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WILDLIFE CARE AND EDUCATION           

Following is some general information about resources and tools to assist researchers in the field of Wildlife care and education. This list is just a sampling of what the Quimby Library has in its collection.

FINDING BOOKS

            The library’s holdings are best accessed through Athena, our online catalog.  This system can be searched by author, title, subject heading, or key word.  Help in using the system is available online and at the reference/circulation desk. The library catalog [http://www.unity.edu/library/] can be accessed from the library as well as your home or office via the internet.

            The library holdings are arranged by the Library of Congress Classification system and uses Library of Congress subject headings. Examples of possible subjects include:

            Animal behavior; Animal communication; Animal intelligence; Animal rescue; Animal rights; Animal trainers; Animal welfare; Animals – physiology; Animals, training of; Aquariums, public; Biology – Authorship; Birds – behavior; Birds – rehabilitation; Birds of prey; Captive mammals; Captive wild animals – feeding and feeds; Emotions in animals; Environmental education; Exotic animals; First aid for animals; Game and game birds; Human-animal relationships;  Interpretation of cultural and natural resources; Mammals – behavior; Mammals – classification; Mammals – anatomy; Mammals – physiology; Marine mammals; Oil spills and wildlife; Perception in animals; Report writing; Social behavior in animals; Technical writing; Wildlife diseases; Wildlife rehabilitation; Wildlife rehabilitators; Wildlife rescue; Veterinary medicine; Zoo animals; Zoos

REFERENCE SOURCES

American wildlife and plants, a guide to wildlife food habits; the use of trees, shrubs, weeds, and herbs by birds and mammals of the United States [by] Alexander C. Martin, Herbert S. Zim [and] Arnold L. Nelson.  QL756 .M363 1961

Animal anatomy on file REF QL812.5 A55 1990

The Audubon Society encyclopedia of North American birds REF QL681 .T43 1991

Doing honest work in college : how to prepare citations, avoid plagiarism, and achieve real academic success / Charles Lipson. PN171.F56 L56 2004

Encyclopedia of animal rights and animal welfare REF HV4708 .E53 1998

Encyclopedia of life sciences / Nature Publishing Group (20 vols.) REF QH302.5 .E54 2002

Encyclopedia of marine mammals REF QL701.2 .E53 2002   

The environmental resource handbook.  REF GE20 .E586 2003/04

Grzimek's encyclopedia of mammals. REF QL701 .G7913 1990

Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/labrats/

Guidelines to the use of wild birds in research / eds. Abbot S. Gaunt & Lewis W. Oring. http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/GuideToUse/Guidelines_2d_edition.pdf

Mammal species of the world : a taxonomic and geographic reference REF QL708 .M35 1993

Mammalian species REF QL700 .M263 [Numbers 1-631 also online at http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/default.html]

The mammals of North America REF QL715 .H15 1981

Merck Veterinary Manual : a handbook of diagnosis, therapy, and disease prevention and control for the veterinarian. [circulation desk] REF SF748 .M47 1998 Also online at http://www.nwrawildlife.org/links.asp

Minimum standards for wildlife rehabilitation / E.A. Miller, editor 3rd ed., 2000 http://www.iwrc-online.org/Standards%203rd%20Edition.pdf

NWRA principles of wildlife rehabilitation : the essential guide for novice and experienced rehabilitators / by Adele T. Moore and Sally Joosten. SF996.45 .M66x 2002

Practical wildlife care / Les Stocker SF996.45 .S755 2000

Raptors of the world REF QL696.F3 F47 2001

Research and management techniques for wildlife and habitats REF SK355 .R47 1994

Seabirds, an identification guide / by Peter Harrison REF QL673 .H29 1983

State wildlife laws handbook / Center for Wildlife Law at the Institute of Public Law, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM  REF KF5640.Z95 M87 1993

Wild mammals in captivity : principles and techniques / editors, Devra G. Kleiman ...[et al.]. SF408 .W55 1996

Wildlife care for birds and mammals : 7-volume basic manuals wildlife rehabilitation / Dale Carlson and Irene Ruth  SF996.45 .C37 1997

Wildlife feeding and nutrition / C.T. Robbins  QL756.5 .R6 1983

Digital Book Index http://www.digitalbookindex.com/about.htm

National Academy Press (Full text of over 3000 titles) http://books.nap.edu/index.html

FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES AND CONFERENCE REPORTS

            The following abstracting/indexing databases will help you find published non-book literature.

