Guide to Reference and Information Sources in the Zoological Sciences

Animals have been studied for centuries. But what are the most important and relevant reference and information sources in the zoological sciences? This work is a comprehensive thoroughly annotated directory filled with hundreds of esteemed resources published in the field of zoology including indexes abstracts bibliographies journals biographies and histories dictionaries and encyclopedias textbooks checklists and classification schemes handbooks and field guides associations and Web sites.A complete revision of the award-winning Guide to the Zoological Literature: The Animal Kingdom (1994) this new title includes extensive up-to-date coverage of invertebrates arthropods vertebrates fishes amphibians and reptiles birds and mammals. In addition the work features a detailed introduction by the author as well as thorough subject title and author indexes. Students and researchers can now quickly and easily pinpoint works in their field of study. The book is of equal importance to LIS students specializing in science or biology librarianship as it provides a comprehensive straight-forward overview of zoological information sources. An essential addition to the core reference collection of public and academic libraries!