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Academic Search Complete (Ebsco) is a multidisciplinary index giving access to articles in over 8000 journals with many available in full text.
Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale Cengage Learning) is a general database with indexing for journal, magazine and newspaper articles, with many of the articles available full text.
Google Scholar provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.
Wilson Select Plus (FirstSearch) is a general database that contains full text articles from popular and scholarly journals and magazines.
Agricola (Ebsco) contains over 3 million citations to materials acquired by the National Agricultural Library and cooperating institutions.
American Chemical Society Web Editions (ACS Web Edition and Archive) provides online full-text access to all the ACS journal and magazine publications (presently, about 36), with coverage from volume 1 to current for each.
Applied Science and Technology Abstracts (FirstSearch) is a database covering scientific and technical publications with topics from acoustics to waste management.
Biological and Agricultural Index (FirstSearch) cites articles from journals, both popular and professional, that pertain to biology and agriculture.
BioOne provides access to full text articles from bioscience research journals focused on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences, most published by small societies and non-commercial publishers.
Birds of North America is an up-to-date, comprehensive resource covering the life histories of North American birds. This resource provides detailed scientific information for each of the 716 species of birds nesting in the USA and Canada, including images and video galleries showing behaviors, habitat, nests, eggs and nestlings, and more.
Forestry Abstracts is an abstract database of internationally published research providing the latest information on all aspects of forestry, with a backfile to 1990.
Forestry Products is a fully searchable abstract database of internationally published forest products research, providing the most recent information on forest products from harvesting, through wood anatomy to international trade of timber and non-wood forest products.
Scirus: for scientific information only searches more than 150 million science-related Web sites, along with 11 journal databases with full text articles often included.
TreeSearch is "the largest freely available collection of online forestry research in the world" and includes publications of the USDA Forest Service.
Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide (Ebsco) is a source for locating literature, from 1935 to the present time, on mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
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Mammals of Texas Online A completely revised and updated online version of William B. Davis' classic text.
NetLibrary is a collection of electronic books (eBooks) especially selected to meet the needs of the university curriculum.
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Access the content of reference books electronically, anytime, anywhere.
Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
Online Books:Agriculture
Recommended search engines:
Scirus: for scientific information only Filters search results to return only peer-reviewed and/or authoritative sites and journal articles. Includes advanced search and search tips.
Google Scholar Under development; searches only peer-reviewed literature (articles, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports). Includes a frequently-asked-questions section, advanced search and search tips.
Recommended web sites:
The Forest History Collection, established by the Forest History Foundation as an official North American Forest History Repository in 1959, is part the East Texas Research Center here in Steen Library. The collection includes business records and photograph collections of some of the major East Texas lumber companies of the 19th and 20th centuries. Some of the photographs from the Thompson Brothers Lumber Company are available online, hosted by Texas Tides Learning Consortium.
Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute's Recreation Research Program
Includes annotated reading lists, proceedings and publications.
actionbioscience.org
A non-commercial site offering peer-reviewed articles on bioscience issues. Among others, features genomics, biotechnology, evolution, biodiversity, environment and education.
Bugwood
Entomology and Forest Resources Digital Information Work Group. Information and images online: entomology, forestry, forest health and natural resources.
Dendrome - Forest Tree Genome Database
A collection of forest tree genome databases and other forest genetic information resources for the international forest genetics community. A project of the Institute of Forest Genetics, Pacific Southwest Research Station, and USDA Forest Service.
Forest Research Institute
The mission of FRI is to serve as a "friend of the forest", an unbiased monitor of forest health, trends and conditions in industrial, private no-industrial and public lands of the South.
Forestry Images
Forest health and silviculture images.
Glossary of Wildland Fire Terminology
from the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)
Intute Health and Life Science
Intute is a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK universities and partners.
Invasive.org Information and photos of invasive and exotic species.
Principle Laws Relating to Forest Service Activities
Red List of Threatened Species.
(International Union for the Conservation of Nature).
Science.gov
A wealth of government-produced information, including ecology, natural resources and conservation. Sites organized alphabetically or by subject.
Species in Parks - Flora and Fauna Databases
The Information Center for the Environment, in conjunction with the National Park Service, has developed preliminary databases of vascular plant and vertebrate animal species reported to occur within lands managed by the U.S. National Park Service.
Southern Regional Extension Forestry
Natural resource websites for the southern states, as well as an index to forestry links.
Threatened and endangered species system (TESS)
By the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Search for endangered and threatened species.
TreeLink
Providing information, research and networking for urban and community foresters.
Government Organizations
Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
Includes links to databases (including invasive, visitor/recreation and stewardship databases) and publications .
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Find information on: conservation (including endangered species), wildlife management areas, publications and much more.
USDA Forest Service
Includes: Forest Health Protection, Minerals and Geology Management, Fire and Aviation .
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Including threatened and endangered species information & laws, hunting information, habitat programs, conservation education, and images.
U.S. Geological Survey Including fire ecology research.
Independent Organizations
American Forest and Paper Association
Association for Fire Ecology
Center for International Forestry Research
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Forestry Department
National Association for Interpretation
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