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Jump to Searching for articles Electronic journals Online reference tools Web sites New books at the Library Retrospective fisheries research Uncatalogued fisheries serials Writer's toolbox Related subject guides UBC departments Go Fish - search fisheries web sites photo by sataylorpix

What's in the News? News sources scanned: CBC, EurekAlert, FAO, National Geographic, Nature, Scientific American

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Article Indexes: Start with: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts DFO Virtual Library (WAVES catalogue and report series) Web of Science Other databases: BIOSIS Previews CAB Direct EconLit Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Google Scholar JSTOR (ejournal archive) National Sea Grant Library Oceanic Abstracts ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Zoological Record Search for older materials: Fisheries (retrospective) guide Managing your citations: RefWorks - import, organize and format citations Other Reference Tools: FishBase multilingual database with >30000 fish species HabitatWizard (BC Ministry of Environment) map-based tool for fish and fish habitat information iSpecies.org species search engine NCBI Taxonomy Browser UN Atlas of the Oceans More eBooks in Fisheries Image databases: Fisherman Publishing Society Collection fishing industry in BC's Lower Mainland National Image Library (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) public domain images for download New Books at the Library: Create your own list of New Books at UBC Library. Uncatalogued Fisheries Serials: In 1999, with the closure of the Ecology/Fisheries Reading Room, many materials were moved to the UBC Library. Although all of the books are now in the Catalogue, many serials are not yet processed. For a list of titles that are not yet in the Catalogue, please check here (excel file).

Web and Internet Sites: British Columbia: BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Fisheries Vancouver Aquarium Canada: Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Library Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Canadian Waters Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Pacific Region Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Statistical Services North Pacific Universities Marine Mammal Research Consortium Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization Pacific Salmon Commission United States: American Fisheries Society Fisheries and Natural Resources Related Sites Marine Protected Areas of the United States and Virtual Library Monterey Bay Aquarium - Seafood Watch National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Central Library National Sea Grant and Library Scripps Institute of Oceanography and Library U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Library International: FAO and FAO Fisheries and FAO Library Catalogue Note: to locate FAO documents, try the FAO Document Repository and the UBC Library Catalogue. Older documents (1983-96) may be available in the FAO Documentation on Microfiche collection at Koerner Library. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Internet Guide to International Fisheries Law IUCN Red List of Threatened Species OceanPortal oneFish SourceOECD - includes access to Review of fisheries in OECD countries WorldFish Center Electronic Journals: UBC Resources: EJournals at UBC - Fisheries EJournals at UBC - Marine Science EJournals at UBC - all subjects Free sites: Full Text Free of Charge Fisheries Journals and Newsletters (listing maintained by FAO Library) Writer's Toolbox: Current Awareness Tools - database alerts RefWorks - import, organize and format citations Writer's Toolbox - abbreviations, style guides, etc. Related Subject Guides: Aquaculture Biology First Nations Fisheries - Retrospective Oceanography Zoology

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UBC Departments: Fisheries Centre Department of Zoology Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability

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And don't forget to try: UBC Library Catalogue or Web/Internet Search Tools