A Guide to Field Guides

Identifying the Natural History of North America

Diane Schmidt (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

1999
Libraries Unlimited Inc (Verlag)
978-1-56308-707-3 (ISBN)

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Field guides are often difficult to identify, since there is no specific subject heading for them and titles can be unreliable indicators of format. Yet these popular scientific tools (designed to assist amateurs in identifying plants, animals, and objects) are also widely used by scientists, naturalists, foresters, wildlife managers, and other professionals and most libraries contain numerous field guides in their collections. Focusing on the North American continent, this book, the first of its kind, identifies and describes major field guides in all scientific subject areas (from plants, animals, and insects to astronomy and weather, geology and fossils, and man-made objects). Organized by topic, it offers complete bibliographic information and descriptions of more than 1,300 field guides. This permits users to quickly and easily discover whether a guide is available for a particular subject and determine its scope and format. Invaluable as a ready reference and collection development tool, this

DIANE SCHMIDT is Biology Librarian and Associate Professor of Library Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.7.1999
Reihe/Serie	Reference Sources in Science and Technology
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	680 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
ISBN-10	1-56308-707-3 / 1563087073
ISBN-13	978-1-56308-707-3 / 9781563087073
Zustand	Neuware