This guide was designed by Eleanor L. Lomax to help identify some of the resources that relate to research in botany. The electronic resources are available from the FAU Libraries home page by following the links entitled Indexes/ Databases or Articles. Some of these resources have full-text articles available online. To access these resources from off campus, use the EZ Proxy link and log in using your 14-digit Owl Card number. For further assistance, please contact the Reference Desk by telephone (561-297-3785) or send e-mail lyref@fau.edu.

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

 
Biological & Agricultural Index
This database includes abstracts and full text coverage for selected journals. Periodical coverage includes a wide range of scientific journals, from popular to professional, that pertain to biology and agriculture. About 45 percent of the focus is on agriculture. Full text coverage begins in January 1997.

Current Contents Connect - Web of Science.
A weekly service that includes seven content databases covering approximately 6,600 unique journals in the areas of science, technology, medicine, social science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. Current 12 months.

Dissertation Abstracts - ProQuest
Covers every doctoral dissertation completed in the U.S. at accredited institutions for the last 150 years. Includes some master's theses and foreign language dissertations. Coverage from 1861.

Elsevier Science Direct -  FAU Libraries Electronic Collection.
This database contains the electronic full-text version of approximately 650 of Elsevier's traditional research journals. These journals are primarily in the scientific, technical and medical disciplines. Coverage from 1997 to date.

General Science Abstracts
This database covers such areas as astronomy, atmospheric science, biology, botany, chemistry, conservation, earth science, environment, food, genetics, health, mathematics, medicine, microbiology, nutrition, oceanography, physics, physiology, and zoology. Full text coverage begins in January 1995.

GPO Monthly Catalog -  FirstSearch
Consists of records published by the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) since July 1976. Includes references to congressional committee reports and hearings, debates, documents from departments and agencies of the federal government and more.

Science Citation Index Expanded/Web of Science   
Multi disciplinary index to the literature of the sciences from 3,300 major journals across 100 scientific disciplines. Coverage from 1977 to date.


WORLD WIDE WEB SITES


ABSTRACTS & INDEXES

REF QK600.A22 Abstracts of Mycology.  v.1-v.7 (1967-1973).  Shelved in general library collection.
REF QH301.B37 Biological Abstracts.  v.1-v.104 (1927-1997).
REF Z5321.B672 Biological Abstracts/RRM.  (Reports, Reviews, Meetings)  v.18-v. 49 (1980-1997).
REF Z5073.A46 Biological and Agricultural Index.  v.19-v.44 (1964-1990).
REF Z881.U5P4 Botany Subject Index.  v.1-v.15.
REF QK1.C87  Current Advances in Plant Science (CAPS).  v.16-v.22 (1984-1990). 
Shelved in general library collection.
REF SB356.A1H6 Horticultural Abstracts.  v.34-61 (1964-1991).  Shelved in general library collection.
REF Z5358.A4T6 Index to American Botanical Literature, 1886-1966.  (& Suppl.1, 1967-1976).
REF QK96.R39 Index to Plant Chromosome Numbers.  v.1-v.2 (1956-1964).  Shelved in general library collection.
PER SB599.R4 Review of Plant Pathology.  v.43-v.70 (1964-1991).
REF Z7401.S365 Science Citation Index.  1945/1954-1995.

TAXONOMY/CLASSIFICATON

REF QK11.I4 Index Kewensis Plantarum Phanerogamarum Nomina et Synonyma Omnium Generum et Specierum... v.2 (1895), Suppl. 1-16 (1895-1981).
REF QK96.R4  Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum).  v.100-v.102 (1979), Suppl. I v.113 (1986).
REF QK10.S7d Solbrig, Otto T. Biosystematic Literature: Contributions to a  Biosystematic Literature Index.  (1945-1964).
REF QH83 .S89 Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms.  1982.

NOMENCLATURE

REF QK96 .R4 Family Names in Current Use for Vascular Plants, Bryophytes, and Fungi.  1993.  v. 126.
REF QK96 .R4 Index Muscorum.  1959-1969.  v. 17, 26, 33, 48, 65.
REF QK96 .R4 List of Linnaean Generic Names and Their Types.  v. 127.

GUIDES TO THE LITERATURE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES

REF Z7401 .C48 Chen, Ching-chih. Scientific and Technical Information Sources.  2nd ed.  1987.
REF Z5351.D38 Davis, Elizabeth B. Guide to Information Sources in the Botanical Sciences.  1987.
REF Z5353.H85 B-P-H; Botanico-Periodicum-Huntianum.  1968.
REF Z7401 .H85 Hurt, Charlie Deuel. Information Sources in Science and Technology.  1988. (Chapter 5 - Botany and Agriculture)
REF Z7401.I62d International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, 1901-1914.  M: Botany.   v. 1-32.  1968.
REF Z7401 .M278 Malinowsky, H. Robert. Reference Sources in Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Agriculture.  1994.
REF QK96.R44 Stafleu, Frans A. Taxonomic Literature: A Selective Guide to Botanical Publications and Collections with Dates, Commentaries and Types.  1976.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES

