Course guide for NATRES&E 397A 

Contact Naka with questions, or get help from the links below:

Ask a Librarian!

RefWorks at UMass Amherst - citation manager

Writing Center @ Du Bois Library Learning Commons (577-1293)

Department and program websites

Natural Resources Conservation Department

- Building Materials & Wood Technology Program / publications

- Environmental Sciences Program or older site with more information

- Forestry, Urban Forestry, Arboriculture Program

- Natural Resource Studies

- Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation

Veterinary and Animal Sciences Department

This guide focuses on the writing aspect of this course.  More extensive guides for the subject areas covered course below.  Check them out!

Environmental Science

Natural Resources Conservation

Veterinary & Animal Sciences

Selected databases to help you find articles on your topic. Your specific topic may call for a different database. Talk to your librarian if you need help.

IMPORTANT: Accessing databases from off-campus requires log-in with your OIT user and password.

Agricola
Indexes articles in "applied biology" including aquaculture & fisheries, forestry, veterinary medicine, wildlife management & conservation, extension & education. From the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. 1970-present.

CAB Abstracts
Similar subject coverage to Agricola but produced by the British Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux. Longer date coverage: 1910-present

Engineering Village
Indexes engineering journal articles, conference papers, and web sites, 1884-present. Useful for engineering aspects of Building Materials and Wood Technology research.

Environment Index
Indexes articles on the environment from scientific, legal, and popular journals, 1950’s- present.

PubMed
National Library of Medicine's comprehensive database of citations to medical journal articles, with links to UMass-subscribed full text, 1966-present. Public access version

Web of Science
Indexes selected peer-reviewed journals. Sciences covered from 1900-present. Special feature: Extensive cross-indexing of cited references in all articles.