Ruth Gustafson
Student Services
Student Services and Researcher Services Librarian
530-752-1883
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
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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
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.”
![]() | 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 |
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 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.
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.
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 |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |