Research Guides: Zoology Research Guide : Finding Books

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.

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Call Numbers: Library of Congress Classification

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Print Books at HSU

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Integrated Principles of Zoology by Cleveland P. Hickman; Susan L. Keen; Allan Larson; David J. Eisenhour
Call Number: QL47.2 .H54 2011
ISBN: 9780073040509
Publication Date: 2010-10-01
Invertebrates by Richard C. Brusca; Wendy Moore; Stephen M. Shuster
Call Number: QL362 .B924 2016
ISBN: 9781605353753
Publication Date: 2016-01-19
Fellow Creatures by Christine M. Korsgaard
Call Number: QL85 .K67 2018
ISBN: 9780198753858
Publication Date: 2018-09-05
Evolution and Systematics of the Atlantic Tree Rats, Genus Phyllonrys (Rodentia, Echimyidae) by Yuri L. R. Leite
Call Number: QL737.R65 L45 2003
ISBN: 0520098498
Publication Date: 2003-10-20

E-Books Online

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You can also browse and search Ebrary. Here is a guide how to use ebrary.

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia by Michael Hutchins (Editor)
Call Number: QH360.2 .G65 2011 Online
ISBN: 9781414486697
Publication Date: 2011-03-25
Developments In Primatology by Volker Sommer
ISBN: 9781441974037
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
The Behavioural Biology of Zoo Animals by Paul Rose (Editor)
ISBN: 9781003208471
Publication Date: 2022-11-04
Curious Creatures in Zoology by John Ashton
ISBN: 9780486823805
Publication Date: 2018-06-13

Call Numbers for Zoology 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 Zoology is QL.

QL1-991 Zoology

QL1-355 General Including geographical distribution

QL360-599.82 Invertebrates

QL461-599.82 Insects

QL605-739.8 Chordates. Vertebrates

QL614-639.8 Fishes

QL640-669.3 Reptiles and amphibians

QL671-699 Birds

QL700-739.8 Mammals

QL750-795 Animal behavior

QL791-795 Stories and anecdotes

QL799-799.5 Morphology

QL801-950.9 Anatomy

QL951-991 Embryology

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Other Library Catalogs

National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
The National Science Digital Library provides high quality online educational resources for teaching and learning, with current emphasis on the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines—both formal and informal, institutional and individual, in local, state, national, and international educational settings.
Most resources in the library adhere to principles of Open Educational Resource (OER) access.
The EUROPEAN LIBRARY
Designed to meet the needs of the research community worldwide, this online portal offers quick and easy access to the collections of the 48 National Libraries of Europe and leading European Research Libraries.
Users can cross-search and reuse over 28,627,026 digital items and 175,511,348 bibliographic records.
To facilitate further research, links are also provided to other websites in the Europeana group.
World Digital Library (WDL)
The World Digital Library (WDL) is a project of the U.S. Library of Congress, carried out with the support of the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO), and in cooperation with libraries, archives, museums, educational institutions, and international organizations from around the world.
Books, manuscripts, maps, and other primary materials on the site are not translated but presented in their original languages. More than 100 languages are represented on the WDL, including many lesser known and endangered languages.

WorldCat
Identify and locate resources in library collections worldwide. Connect to materials at Cal Poly Humboldt and other libraries from WorldCat records and article citations.

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