Ruth Gustafson
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ANS 002: Introduction to Animal Science
by Ruth Gustafson, Melinda M. Livas, Erik Davis Fausak, Sheena M Campbell – May 23, 2022
INSTRUCTOR: Elizabeth Maga — eamaga@ucdavis.edu
Animal-Related Library Collections: UC Davis has the most extensive organismal animal research library collections in the University of California Library system. The UCD Library supports the UCD departments and faculty of:
- Animal Science (CA&ES – College of Ag & Envi Sci);
- Entomology & Nematology (CA&ES);
- Evolution & Ecology (CBS – College of Biol Sci);
- Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior (CBS)
- Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology (CA&ES)
as well as the only School of Veterinary Medicine in the University of California. Graduate level collections also support the Center for Population Biology, and graduate programs in Animal Behavior, Animal Biology, and Avian Sciences. UCD also has the only Primate Center in the UC system and many researchers there are faculty in departments or schools listed above or in the Evolutionary Wing of the Anthropology department, College of Letters & Science.
Library Session Videos
Go to the ANS 2 Library Module/Assignments in Canvas @ https://canvas.ucdavis.edu
Description of Parts
Note that each part has two questions for a total of 6 questions covering the entire library session
Part I: Tour of the library website including VPN
Part II: Library Guides including Subject Guides and getting to ANS 2 Library Course Guide; using the UCD Library Catalog
Part III: Searching the CAB Abstracts (Ovid version) database; using CAB Database PDFs; using Get it at UC to locate UC Davis availability of an item
Research Help
- Library Guides & Tutorials
- Librarian Instructors for Spring Quarter 2022
- Ruth Gustafson: ragustafson@ucdavis.edu; Book a video (Zoom) APPOINTMENT with Ruth
- Erik Fausak: edfausak@ucdavis.edu; Book a video (Zoom) APPOINTMENT with Erik
- Melinda Livas: mmlivas@ucdavis.edu; Book a video (Zoom) APPOINTMENT with Melinda
- Sheena Campbell: scampbell@ucdavis.edu; Book a video (Zoom) APPOINTMENT with Sheena
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Library Catalogs
Searching in a library catalog requires looking for broader topics such as domesticated animal behavior or farm animal behavior rather than the more specific calve* vocalization behavior . Useful subject searches by type of animal include cattle reproduction or sheep reproduction or cattle behavior or sheep behavior etc.
PLEASE NOTE: The UCD Library selectively buy materials on writing in the sciences. Browsable subject headings that bring up these types of publications include: Biology — Authorship; Chemistry — Authorship ; Communication of technical information; Life sciences — Authorship ; Proposal writing in biology; Proposal writing for grants; Proposal writing for research; Report writing; Scientific Illustration ; Technical writing ; Visual communication in science
- UC Library Search: UCD Library Catalog setting
Replacing UCD Library Catalog on July 27, 2021, the new UC Library Search includes all of the UC library collections. This setting is specifically for the UC Davis libraries including (for the first time) the holdings of the Law Library. If you Sign in (on top right corner) using your UCD login and Kerberos passphrase, you are prompted with your loan period, can renew books online, and request items that have been checked out to another borrower, or are in storage.
- COURSE RESERVES – 4 copies of textbook are on TWO-HOUR checkout Introduction to animal science : global, biological, social, and industry perspectives. Damron, W. Stephen, author. 2018. Edition: Sixth edition.
Course Info: ANS-002 ; ANS ; MAGA, ELIZABETH A.
Shields Library Course Reserves SF61 .D36 2018
NEED a PRINT ONLY ITEM AND CANNOT COME TO CAMPUS? We’ll ship it to you! The UCD Libraries have a COVID-time-only shipping service in place. Just click on the INTERLIBRARY REQUEST link from the item you need and we’ll mail the whole item to you. Make sure you have your correct address listed, when prompted.
ONLY NEED a chapter or an article from a PRINT ONLY ITEM? Scanning service available for all UCD affiliates. Use the same INTERLIBRARY REQUEST link but make a note of the specific chapter/article you need and include as much info as you can, especially page number, if available.
Due dates will become active with start of Fall Quarter. “If you are in the [UCD] area and would like to return materials, you can deposit returns via the remote book drops or at Shields or Blaisdell Medical Library. Materials may also be mailed back at no cost to you. Contact shieldsinterloan@ucdavis.edu for additional instructions and to receive a postage-paid mailing label.”
