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Forestry, Fire & Rangeland Management Research Guide

Books & Library Catalogs

The Library Catalog lists all of the books videos and CDs at the Cal Poly Humboldt University Library.  

A keyword search is usually the best way to begin.  When you find items of interest, check the catalog records for subject headings or other terms to modify your search.

Print Books at CPH

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Other Library Catalogs

Following are some specific library catalogs that include significant collections on forestry:

Catalogue of World Forestry Literature (Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau) (microfilm MF 246) Microfilm card catalog published in several cumulations that covers forestry literature from 1822-1977. More extensive in coverage than Forestry Abstracts

Dictionary Catalogue of the Yale Forestry Library (Yale University) (ref SD 1 Y3) Cumulative catalog of the oldest "continuous" forestry library in the United States covering forestry literature from the early 18th century through 1962. Unique to the catalog is the inclusion of over 38,000 journal article references from forestry journals and magazines through 1940.

Call Numbers for Forestry Books

Our Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System to assign call numbers. In this system, the first two or three lines of a call number identify the subject of a book or other item. The main call number used for Forestry is SD.

SD Forestry

131-246 History

388-389 Forest Roads

390 Forest Soils, Forest Climatology

391-409 Silviculture

397.R5 Redwood

397.D5 Douglas Fir

411-425 Conservation and Protection

420 & 421 Forest Fires

426-428 Forest Reserves

430-557 Harvesting and Utilization

561-668 Administration, Policy

GB Physical Geography

400-649 Geomorphology, landforms

448 Slopes

651-2998 Hydrology

980-992 Watersheds

HD Economics

101-1395 Land

171-212 Land economics: United States

216-243 Public lands

311-1130 Land economics: Other countries

1141-1341 Land tenure

1405-2206 Economic Aspects of Agriculture

9750-9769 Lumber Industry

HJ Public Finance

4167 Taxation of Forest Lands

QC Physics

851-999 Meteorology, Climatology

QH Biology

75-83 Nature Conservation; Landscape Protection

540-549 General Ecology

QK Botany

101-474 Plant Geography

475-495 Gymnosperms & Angiosperms

495.S5 Sequoia

600-635 Fungi

641-671 Plant Anatomy

710-899 Plant Physiology

901-977 Plant Ecology

QL Zoology

461-599 Insects

571-597 Coleoptera

S Agriculture

590-599 Soils

900-954 Conservation of Natural Resources

SB Plant Culture

113-317 Plant Propagation

170-171 Tree Crops

481-485 Parks and Public Reservations

599-989 Pests and Diseases

761-795 Trees

821-945 Economic entomology

950-987 Pest control

TA Civil Engineering

419-501-625 Surveying

593 Photogrammetry

TE Roads and Highway Engineering

TS Manufacturing

800-1080-1220 Paper and Pulp Manufacturing 

 

How To Videos

The following short videos will show you how to accomplish some basic research tasks.