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Chem S11: The Natural Science of Honeybees: Bee Project Research Tools
A publicly available search tool for the primary literature. Complementary to Scopus with many of the same features. You pay for this one, too--with your federal taxes.
Not just your average Google! This engine searches scholarly articles and books. Advertisments and links to your best friend's Facebook page are typically not included.
From academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
Like to know whether Bates has access to a specific journal, magazine or newspaper?
It's easy! From the library home page:
Select the CBBcat button.
Activate the Journal Title search button
Enter the title of the periodical (i.e. journal, magazine or newspaper) into the search box
Select the magnifying glass next to the search box
Here's what a search for "American Bee Journal" would return:
Full text of 300+ U.S. and international news sources. Includes coverage of 150+ major U.S. and international newspapers such as The New York Times and the Times of London, plus hundreds of other news sources and news wires. Coverage ranges from 1977 to current and varies with title.
Searchable text from news articles from the Wall Street Journal published from 1984 to current. For data, graphs, or illustrations see the microfilm copy.
Search selected American newspapers published from 1836-1922. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
Links to electronic versions of the Sun-Journal available through library databases, and to library catalog records of historic Lewiston newspapers available on microfilm at Bates College.
Lewiston Daily Sun is available at: Lewiston Public Library (1904-1989), Auburn public Library (1902-1989), and the University of Maine -- Orono.
Links to electronic versions of the Sun-Journal available through library databases, and to library catalog records of historic Lewiston newspapers available on microfilm at Bates College. **NOTE: Searching/Indexing is available from the Sun-Journal for material not published online. Be as specific as possible with requests, as there are charges for searches, payable in advance. Call Customer Service at 784-5411, M-F 8AM-4:30PM. Lewiston Daily Sun is available at: Lewiston Public Library (1904-1989), Auburn Public Library (1902-1989), and the University of Maine - Orono.
This version offers scanned copies of every available page and every article in the newspaper published between 1851 and 2006. Includes all images and advertisements.
Primary sources, including books and monographs, newspapers and periodicals, diaries and personal letters, manuscripts, photographs, pamphlets, maps, and etc. Publication dates: 1780-1910
Includes Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange, British Politics and Society, British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture, Children's Literature and Childhood, Europe and Africa: Commerce, Christianity, Civilization, and Conquest, European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection, Mapping the World: Maps and Travel Literature, Photography: The World through the Lens, Religion, Society, Spirituality, and Reform, Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925, and Women: Transnational Networks.
Topical bibliographies in the humanities and social sciences. Oxford Bibliography
Oxford Bibliographies offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on specific topics in a growing range of subject areas. There are at least 50 specific topical bibliographies in each subject area. Each of these features an introduction to the topic. Bibliographies are browsable by subject area and are keyword searchable.
Digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research. Free registration required to download images.
Good Sources for Honeybee Information that Might Not be Obvious or Would Take a While to Find:
The dissertation presents an annotated bibliography of American books on bees and beekeeping from the earliest books through 1992. The stated scope of the bibliography is to include single subject publications on bees and beekeeping, as well as publications with more than ten pages on bees, (1) which are written by Americans in any language, irrespective of place of publication; and (2) which are written in (or translated into) English by those not American, and published in America north of Mexico.
A list of bee books with helpful descriptions compiled by the Bates Science Librarian. This list does not contain EVERYTHING, but contains a lot of the really good stuff.
The Internet Archive is an online, Internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format.As an example, search for "Bee culture in Maine".
Basic how-to beekeeping is the mainstay, but also contains articles on honey plants, pollination, marketing, do-it-yourself building, and personality and business profiles. Issues from 2009 to present available.
"The Hive and the Honeybee has ... grown to include over thirty key monographs as well as the first forty volumes of the American Bee Journal, covering the years 1861 through 1900 of that landmark publication."
Image Resources with Explicit Creative Commons Licenses:
Creative Commons licensed images that can be incorporated into academic projects. Check to make sure that the CC license to use the material matches your needs. Also be careful that the license is actually valid in the United States. Some content may be in the Public Domain in other countries, but not in the US.
Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license.
