The
books below were selected from the American College
of Veterinary Behaviorists (ACVB) Reading List.
The ACVB objectives and certification description can be found in the AVMA Directory (SF611.A53) under
Specialty Boards or at http://www.veterinarybehaviorists.org/
**AVM=AG-VET MED LIB
STACKS AVM REF AG-VET MED LIBRARY REFERENCE
To find other
books:
- Search the
catalog by subject. Example subject headings: Dog Behavior, Cat Behavior, Bird
Behavior, Cattle behavior, Ferret behavior
- To find issues of Veterinary Clinics of North America devoted to behavior,
search the Comprehensive Keyword index for the following three words:
clinics behavior veterinary.
- Books on animal behavior may be shelved at
Hodges Main Library. Use Library Express service http://www.lib.utk.edu/ils/ to have
books delivered from Hodges.
Websites
and Associations:
The journals listed below
publish articles on animal behavior. To
find articles in these or other
journals on specific behavior topics, see Searching Databases below.
*Veterinary Clinics of North America ( Equine Practice SF951.V48,Exotic Animal Practice SF997.5.E95E97, Food Animal Practice
SF961.V48, Small Animal Practice SF601.V523—all of these have had special
issues devoted to behavior.
Database Tips:
- Articles in the journals listed above and in other journals can be
found in databases suggested below. All
are accessible from the database menus (http://www.lib.utk.edu:90/databases/)
- Please ask a reference librarian for assistance
in choosing or searching databases.
- For articles on the behavior of domestic/farm or companion animals, try CAB ABSTRACTS
first. Please note: CAB ABSTRACTS is a British
database. British spellings are
preferred. Please remember to
search for both spellings of the word (behavior or behaviour) or
truncate the word by typing an * after the v (behav*). Truncating the word will also retrieve
behavioral/behavioural, and any other endings of the word, which will enhance
retrieval. Need help? the CABI Thesaurus at http://www.cabi.org/cabthesaurus.
- AGRICOLA, Animal Behavior Abstracts, MEDLINE,
PsychInfo, BIOSIS, and Web of Science may also have relevant
articles.
- For articles
on the behavior of zoo, exotic,
wild, or laboratory animals, consider searching Wildlife Worldwide,
Biological Abstracts, or MEDLINE first.
CAB ABSTRACTS, AGRICOLA, Animal Behavior Abstracts, or Web of
Science. PsychInfo may also contain
relevant articles.
- Once you have identified the best articles on a topic, consider a
cited reference search in Web of Science
(http://www.lib.utk.edu/agvet/webscience.html). Cited reference searching is a good
compliment to searching the other databases listed above. Ask a reference librarian for a
demonstration of cited reference searching or see the tutorial within Web
of Science. When searching Web of
Science for behavior articles, remember to select both Science Citation
Index and Social Sciences Citation Index, because behavior articles may be
found in both science and social science journals.
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