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