ESPM 24 (Freshman Seminar):
Issues in Natural Resources Conservation

Finding Books

Use a library catalog to find books, journals, magazines, government reports, maps, and other materials owned by the UCB libraries.

Catalog	Coverage	Unique Features
OskiCat OskiCat Quick Guide (PDF)	Most UCB libraries (more information)	Renew your books online Find course reserves Request checked out or offsite items Restrict your search to a specific library, online items, or available items only.
Melvyl Melvyl Guide	Most UCB libraries and many libraries worldwide, plus citations to selected articles (more information)	Search libraries worldwide Request items UCB doesn't own Create and save lists and add tags to items Automatically format citations

Electronic Books: Links to Google Books, Open Library, and other electronic book resources categorized by subject.
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity: The electronic version of the five-volume Encyclopedia of Biodiversity; provides in-depth information on all aspects of biodiversity issues worldwide, including social and policy issues.
Oxford Scholarship Online: Biology: More than 130 Oxford titles in biology available at the chapter level as HTML pages and PDFs.

Links to the databases below can be found on the Bioscience Library Databases page. To access the full text of articles, use the button.

Core Life Science/Environmental Science Article Databases	Years Covered	Peer-reviewed Content?
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts Index of scholarly articles on aquatic biology, ecology, fisheries, oceanography, limnology and aquaculture.	1978-present	Some
BIOSIS The most comprehensive article database in the biological sciences; indexes over 6000 peer-reviewed journals. (Guide: HTML \| PDF)	1926-present	Most
Environmental Science & Pollution Management All aspects of environmental issues, including air, land, and water pollution, bacteriology, waste management, water resources and environmental biotechnology.	1981-present	Some
Web of Science Indexes core journals in science, social sciences, and the arts and humanities. Allows cited reference searching, which allows you to identify later articles which cite a given author or article.	1901-present	Most
Related Article Databases	Years Covered	Peer-reviewed Content?
Academic Search Complete Multidisciplinary source for scholarly journal and popular magazine articles; indexes and abstracts articles from more than 10,900 English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and Portuguese sources. Full text is available for over 5300 journals.	1865-present	Some

California Natural History Guides (series).
Includes titles such as:

Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues. Craig W. Allin, editor. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, 2011.

NatureServe Information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems.
Science.gov Portal for scientific information produced by US government agencies.
VTM (Vegetation Type Maps and Photographs) historic photo collection [UC Berkeley]

Critical Evaluation of Resources Questions to ask when evaluating the suitability of a book, article, website, or other material.
Citing Your Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism Quick guides to APA, MLA, and Chicago-Turabian styles.
RefWorks The UCB Libraries have purchased a site license to RefWorks. Sign up for a free account, and manage your references and format bibliographies with just a few clicks.
- RefWorks Tutorials and Guides [Bioscience Library, UCB]
Video tutorial: Evaluating Scholarly Content Online [UCB Libraries]