- Understanding Call NumbersAuthor: Library Instruction Services, Shields LibraryThe Library of Congress Classification is used for all of the UCD libraries except the health sciences libraries (which use NLM — National Library of Medicine — classification). Learn about how books are arranged in the UCD libraries with this guide.Date: 2004DOMESTICATED ANIMAL CALL NUMBERS (All in SF area except for fish):SF 195 – SF 275 CattleSF 371 – SF 379 SheepSF 380 – SF 388 GoatsSF 391 – SF 397 PigsSF 756.7 Domesticated/Farm Animal Behavior
Relevant Reading List
 | Genetics and the behavior of domestic animals 2014 T Grandin & MJ Deesing |  | Animal domestication and behavior 2002 EO Price |
 | Encyclopedia of animal science 2011 CK Baer, WG Pond & DE Ullrey |  | Animal behavior 2022 MD Breed & J Moore |
 | Studying captive animals: a workbook of methods in behavior, welfare and ecology 2015 PA Rees |  | Cow talk understanding dairy cow behaviour to improve their welfare on Asian farms 2015 J Moran & R Doyle |
 | The encyclopedia of applied animal behaviour and welfare 2010 DS Mills & JN Marchant-Forde |  | The ethology of domestic animals an introductory text 2002 P Jensen |
 | Domestic animal behavior for veterinarians and animal scientists 2018 KA Houpt |  | Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (2019) JC Choe |
Subject Guides
There is a subject guide matching nearly every department at the UC Davis campus. Find the Subject Guide which best matches your major! This browsable list is organized by broad disciplinary categories: General & Multidisciplinary Resources; Agricultural & Environmental Sciences; Arts & Humanities; Biological Sciences; Engineering & Transportation; Government Information; Health Sciences; Physical Sciences; and Social Sciences.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Databases
Peer Review
A process through which manuscripts submitted to a journal are evaluated for quality — by one or more subject experts in addition to the editor — before being accepted for publication.
ProQuest article databases (such as PsycINFO) include a checkbox to limit to “Peer Reviewed” articles. For journals retrieved from other databases, use the online Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory to locate your journal and then look for the black and white striped symbol or referee shirt 
indicating the publication is “Refereed” or peer-reviewed.
How to read a peer-reviewed journal article.
- Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory
The standard source for information on virtually every active and ceased periodical, annual, irregular publication, and monographic series published throughout the world (plus thousands of newspapers). Indicates whether a publication is a refereed (peer-reviewed) title.
NOTE: search by journal title, NOT article title. Ulrich’s provides information on the entire publication (journal, magazine, newspaper, annual review) NOT on the work within.
Building Search Term Lists & other Searching Tips
Searching library literature databases often requires including synonymous terms, if there is not a specific subject or thesaurus term from your database. Build your search strategy by incorporating your appropriate synonyms as shown by the examples below.
| Concept A | Concept B | Concept C | Concept D | Concept D | Concept E |
| pre-natal | post-natal | maternal | young | behav* | cattle |
| pre-birth | post-birth | mother | newborn | etholog* | cow |
| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
- Combine your synonyms with OR, such as: offspring OR progeny OR young ….
- Concepts that you wish to cross or intersect, combine using AND, such as: lamb AND vocalization AND behavior {all words required}
- MORE than one spelling possibility (American vs. British) or want to pick up plurals? Use a wildcard, such as the asterisk (*) at the end of words … (this same wildcard is used in CAB Abstracts, AGRICOLA, BIOSIS Previews, and PsycINFO) kid* AND suckl* AND behav*
Get it at UC
Get it at UC (Linking from your library databases)
Not all articles or ebooks will be available for download directly from a database. To access full-text articles and ebooks from databases (e.g., PubMed, Web of Science) and Google Scholar, click the Get it at UC-link button. If you are not on campus, be sure to connect to the library VPN to access your article.
This link appears in most library literature databases and provides a consistent way of:
1) getting to online articles or book chapters (if licensed) or
2) viewing information about AVAILABILITY of print issues of a journal we own or info on a print book.
If we do not own a journal or book, do Sign In (UCD login/Kerberos passphrase + DUO) and then
3) make an Interlibrary Request that the item be sent to you for free from another UC library — often using Web delivery if the item is an article or book chapter.