BIO 341: Plant Taxonomy, Spring 2006
Professor: Amy BoydLibrarian: Mei Mah, ext. 3054
This web page was developed by librarians Joy Pastucha and Mei Mah.
FIND ARTICLES: PROCESS
This can involve up to three steps, but sometimes you can skip the second or third step.
Step 1. Find citations by searching Articles & Databases. If the citation includes the full-text or image of the article (Woo-hoo!!!), you can read/print/email the article right away. If the article is not included, go to Step 2.
Step 2. Find the journal cited by searching Magazines & Journals. If we have the journal you need (Score!!), get your article from the source (database, paper, or microform). If we don't have the journal, go to Step 3.
Step 3. Request the article from another library by submitting an Interlibrary Loan Request form. (Visit JAKE along the way?)
FIND ARTICLES: SOURCES
You can search specialized or interdisciplinary sources.
Specialized sources focus on a narrower area and may not include full-text articles, so you may have to take step 2 or 3 of the process above. Examples are: 
BioOne Basic BIOSIS Encyclopedia of Life Sciences AGRICOLA Biological & Agricultural Index Biology Digest General Science Index Interdisciplinary sources cover a variety of subjects. Most of these sources contain some full-text articles (Yesss!!!). Examples are: Academic Search Premier JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive MasterFILE Premier Proquest Research Library Wilson Select
SELECTED WEB SITES
Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature
Angiosperm Phylogeny Website
BIOSIS Resource Guide: Systematics, Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Bryophytes: Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts
The Cycad Page
The Ginkgo Pages
ITIS: Integrated Taxonomic Information System
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (St. Louis Code)
Internet Directory for Botany
National PLANTS Database
ODU Isoetes Page
The Parasitic Plant Connection
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Economic Botany (and Ethnobotany) Links
Wayne's Word Unusual and Noteworthy Plants
University of Hawaii Botany Department Images & Descriptions of Flowering Plants
University of Wisconsin-Madison Plant Systematics Collection
DOCUMENT YOUR SOURCES
The style, established by the Council of Biology Editors, is commonly known as the CBE format.
Some online guides to CBE style: Tutorial at the UNC Chapel Hill. Examples at the University of Washington.
For details, consult our reference book, Council of Biology Editors. Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. 6th ed. Cambridge UP, 1994. (R 808.0666 S416 1994)
HELP!
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