LibGuides: BIOL 570: Conservation Biology: Home

Welcome to the WSU Libraries' Research Guide for Conservation Biology.

In this guide you will find resources and research assistance for purposes of:

Finding Government reports and documents relating to conservation plans and efforts
Finding primary scientific literature and research relating to threatened and endangered species and ecosystems
Online resources for reference and organizations to grow your knowledge of conservation biology

Other WSU Libraries' Research Guides related to this course you may wish to consult for further resources and helps as you study:

[Government Information and Searching Scientific Literature provide in-depth assistance in searching strategies and available resources for more targeted researching within the vast amounts available. The environmental guides offer different resources depending on the focus of your inquiry, and the Subject Guide for Biological Sciences expands resources and links to more reference works for general knowledge]

Government Information
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Searching Scientific Literature
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BIOL 370: Introduction to Environmental Science
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PHIL 590: Environmental Ethics
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Biological Sciences
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Try these databases for overviews, reference, textbooks and encyclopedias relating to your species or topic:

[Note: you may also want to consult the WSU Online Catalog or reference works on this page for overviews of natural history and information on your topics: https://libraries.wichita.edu/GENBIO/Ref]

Gale E-Books This link opens in a new window
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Collection of ebook reference works in all disciplines including multivolume encyclopedias, biographical directories, business plan handbooks, consumer health references, dictionaries, etc.
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Oxford Reference Online: Premium This link opens in a new window
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Full-text to dictionaries, reference books, and encyclopedias published by Oxford University Press in a broad range of subjects: general reference, language, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, and Business. 4 simultaneous users.
SpringerLink This link opens in a new window
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Full-text access to journals and ebooks published by Springer. Includes titles in business, education, engineering, humanities, medicine, psychology, biological and physical sciences.
Also includes the 2011 Handbook Collection & 2011 Encyclopedia Collection.
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Encyclopedia of Life
An interactive encyclopedia of life-forms worldwide.

Many of the databases listed on the Online Resources & Websites tab of this guide also provide full background information and natural history of species - https://libraries.wichita.edu/BIOL570/OnlineResources

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