0INDEXES/ DATABASES

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) http://search.epnet.com/

Veterinary journals : tables of contents http://www.medvet.umontreal.ca/biblio/vetjr.html

Wildlife and Ecology Studies Worldwide http://www.unity.edu/library/link_database.asp

MyLibrary@OCKHAM http://mylibrary.ockham.org/?cmd=about

JOURNALS / E-JOURNALS

IWRC magazine [International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council] (Full text online) http://www.iwrc-online.org/magazine/magazine.html

Journal of wildlife diseases

Wildlife rehabilitation today (publication ceased 2007)

For a complete list of our journal holdings go to: http://www.unity.edu/library/periodicals.asp

ASSOCIATIONS / SOCIETIES

American Association of Animal Science http://www.asas.org/

American Association of Bovine Practitioners http://www.aabp.org

American Association of Feline Practitioners http://www.aafponline.org

American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians http://aawv.net

American Association of Zoo Keeper, Inc. http://www.aazk.org/aazknew/

American Association of Zoo Veterinarians http://www.aazv.org/

American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association http://www.AHVMA.org

American Veterinary Chiropractic Association http://www.AnimalChiropractic.org

American Veterinary Medical Association http://AVMA.org

American Zoo and Aquarium Association http://www.aza.org

Animal Behavior Society http://www.animalbehavior.org/

Association for Avian Veterinarians http://www.aav.org

Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International http://aaalac.org

Association of Professional Wildlife Educators (APWE) http://www.apwe.org/

Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians http://www.arav.org/

House Rabbit Society http://www.rabbit.org/

International Veterinary Acupuncture Society http://www.ivas.org/main.cf

International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council http://www.iwrc-online.org/

National Association for Interpretation: Zoos, Wildlife Par ks, and Aquariums Section http://www.naisections.org/ZWPA

National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association http://www.nwrawildlife.org/home.asp

North American Association for Environmental Education http://naaee.org/

ReMaine Wild, the Maine State Association for Wildlife Rehabilitators and Associated Professionals http://www.remainewild.org/index.html

Scientists Center for Animal Welfare http://www.scaw.com

Veterinary Botanical Medicine Association http://VBMA.org

Wildlife Disease Association http://www.wildlifedisease.org/

Wildlife International http://wildlife-international.org/

World Small Animal Veterinary Association http://www.wsava.org/

GOVERNMENT SITES

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. USDA. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/

National Institutes of Health. Office of Extramural Research. Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/olaw.htm

National Wildlife Health Center (USGS) http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/

NBII Wildlife Disease Information Node (USGS)   http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/

USA.gov The U.S. Government’s official web portal http://www.usa.gov/        

WEB SITES

AltVetMed: Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine  http://www.altvetmed.com/index.html

BiologyBrowser [BIOSIS] http://www.biologybrowser.org/

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Animal Training website - http://www.animaltraining.org/

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Enrichment website - http://www.animalenrichment.org/

Raptor Center (University of Minnesota) http://www.raptor.cvm.umn.edu

The Shape of Enrichment - http://www.enrichment.org/

Wildlife Rehabilitation Database   http://www.wpi.edu/Projects/Tufts/

Wildlife Rehabilitation Information Directory http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/

World Wide Web Virtual Library - Animal health, well-being, and rights http://www.a25.com/animals.html

World Wide Web Virtual Library – Veterinary Medicine http://netvet.wustl.edu/vetmed.htm

 

Dorothy W. Quimby Library             Updated August 13, 2007