Research Guides: Wildlife, Fisheries & Aquaculture Research Guide: Reference Materials

Print Encyclopedia and Handbooks

These are some of the many reference resources located in the Reference Room, on the second floor of the Mitchell Memorial Library.

Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America by Beacham, Walton et al., eds.
Call Number: Ref QH77.N56 B43 2001
ISBN: 0787650285
Detroit: Gale, 2001.

This work provides "extensive data on the habitats and ecosystems of the more than 1,200 species identified as endangered or threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service."
Encyclopedia of Aquaculture by Stickney, Robert R.
Call Number: Ref SH20.3 .E53 2000
ISBN: 0471291013
New York: Wiley, 2000.

Useful to those involved in aquaculture itself, or those concerned with resource use and the environment. Provides bibliographies.
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia by Grzimek, Bernhard
Call Number: Ref QL7 .G7813
ISBN: 0787653624
2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003-04.

This 17 volume set provides "thorough articles [that] familiarize readers with animals found everywhere on the globe, detailing their life cycles, predators, food systems, overall ecology and much more."
Handbook of the Birds of the World by del Hoyo, Josep et al., eds.
Call Number: Ref QL673 .H25 1992
ISBN: 8487334105
Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, 1992- .

These 12 volumes demonstrate "the extraordinary diversity of ... birds, covering aspects such as taxonomic relationship and, to some extent, evolutionary history, ecology, general habits, [and] breeding strategies ..."
Wild Mammals of North America: Biology, Management, and Conservation by Feldhamer, George A. et al., eds.
Call Number: Ref QL715 .W56 2003
ISBN: 0801874165
2nd ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

This book provides "the most current and comprehensive data on the distribution, physiology, ecology, behavior, commercial value, and viability of nongame species including bats, woodrats, prairie dogs, and armadillo, the whales, seals, and sireians, as well as carnivores, furbearers, and big game species."
The Fishes of Tennessee by David A. Etnier; Wayne C. Starnes
Call Number: Ref QL628.T2 E74 1993
ISBN: 0870497111
Publication Date: 1994
Provides a description of fish found in Tennessee. A good resource for Mississippi fish as well.

Find Standards

"A standard is a document that contains technical specifications or other precise criteria to be used consistently as a rule, guideline, or definition of characteristics, to ensure that materials, products, processes, personnel or services are competent and/or fit for their intended purpose(s)." (Source: NIST)

ASTM Digital Library
- Provides access to current, historical and red-lined versions of the ASTM Standards and access to non-Standards content (Manuals, Monographs, Special Technical Publications, Data Series and Journal Articles) going back ~50 years.
- Print versions for select years are available in the reference collection at Ref TA 401 .A653.
ASABE Technical Library
- Provides online access to the standards of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
- Also provides access to other ASABE publications.
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater
- Published jointly by American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association, Water Pollution Control Federation.
- Available in print in the Reference Collection at Ref QD142 .A2 23RD ED. 2017.