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Forestry and Wildfire Information Research Guide

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The purpose of this guide is to highlight library resources of Colorado State University Libraries and to provide links to Internet resources for the field of Forestry and Wildfire.

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Departmental Representatives
What's New
Current Journals
Databases
Guide to Library Research
Web Resources
Wildfire Information
Drought Information

Departmental Representatives

Most professional librarians serve as subject liaisons for one or more academic departments or programs. They work with faculty members to develop the library’s collection, promote its use and provide library instruction.

The CSU Libraries subject liaison for Forest Sciences is:

Allison Level
Office:  132 Morgan Library
Phone: (970) 491-3918
Fax:  (970) 491-5817
Email:  Allison.Level@ColoState.EDU

The library liaison from the Forestry, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship Department. is:

Dr. Daniel Binkley, Professor
Office: A116 Natural & Environment
Phone: (970) 491-6519
Email:  dan@cnr.colostate.edu

Department of Forest Sciences Home Page

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What's New

  • Web of Science database is available for the years 1900-current. It includes articles in forestry, natural resources, public policy, and other scientific disciplines.
  • CAB Abstracts Archive databse is now available for the years 1900-1973. CAB Abstracts coverage extends from 1973-current.

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Current Journals

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Databases

Indexes to Academic/Scholarly Articles

  • Agricola 1970-present, updated monthly. Citations and abstracts for articles from over 600 periodicals, as well as USDA and state experiment station and extension publications. This extensive database provides selective worldwide coverage of primary information sources in agriculture, forestry, and related fields. The literature cited is primarily in English, but over one-third of the database comprises citations in Western European, Slavic, Asian, and African languages.

  • Biological Abstracts 1980-present, updated quarterly. Citations and abstracts for articles with national and international coverage. Includes agriculture, biotechnology, botany, ecology, and other biological science subject areas. Approximately 75% of the records include abstracts.

  • CAB Abstracts 1973-present, updated quarterly. This database covers the subject of agriculture in the broadest sense including biotechnology, crop protection, forestry, rural development, veterinary medicine, and other topics. Journals, monographs, conferences, books, annual reports, and other sources from more than 100 countries are included in the database. Nearly all the records have English abstracts.
  • CAB Abstracts Archive 1900-1972. This database covers the subject of agriculture in the broadest sense including biotechnology, crop protection, forestry, rural development, veterinary medicine, and other topics. Journals, monographs, conferences, books, annual reports, and other sources.
  • Web of Science 1945-present, updated weekly. The Science Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the sciences, including forestry. It indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines.

    Indexes to Magazine and Newspaper Articles
  • Academic Universe (Lexis-Nexis) Dates covered and update frequency vary by title. Academic Universe is a collection of online databases: News, Business, Legal Medical, and Reference. The news section covers national and international newspapers, many available in full-text.

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Guide to Library Research

If you are new to Colorado State University, you may want to visit some of these Web pages:

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Web Resources

Guide to Forest Sciences Web Resources: A bibliography of internet sites.

Forest Fire Web Resources: A bibliography of internet sites.

Drought Information Resources: A bibliography of internet sites.

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