REF QK13 .E57 Elsevier’s Dictionary of Plant Names: in Latin, English, French, German, and Italian.  1996.
REF SD143 .E53 Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History.  1983.
REF QH75.E49 Encyclopedia of Endangered Species.  1994.
REF QK9.F33 Facts on File Dictionary of Botany.  1984.
REF SB407.G7 Graf, Alfred Byrd. Exotica. Series 4 International: Pictorial Cyclopedia of Exotic Plants from Tropical and Near-Tropic Regions.  1985.
REF SB407dd.G73            .  Tropica: Color Cyclopedia of Exotic Plants and Trees for Warm-Region Horticulture. 1986.
REF SB728.H65 Holliday, Paul. A Dictionary of Plant Pathology.  1989.
REF SB107.P67 Heywood, Vernon H., ed. Popular Encyclopedia of Plants.  1982
REF QK99 .H69 Hocking, George Macdonald.  A Dictionary of Natural Products:....  2nd ed.  1997.
REF QK475 .O93 Oxford Encyclopedia of Trees of the World.  1981.
REF QK101 .P55 Plant Life.  1991.
REF SB351 .H5 R58dd Rodale’s Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs.  1987.
REF SB419 .S74 Squire, David. The Photographic Encyclopedia of Indoor Plants.  1991.

IDENTIFICATION SOURCES
(Atlases, Field Guides, Floras, Keys & Manuals)

REF QL100 .C28 Campbell, George R. An Illustrated Guide to Some Poisonous Plants and Animals of Florida.  1983.
REF QK99.U6F68 Foster, Steven. A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants: Eastern and Central North America.  1990.
REF QK100.A1F713 Frohne, Dietrich. A Colour Atlas of Poisonous Plants:  A Handbook for Pharmacists, Doctors, Toxicologists, and Biologists.  1983.
REF SB126.8 .C73 CRC Handbook of Flowering.  1985.  v.1, v. 3-v. 4.
REF RA1250.L27 Lampe, Kenneth F. AMA Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants.  1985.
REF QK572.2 .A1 M37 Littler, Diane Scullion. Marine Plants of the Caribbean: A Field Guide from Florida to Brazil.  1989.
REF SB423.M83 Muhlberg, Helmut. The Complete Guide to Water Plants: A Reference Book.  1982.
REF QL84.2 .O35 Official World Wildlife Fund Guide to Endangered Species of North America.  1990-. v. 1-3.
REF QK936.P37 Perry, Frances. A Field Guide to Tropical and Subtropical Plants.  1982.

DOCUMENTS

There are four series of government documents which are related to botany. The call numbers (SUDOCS NBR) stem remains the same within each series.

1. Scientific Monograph Series from the National Park Service (I29.80:Nos.)

SOME SAMPLE TITLES
 
I29.80:8 Steenbergh, Warren F. Ecology of the Saguaro: II.  Reprdoduction, Germination, Establishment, Growth and Survival of the Young Plant.  1977.
I29.80:13 Thomas, Lindsey Kay. The Impact of Three Exotic Plant Species on a Potomac Island.  1980.

2. LC Science Tracer Bullet Series. (LC33.10:Nos.)
This is a series of bibliographies produced by the reference section of the Library of Congress Science and Technology Division.

SOME SAMPLE TITLES
LC33. 10:97-1 Carter, Constance. The Ethnobotany of the Americas.  1997.
LC33.10:96-1             .  Edible Wild Plants.  1996.

3.  Quick Bibliography Series. (A17.18/4:Nos.)
These are bibliographies produced by the National Agricultural Library of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
SOME SAMPLE TITLES
 
A17.18/4:96-15 Dobert, Raymond. Viral Resistance in Plants/Viral Coat Proteins, January 1991-July 1996.
A17.18/4:96-14 Leondard, Scott A. Herbicide Tolerance/Resistance in Plants: January 1991-June 1996.  1996.

4.  Smithsonian Contributions to Botany. (SI1.29:Nos.)
SOME SAMPLE TITLES
SI1.29:87 Peterson, Paul M. Genera of New World Eragrostideae (Poaceae: Chloridoideae).  1997.
SI1.29:81 Fosberg, F. Raymond. Flora of Micronesia. 5, Bignoniaceae-Rubiaceae.  1993.


SPECIAL COLLECTIONS ON MICROFICHE

QK77.A43A43 Ames, Oakes.  Orchid Herbarium of Oakes Ames.  1986.
Print index to the collection located in the Microforms Area - QK77.A43A432. 
QK77.L56L56 Lindley, John. Lindley Orchid Herbarium.  (198-?)
Print guide to the collection located in the Microforms Area - QK77.L56L562. 

PATENT INFORMATION ON WEB

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Databases
Includes the full text of patents from Jan.1, 1976 to date. Full page images are available, but requires either a TIFF G4 plug-in for your browser, or a properly installed and configured application to which your browser sends G4 TIFF images for display. See Web site for details.

UK Patent Office
Allows users to search patents in one of these areas: United Kingdom, European patents, other European countries, World International Property Organization publications, Worldwide patents and Japanese patents. Includes images and abstracts of patents. Choose the Databases option at the bottom of the UK page and then choose esp@ceNet.


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