Resources for the Natural History of Appalachia

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Reference Journals Other Sources WWW Resources

Subject Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Reference

The Oxford Dictionary of Natural History Reference 503 O98
Earth Sciences Reference Reference 550.3 M169e 1991
The Encyclopedia of Gemstones and Minerals Reference 553.803 H726e 1991
The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopedia of Plants and Earth Sciences
Reference 580.3M367
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Botany Reference 581.03 C7442 1992
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia Reference 591 G89
The New International Wildlife Encyclopedia Reference 591.03 N532
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Ornithology Reference 598 C178 1991
Oxford Atlas of the World Atlas Case
Tennessee Atlas and Gazetteer Atlas Case  

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 Journals

American Scientist Indexed in Biology Digest (through FirstSearch).
Audubon Indexed in Readers' Guide, Biology Digest (through FirstSearch), Environment (through FirstSearch) and General Science Index (through FirstSearch).
Castanea : The Journal of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club Indexed in Environment (through FirstSearch) and GeoRef (through FirstSearch).
E : Environmental Magazine Indexed in Biology Digest (through FirstSearch).
Ecological Applications Available in JSTOR (1991 to 3 years ago).
Ecological Monographs Available in JSTOR (1931 to 3 years ago).
Ecology Indexed in Biological & Agricultural Index (through FirstSearch), General Science Index (through FirstSearch), and GeoRef (through FirstSearch). Back issues available in JSTOR (1920 to 3 years ago).

Environmental Science and Technology Indexed in Biology Digest (through FirstSearch).

Check the journal listing available from reference for more titles applicable to the natural history of Appalachia.  

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 Other Sources of Relevant Information

FirstSearch: Science indexes.
National Geographic Index 1888 - 1988 Reference 910.5 N 277).
JSTOR
Selected Library of Congress Subject Headings
Natural History--Appalachian Mountains
Geology--Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Appalachian Mountains--Description and Travel
Appalachian Region, Southern
Appalachian Trail
Blue Ridge Mountains--Guide Books
Botany
Fauna
Flora
Southern States    
Great Smoky Mountains
Zoology

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WWW Resources

Network: The Great Smoky Mountains http://www.americanparknetwork.com/parkinfo/sm/
Appalachian Things Natural -- Blue Ridge Parkway http://www.nps.gov/blri/natural.htm
Wildlife of the Great Smokies http://www.nps.gov/grsm/wildlife.htm
Forest Types in the Great Smoky Mountains http://www.nps.gov/grsm/forests.htm
American Park Ecosystem Studies--Smithsonian Institution's Conservation and Research Center http://www.si.edu/crc/
Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission http://www.nr.state.ky.us/nrepc/dnr/ksnpc/index.htm
Tennessee Ornithological Society Bird Records Committee http://www.utm.edu/departments/artsci/biology/tbrc/tbrc.htm
National Geographic Society http://www.nationalgeographic.com/main.html
National Wildlife Federation http://www.nwf.org/nwf/index.html
Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/ecoplaces/part1/site25.html 
The Evolution of the Conservation Movement 1850-1920  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amrvhtml/conshome.html
Watchlist  A consortium of private and governmental conservation organizations uses a scoring system to identify at-risk bird species before they are placed on the endangered species list.  http://www.audubon.org/bird/watch/

 

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Created by: Kathleen Christy
Last Update: June 22, 2000