International Forestry Division.
- URL: http://www.fs.fed.us/people/gf/gf00.htm
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- Online Water-Resources Reports (U.S. Geological Survey)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Searchable database of selected online publications from USGS including: Bulletin, Circulars, Open-File Reports, Professional Papers, Water-Supply Papers, etc. If your choice is not online, please use GIL@UGA to get call number (J84:??) and location of print copy at the UGA Libraries.
- URL: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/
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Guides/Handbooks
- Bugwood Network
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Entomology and Forest Resources Digital Information Work Group of the University of Georgia gathers, maintains, and promotes the use of digital information as resources and as tools to enhance and complement information exchange and educational activities in the fields of entomology, forestry, forest health and natural resources.
- URL: http://www.bugwood.org/
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- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species provides taxonomic, conservation status and distribution information on taxa that have been evaluated using the IUCN Red List Categories (designed to determine the relative risk of extinction). The main purpose of the IUCN Red List is to catalogue and highlight those taxa that are facing a higher risk of global extinction. The IUCN Red List also includes information on taxa that are categorized as Extinct or Extinct in the Wild; or taxa that cannot be evaluated because of insufficient information; and on Lower Risk taxa which are either close to meeting the threatened thresholds or that would be threatened were it not for an ongoing taxon-specific conservation programme.
- URL: http://www.redlist.org/
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- Journal Citation Reports (at Web of Knowledge)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.Ranks journals by how often they have been cited. Clear cache & cookies to view most recent reports.
- Journal Citation Reports ranks peer reviewed journals by how often they have been cited. The database has two components: the Science Edition, covering 5,700 journals; and the Social Sciences Edition, covering 1,700 journals. Over 200 disciplines are included.
To help users best compare journals and discover which are the most significant to them, JCR Web provides these data fields:
- Impact factor: Provides a way to evaluate or compare a journal's relative importance to others in the same field.
- Immediacy index: Measures how quickly the average article in a journal is cited, or how often articles published in a journal are cited within the same year.
- Article counts: The number of articles published in a journal in a particular year.
- Cited half-life: Benchmarks the age of cited articles.
- Source data: Provides information on which journals published reviews versus original research articles and how many references each of these published.
- Coverage Dates: Varies by data element
- Updated: Annual
- Languages: English
- Clear cache & cookies to view most recent reports. 3 simultaneous users allowed.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xjcr-uga1
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- Journal Citation Reports ranks peer reviewed journals by how often they have been cited. The database has two components: the Science Edition, covering 5,700 journals; and the Social Sciences Edition, covering 1,700 journals. Over 200 disciplines are included.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A nationally recognized source of career information, including training and education needed, job prospects, and average salaries.
- URL: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/
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- Tree Conservation Information Service
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Information on threatened species and others of conservation concern. This database is used to generate The World List of Threatened Trees, and the information is available here in interactive format.
- URL: http://www.unep-wcmc.org/trees/
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- United Nations Environment Programme
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The United Nations Environment Programme portal includes datasets, full text reports, applications, and other resources that provide perspective on various environmental and socioeconomic challenges.
- URL: http://www.unep.org
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Images/Photographs
- Centre for Bioscience ImageBank
Online Access: On/Off Campus
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Freely available images contributed by researchers and academics with rights cleared for educational purposes.
- Users are able to search for images based on keywords or brose within a wide range of bioscience subject areas. Images are then downloadable along with informative descriptive text provided by the contributor. All images undergo a validation process by Centre for Bioscience staff with good subject knowledge. ImageBank also offers reviews of, and links to existing bioscience image databases.
- URL: http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/imagebank/
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Organizations/Associations
- American Forest & Paper Association
Online Access: On/Off Campus- National trade association of the forest, paper and wood products industry.
- URL: http://www.afandpa.org/
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- American Forests
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The nation's oldest citizen conservation organization, working to ensure a sustainable future for our nation's forests.
- URL: http://www.americanforests.org/
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- Forest Products Society
Online Access: On/Off Campus- International not-for-profit technical association founded in 1947 to provide an information network for all segments of the forest products industry.
- URL: http://www.forestprod.org/
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- Georgia Forestry Association
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Promotes educational programs throughout the state to help teach children and the community as a whole about the importance, value and benefits our forests provide.
- URL: http://www.gfagrow.org/
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- International Union of Forest Research Organizations
Online Access: On/Off Campus- From the website: IUFRO is a non-profit, non-governmental international network of forest scientists. Its objectives are to promote international cooperation in forestry and forest products research.
- URL: http://www.iufro.org/
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- Smithsonian Tropical
Online Access: On/Off Campus- One of the world's leading centers for basic research on the ecology, behavior and evolution of tropical organisms.
- URL: http://www.stri.org
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- Society of American Foresters
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The national scientific and educational organization representing the forestry profession in the United States.
- URL: http://www.safnet.org/
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- USDA Forest Service
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The mission of the USDA Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the nation's forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations.
- URL: http://www.fs.fed.us
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Statistics
- ProQuest Statistical Insight ((formerly LexisNexis Statistical Insight))
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Statistics published by the U.S. government and other agencies.
- ProQuest Statistical Insight consists of,
Search Tables Base Edition:
selected statistical tables drawn mainly from sources published by the U.S. government since about 1998.Search Abstracts:
American Statistics Index (ASI) abstracts (1970-) and full text (ca 2004-) of Federal government sources
Statistical Reference Index (SRI) abstracts (1980-) of state and private sources
Index to International Statistics (IIS) abstracts (1983-) of international and intergovernmental sourcesCoverage ranges across many topics including income, production, retail and wholesale trade, interest rates, economic indicators, demographics, energy, environmental protection, agriculture and fisheries, crime, medicine, and education.
- Coverage Dates: 1970s-
- Updated: Biannually
- Database Provider: proquest
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xstu-uga1
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- ProQuest Statistical Insight consists of,
- U.S. Census Bureau
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The business category provides Economic Census information on national and international trade.
- URL: http://www.census.gov/
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Web Subject Guides
- Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A subject oriented internet resource guide for plant pathology, applied entomology, and all related fields. On these pages you will find plant pathology related internet sites and more useful resources.
- URL: http://www.pk.uni-bonn.de/ppigb/ppigb.htm
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- Special Forest Products Website
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Processing and marketing of non-timber forest products such as medicinal and herbal products, decorative products, specialty products and edible products.
- URL: http://www.sfp.forprod.vt.edu/
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- Steve Shook's Directory of Forest Products, Wood Science, and Marketing Online
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A resource for finding Internet information on the forest products industry, forest products, wood science and technology, wood engineering, forest products marketing, wood industry associations, wood industry consultants, wood industry data sources, and wood products-based research institutions.
- URL: http://www.forestdirectory.com/
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