A Guide to Field Guides: Identifying the Natural History of North America - Couverture rigide

Schmidt, Diane

 
9781563087073: A Guide to Field Guides: Identifying the Natural History of North America
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1563087073 ISBN 13 : 9781563087073
Editeur : Libraries Unlimited Inc, 1999

Synopsis

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

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À propos de l?auteur

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

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Éditeur
Libraries Unlimited Inc
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1563087073
ISBN 13 
9781563087073
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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