Zoo Animal Tech Selected Resources

LEARNING RESOURCES CENTER

RESEARCH PAPER RESOURCES

 

Books

To browse for books in the library book stacks or reference area, use the following call number areas:

 

Catalogs

 

PJC and other Florida Community College Catalogs

 

To locate books at PJC, click on Find Books at the top of the library homepage. Search by Subject and type in the common or scientific name of the animal. Search by Keyword can be done for a broader, but less defined search. Advanced Search provides a guided method for combining keywords. If PJC does not have what you need, click on the dropdown arrow that follows At Pensacola Junior College and select All Community Colleges. Books can be requested from other campus libraries. For assistance with requesting a book, contact a librarian (484-2006), or see the instructions located at http://library.pjc.edu/pdf/find_books.pdf

 

Florida University Catalogs

To find books at UWF Library, go to the library home page and click on Search Other Libraries on the left side of the page and then Search UWF. Type in the common or scientific name of the animal. Click the dropdown arrow and select Subject Heading. The Anywhere option will give you a broader, but less defined search. PJC students can check out up to six books at a time from UWF using their PJC photo ID card. Click on Search All University Libraries to select another Florida university catalog to search. Books can be requested from the other state universities through Interlibrary Loan. Access the form and instructions at http://library.pjc.edu/ill.cfm

 

Journal, Magazine & Newspaper Articles

To access the following resources, click on the All Article Databases link located at the left of the library home page under the eResources heading. (Login is automatic from the computers in the library.) To log in from remote computers: 1) select Pensacola Junior college from the drop down menu; 2) type the 14-digit PJC photo ID number in the Borrower ID box; 3) type the last four digits of your Social Security number into the PIN box. Once logged in, click on the Alphabetical link at the top of the page. From the alphabetical list, click on the database of your choice.

Academic Search Complete. Multidisciplinary source of articles from magazines and scholarly (peer reviewed) journals. Includes abstracts (summaries) of most articles. To limit to full-text articles only, and or scholarly (peer reviewed) journals, check the appropriate box(es). Advanced Search provides a guided method for combining keywords.

 

AGRICOLA via First Search

Covers every major agricultural subject including animal science, animal breeding and veterinary medicine. Provides abstracts (summaries) for articles, along with a links to Borrow this item from another library. Once logged in, click on Advanced Search. At Search for, enter the keywords and limit to Articles for Document Type. Click Search. Select an item. To request a copy of an article via Interlibrary Loan, click on Borrow this item from another library. Some item records contain a link to Libraries worldwide that own item, which allows you to check if UWF owns the journal; otherwise, do a title search in UWF’s catalog by opening another browser window and going to http://library.pjc.edu. Click on Search Other Libraries and then select Search UWF.

 

Biological & Agricultural Index Plus

Indexes articles out of core biology and agricultural journals. The default search is a Smart Search (relevant words). Other search options are Subject and Keyword. Article results are relevance ranked with an option to Sort by date. On the Limit to section of the search screen, check Full Text Articles and Peer Reviewed.

JSTOR. Archives the back issues of numerous core scholarly journals. Current issues (past 1-5 years) are not available. Begin by clicking on Advanced Search. Limit to an Article search. A Date Range may be entered. Article results are relevance ranked with an option to Sort by newest to oldest. Over 700 titles available.

Virtual Reference Library

Collection of over 30 reference ebooks including Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia and Beacham’s Guide to the Endangered Species of North America. Click on the Environment category to search either one of these titles individually. Hyper-linked cross references appear at the end of the articles. Graphics are included.

 

Web Sites

Ms. Kaplan has selected a number of websites http://library.pjc.edu/zootech.shtml This site can also be accessed from the LRC web page http://library.pjc.edu/ by clicking on Selected Websites by Subject (bottom left of web page) and then clicking on Zoo Technology.

 

Writing & Citing

 

In June 2009, APA published the 6^th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.  The first printing of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition contained errors that have been corrected in the second printing.  Check with your instructor to determine if you will be citing according to the rules given in the 5^th edition or according to the new rules of the 6^th edition.

 

(APA Manual) Publication Manual of the

American Psychological Association, 6^th ed.

BF76.7 .P83 2010 (circulating copy)

REF BF 76.7 .P83 2010 (reference copy)                                                                                                                                     

 

 

                                                                               (APA Manual) Publication Manual of the

American Psychological Association, 5^th ed.

BF76.7 .P83 2001 (circulating copy)

REF BF 76.7 .P83 2001 (reference copy)

 

APA Style Resources

Provide links to citing sources using APA style.

http://www.psychwww.com/resource/apacrib.htm

 

PJC APA Citing Guides

Provide instructions and examples for citing from

PJC electronic resources.

http://library.pjc.edu/citing.shtml

 

Need more help?
Call 484-2006. Fall/Spring Hours: M-Th 7:30 AM-8:30 PM, F 7:30-4, closed Saturday, Sunday 1-5.

 

 

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