TOPIC:________________________________________
THINK about what information best meets your research needs - definition, etiology, symptoms, treatment, control/prevention. Consider the accuracy, audience, author, bias, content, date, purpose, and source of the information retrieved.
Search term possibilities
animals - equine, horses, foals, mares, quarter horses or canine, dogs, puppies,
bitches, great danes
diseases - colic, west nile virus/fever, lyme disease, monkeypox, tularemia,
avian flu, mad cow, zoonoses,
food sources - pet food labels, pet supply industry, pets-food and nutrition,
pet food institute, Purina, Petsmart
general interest subdivisions: food and nutrition, health, genetic aspects,
pet food recall, growth, handling, health aspects, laws, regulations;
vaccination protocol, physiological and
psychology and mental health
1. World Wide Web Sites
If you want to search the World Wide Web by topic, use a search tool - Google, Librarians' Internet Index and DogPile are examples of search tools which index the Web. Be as specific as you can - type the name of a particular disease, important key words, or a researcher's name in lower case. Place quotation marks around phrases you would like to find; +,- indicates terms you must have or must not have in your results. Examples "hepatic lipidosis" +cat , +dogs +diabetes, "vaccination protocol", "pet food recall", "white muscle disease". Consult Help and use advanced search to achieve the greatest relevance.
2. Books or cataloged items
Search the
Library
Catalog to locate books, videos and other cataloged items. The
system defaults to a Keyword search. Submit search and note the campus location. Materials from other campuses are available via
online intercampus loan, a free
service, 2-3 day delivery. If you want to browse the circulating collection, the veterinary
technology materials are cataloged with SF.
3. Scholarly Journal Articles -
remote
access
If you are looking for scholarly information
about a subject, your database choices include:
InfoTrac-
Academic OneFile
Cambridge
Scientific - Biological and Medical Science - (Agricola
and Medline)
PubMed - limit
by animal
(provides limited full text inc. J. Animal Science)
Infotrac provides full text and email, while Cambridge
provides citations and web sites. Full text of JAVMA articles from 2000 -
present are available by request at the Reference Desk (.10
per page).
4. Popular Articles
- remote
access
If you are searching for popular
interest periodicals, select
InfoTrac
- General Reference Center Gold. In addition to popular magazines,
you will also find Colliers Encyclopedia and Information Please
Almanac.
ProQuest Direct offers 2200 periodical titles as well as the full-text of 9 national
newspapers including New York Times, Washington Post, and Los
Angeles Times. Full-text and email available.
VETERINARY JOURNALS
American Animal Hospital Assn. Jrnl 1980
- Fiche
www.aahanet.org/index.aspx
American Veterinary Med. Assn. Jrnl 1981
- Film (available online from library staff member .10 per
page) www.avma.org
Audubon Magazine 1899 - Fiche
(InfoTrac)
Compendium on Cont. Education 5 years
Paper
https://secure.vetlearn.com/pvsearch.cfm
Equus 5 years
Paper
http://equisearch.com/equus/
online index
Exotic Pet Practice -
http://www.exoticdvm.com/
Horse & Rider (ProQuest)
Journal of Animal Science Microfilm only
1981- http://jas.fass.org/
(full text online Pub Med)
Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
1996 - Paper
http://www.aav.org/
Journal of Nutrition - (ProQuest)
http://www.nutrition.org/
full text online
Journal of Veterinary Science -
(
PubMed)
National Wildlife 1962- Film
(InfoTrac)
Natural History 1960- Film
(InfoTrac)
Practical Horseman (ProQuest)
Veterinary Clinics & Small Animal
1988- fiche
Veterinary Medicine 1981- Fiche
(indexed in ProQuest)
http://www.vetmedpub.com/vetmed/
(fulltext AcademicOneFile)
Veterinary Technician 5 years Paper
http://www.vettechjournal.com/
Virginia Wildlife 5 years Paper
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Revised
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Comments to Jennifer
Reynolds