JOB SEARCH REFERENCE LIBRARY

Finding employment may take a trip to a virtual reference library to get background information on an employer's hot button. Keywords in job descriptions may lead you to search the web for more information. Pay attention to details in completing job applications. Find out how your prospective employer sees the natural world, and make use of the appropriate vocabulary.

Once you have gained employment you may need to do research for various projects like watershed and stream restoration, land stewardship and best management practices programs. Familiarize yourself with the abundant online resources for conservation work. Online libraries are extensive and they are extremely useful for gathering data and details for grants, and field projects.

ONLINE NATURAL RESOURCE LIBRARIES

Library Index

The Library Index is a worldwide directory of more than 18,000 library Web sites. Each record provides links to Web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs), Friends of the Library sites, and library e-commerce affiliates. Find out where that book or information is hiding!
 

Aquaculture Network

The Aquaculture Network Information Center is a gateway to the world's electronic aquaculture resources.
 

AgNIC - Agroforestry

Forestry AgNIC is a gateway to a wide range of forestry and related information found on the internet. Use it to search for links to web sites, image collections, lists of publications, documents, databases, and other unique resources.
 

Agricultural Network Information Center

Through AgNIC you can search the world of agriculture or stay up-to-date with the latest agricultural news and events taking place around the world.
 

National Sea Grant Library

The National Sea Grant Library (NSGL) is the digital library and official archive for NOAA Sea Grant documents. The NSGL provides global access to over 15,000 full-text digital documents through the 40,000–record, searchable publications database.
 

NAL

National Agriculture Library is part of the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is one of four National Libraries in the United States.
 

Ag Census Archive

The Census of Agriculture provides a complete picture of the agricultural sector in the U.S. Economy. Historical Archive is being updated.
 

Farmland Information Library

The FIC is a clearinghouse for information about farmland protection and stewardship.
 

FIA Database Retrieval System

USA Forest Inventory and Analysis National Program. This cooperative database is comprised of common forest resource attributes using compatible formats and represented by a standard set of inventory tables.
 

Water Librarian

Serving water scientists, engineers, and librarians since 1996, this is a great collection of links from a California Water Librarian's home page.
 

Online Newspapers

A mega-directory with thousands of newspapers and a simple drop-down menus by world region, country, state.
 

Plant and Critter Identification

Looking to identify a particular plant?

Plants National Database

The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
 

Plant Pathology

Plant Pathology is is an international journal owned and edited by the BSPP which covers all aspects of plant pathology and reaches subscribers in 80 countries.
 

NAL Special Collections

Rare books, manuscript collections, nursery and seed trade catalogs, photographs, and posters relating to a wide range of agricultural subjects. The time span of the historical materials ranges from the 1500s to the present.
 

Trees of Pacific Northwest

The purpose of this site is to help you identify common conifers and broadleaves in the Pacific Northwest.
 

Virtual Foliage

Botony department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has made these photos available. Over 5000 images are available online including trees, fungi, and more.
 

Garden Insects

Botony department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has made these photos available.
 

The Global Invasive Species Team

The team has been dismantled due to budgetary realities. However, recognizing that this web site was of value to conservationists, its former content is graciously being housed at the web sites listed.
 

Manual of California Vegetation

Keys, indices, and more.
 

Plants Poisonous to Livestock

This is a growing reference that includes plant images, pictures of affected animals and presentations concerning the botany, chemistry, toxicology, diagnosis and prevention of poisoning of animals by plants and other natural flora (fungi, etc.).
 

Veterinary Medicine Library

Includes 'Plants toxic to Animals' information.
 

Plants Toxic To Animals - Pennsylvania

Help in identifying common plants that are toxic.
 

Plants Toxic To Cats

A list of common plants that are toxic to cats.
 

Plants Toxic To Dogs

A list of common plants that are toxic to dogs.
 

Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System

This information system provides details taken from literature references for over 250 plants that can poison livestock, pets and humans in Canada. Its interactive search engine provides information on plant names, distribution, toxic plant parts, toxic chemicals, and symptoms of poisoning.
 

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