Links:
Below are some sites that should prove useful in generating bibliography for your research paper. Once you get a citation that looks like it might be relevant, you should check Addison to see if the item is available in the Virginia Tech library. If not, you should be able to get them from Interlibrary Loan, but it may take a week or more, so don't wait until the last minute to pursue this option.Once you locate a relevant source, be sure to check out the items it cites.
Please note: A number of these databases are restricted and only available if you log on from a computer through a Virginia Tech IP address, so you may not be able to access them from your home without configuring a proxy server.
WorldCat
(Note: you have to select WorldCat from the list)
A union catalog covering millions of bibliographic records for books, journals,
and other material in libraries around the world.
America:
History and Life
Searchable bibliography of more than 2100 periodicals on American history and
culture.
Forest History Society
Bibiography
Searchable bibliography in environmental history maintained by the Forest History
Society. Sometimes difficult to make work, but it provides access to lots of
relevant material.
ArticleFirst
(Note: You have to select ArticleFirst from the list)
Searchable index of over 12,500 periodicals on a variety of topics.
Infotrac
Searchable index of thousands of academic periodicals from 1980 to the present.
JStor
Searchable archive of over 700 journals in the social sciences, humanities,
arts, and sciences. Contains full text of articles in database.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Endangered
Species Program
Includes offiical list of endangered species and much background information
on the ESA and its application.
AGRICOLA,
from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Citations to scientific abstracts from 1979 to the present (I am not familiar
with this database, but it comes highly recommended.
Amazon.com
A commercial internet bookstore. Once you have a book citation, you can locate
additional material by searching this site.
Don't forget more traditional paper-based sources, like the Reader's Guide
to Periodical Literature, The New York Times Index, etc.
Convention on Trade in Endangered Species
Official website of this important international treaty.
The Current Mass
Extinction
Large site containing links to many articles dealing with the biodiversity crisis.
Society for Conservation Biology
Scientific society focused on developing the scientific and technical means
to protect, maintain, and restore the earth's biological diversity.
The Passenger Pigeon Society
Although somewhat antiquarian in orientation, contains much useful information
on one of the most famous extinctions in the recent past.
Ivory-Billed
Woodpecker
Details recent search for the Ivory-bill, which many consider extinct.