Fire Management Resources - Mansfield Library

Click here for a complete list of databases offered by Mansfield Library (http://www.lib.umt.edu).

Suggested databases:

• Academic Search Premier - 1975-present; Multidisciplinary index to journals and magazines; Some full-text articles.


• Agricola - 1970-present; Comprehensive index to agriculture and forestry (includes USFS research).



• CAB Abstracts - Agriculture, forestry, animal health, nutrition, recreation and tourism, rural sociology, soils, and veterinary science.


• Fire Sciences Lab - Citation Retrieval System (CRS) - 1890-present; Comprehensive index to fire literature.


• Forestry Bibliographies ( University of Minnesota)
  • Social Sciences in Forestry Bibliography - 1985-present.
  
  
  • Tropical Forest Conservation a& Development Bibliography - 1982-present.

  
  

• Google Scholar - Scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources.


• Web of Knowledge / Web of Science - 1995-present; Comprehensive multidisciplinary science index; Includes Citation Index.

Search specialized magazines and journals when looking for articles on your research topic. Some of the browsing examples to look at are: Forest Ecology and Management; Fire Management Notes; International Journal of Wildland Fires; Wildfire.

To Browse Titles or Journals by Subject, click here: Mansfield Library Journals.

Consider various subject headings appropriate to your research topic when searching for books in catalogs. A partial list of headings to use are: urban forestry; trees in cities; community forestry; tree planting; vegetation management.

For further search hints, take a look at the following: UM Catalog Help and Finding Books.

Book catalog resources:

• The University of Montana Catalog - All time periods: Books, Media, Government Documents, etc.


• WorldCat - All time periods; Library Union Catalog; Books, Media, Government Documents, etc.


• Google Book Search - Snippet and full-text views of books as they are scanned by the Google Book Project.

• AccessScience - McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology


• Dictionary of Forestry (634.903 T319)


• Dictionary of Natural Resource Management (333.703 D926d)


• Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology (574.503 E56)


• Encyclopedia of World Timbers (634.97 B778)


• Fire Effects Information System - Plant & Animal Information


• Fire in North American Wetland Ecosystems...bibliography


• Forestry Glossaries


• Glossary of Forestry Terms


• The Literature of Forestry and Agroforestry (634.9 L776)


• Terminology of Forest Science: Technology, Practice and Byproducts (634.903 T319)

For hints on how to use search engines effectively, take a look at the following: Finding Info and Evaluating Web Sites.

Some suggested search engines are:

• Google


• Live Search


• Yahoo

• Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre


• Fire and Park Resources (Sequoia; Kings Canyon)


• Fire Ecology Database


• FireNet Virtual Library


• FireWise


• Forest Fire in Canada


• Forestry (Virtual Library)


• Global Fire Monitoring Center


• Montana DNRC Forestry - Fire


• National Interagency Fire Center


• Northern Rockies Coordination Center


• Web Fire Mapper


• U.S.F.S. - RMRS - Fire Sciences Lab


• U.S.G.S. - FIre Ecology Research


• WRAS - Wildland Fire Assessment System


• Wildfire Links for the Homeowner

Here are some resources to help you manage your bibliographies:

• CSE Citation Guide


• Refworks


• EndNote