This document provides resources for botany research available at Warner Memorial Library. It lists databases like EBSCOhost, PubMed, and JSTOR that contain authoritative articles. It also lists relevant books in the online catalog and ebook collections. Websites with botanical information are mentioned, such as the Botanical Society of America and Plant Information Online.

1. Botany
Resources
@
Warner
Memorial
Library.
Prepared
by
Mark
Puterbaugh
Info.
Svcs.
Librarian
mputerba@eastern.edu
610-­‐341-­‐1461
Where
can
I
find
authoritaEve
arEcles
and
informaEon?
• EBSCOhost
–
OmniFile
FullText
Select
This
full
text-­‐only
database
contains
a
wealth
of
essenEal
material
for
learning
and
research
across
the
disciplines,
including
topical
coverage
on
ethnic
studies,
women's
studies,
history,
applied
sciences,
art,
educaEon,
humaniEes,
law,
social
sciences
and
technology.
• PubMed
(h;p://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/)
PubMed
comprises
more
than
23
million
citaEons
for
biomedical
literature
from
MEDLINE,
life
science
journals,
and
online
books.
CitaEons
may
include
links
to
full-­‐text
content
from
PubMed
Central
and
publisher
web
sites.
• Sage
Premier
A
collecEon
of
over
240
of
the
highly
regarded
Sage
Journals,
covering
a
variety
of
disciplines.
• Science
Direct
Index
A
leading
scienEfic
database
offering
an
index
to
journal
arEcles
and
book
chapters
from
more
than
2,500
journals
and
almost
20,000
books.
• Wild
Edibles
$
• MyNature
Tree
Guide
$
• Leafsnap
$
Check
out
apps
for
both
iOS
and
Android
DATABASES
• AGRICOLA
AGRICOLA
(AGRICultural
OnLine
Access)
serves
as
the
catalog
and
index
to
the
collecEons
of
the
NaEonal
Agricultural
Library,
as
well
as
a
primary
public
source
for
world-­‐wide
access
to
agricultural
informaEon.
The
database
covers
materials
in
all
formats
and
periods,
including
printed
works
from
as
far
back
as
the
15th
century.
• EBSCOhost
–
Academic
Search
Elite
Academic
Search
Elite
contains
full
text
for
more
than
2,000
journals,
including
more
than
1,550
peer-­‐reviewed
Etles.
This
mulE-­‐disciplinary
database
covers
virtually
every
area
of
academic
study.
More
than
140
journals
have
PDF
images
back
to
1985.
• EBSCOhost
–
Greenfile
GreenFILE
offers
well-­‐researched
informaEon
covering
all
aspects
of
human
impact
to
the
environment.
Its
collecEon
of
scholarly,
government
and
general-­‐interest
Etles
includes
content
on
global
warming,
green
building,
polluEon,
sustainable
agriculture,
renewable
energy,
recycling,
and
more.
• JSTOR
Covers
full-­‐text
from
hundreds
of
journals
in
ecology,
botany
and
the
biosciences.

2. • Online
Catalog
Search
for
books,
e-­‐books,
journal
Etles,
media
and
other
items
available
through
Eastern
University’s
Libraries.
• Biodiversity
Heritage
Library
(h;p://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/)
The
Biodiversity
Heritage
Library
improves
research
methodology
by
collaboraEvely
making
biodiversity
literature
openly
available
to
the
world
as
part
of
a
global
biodiversity
community.
• eBrary
Large
collecEon
of
academic
e-­‐books
searchable
and
readable
through
this
mulE-­‐disciplinary
database.
• EBSCO
eBooks
Search
and
view
the
full
text
of
academic
e-­‐books
in
EBSCOhost.
• JSTOR
Books
Excellent
collecEon
of
mulE-­‐disciplinary
Etle
from
academic
publisher.
•
NCBI
Bookshelf
(h;p://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books)
NaEonal
Center
for
Biotechnology
InformaEon
Bookshelf
provides
free
access
to
books
and
documents
in
life
science
and
healthcare.
Where
can
I
find
books?
What’s
On
the
Web?
• Botanical
Society
of
America
(h;p://botany.org/)
Founded
in
1893,
the
Botanical
Society
of
America
(BSA)
is
a
"not-­‐for-­‐profit"
501
(c)
(3)
membership
society
whose
mission
is
to:
promote
botany,
the
field
of
basic
science
dealing
with
the
study
and
inquiry
into
the
form,
funcEon,
development,
diversity,
reproducEon,
evoluEon,
and
uses
of
plants
and
their
interacEons
within
the
biosphere.
• Glossary
of
botanical
terms
in
French
and
English
(h;p://www.mobot.org/mobot/glossary/)
The
glossary
of
botanical
terms
has
more
than
1,900
terms
in
English
and
French.
While
the
list
is
certainly
not
complete,
it
does
provides
a
sizeable
number
of
terms
to
search
through
for
some
of
the
most
commonly
used
words
in
botanical
literature.
• Vascular
Plant
Image
Library
(h;p://botany.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/gallery.htm)
A
repository
of
over
8,800
plant
images
developed
and
maintained
by
the
TAMU-­‐BWG,
plus
those
made
available
by
collaborators,
is
equipment,
greenhouses,
seeds,
nursery
stock
and
pest
&
plant
available
for
public
use
through
the
Vascular
Plant
Image
Gallery.
disease
control.
• Plant
InformaTon
Online
(h;ps://www.planTnfo.umn.edu/)
Use
Plant
InformaEon
Online
to
discover
sources
in
1003
North
American
nurseries
for
90007
plants,
find
301789
citaEons
to
181088
plants
in
science
and
garden
literature,
link
to
selected
websites
for
images
and
regional
informaEon
about
18094
plants,
and
access
informaEon
on
2769
North
American
seed
and
nursery
firms.
Plant
InformaEon
Online
is
a
free
service
of
the
University
of
Minnesota
Libraries.
Monday,
November
9,
15