Fisheries-Oceanography Library

Compiled by the librarians at the Fisheries-Oceanography Library, University of Washington. This is not an exhaustive list but rather a starting point. If you need help finding information, ask a librarian for assistance.

(Note: The UW Libraries Catalog, Catalog of U. S. Government Publications, and NTIS on the Web are available to all. Only UW-affiliated users can access the other databases.)

The UW LIBRARIES CATALOG. The Libraries Catalog includes the book and journal holdings of all of the University of Washington Libraries collections. You can search for materials by title words, author names, subject headings, and keywords. Remember: the catalog will tell you if we own a journal but not about the contents of the journal. The Catalog is NOT the database to use to identify journal articles.

Numerous Library of Congress Subject Headings pertain to the study of aquaculture. By using such Subject Headings in your search in the UW Libraries Cata Catalog, you can more closely focus your search results. Examples of LC Subject Headings follow:

      Aquaculture                               Fish ponds
      Aquaculture--Developing countries         Fishes--Breeding
      Aquaculture--Periodicals                  Fishes--Feeding and feed
      Aquaculture--Statistics                   Mariculture
      Aquaculture--United States                Mussel culture
      Aquaculture industry                      Oyster culture
      Aquaculture stations                      Pond aquaculture
      Aquacultural engineering                  Scallop culture
      Aquaculturists                            Shellfish culture
      Aquatic animals--Feedings and feed        Shrimp culture
      Cage aquaculture                          Shrimp industry
      Fish culture

AQUATIC SCIENCES AND FISHERIES ABSTRACTS (ASFA) 1971+ ASFA indexes approximately 4500 journals worldwide covering all aspects of marine, freshwater and brackish water environments. Also, includes technical reports and conference papers. Available in all library units.

The Descriptors (subject headings) in the ASFA database serve to gather together like material. You may use the online Thesaurus to view descriptors, broader, narrower, and related terms, and use for terms. Some examples follow:

      Algal culture                      Freshwater aquaculture
      Aquaculture development            Induced breeding
      Aquaculture economics              Marine aquaculture
      Aquaculture equipment              Oyster culture
      Aquaculture facilites              Seed aquaculture
      Aquaculture regulations            Seaweed culture
      Brackishwater aquaculture          Shrimp culture
      Coral farming                      Sponge culture
      Culture tanks                      Raceway culture
      Cultured organisms                 Warmwater aquaculture
      Fish culture                       Zooplankton aquaculture
      

Return to Top

The CATALOG OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS from the Superintendent of Documents, can be used to identify information available in Federal Depository Libraries. Bibliographic records since 1994 are included. The University of Washington Libraries is a Federal Depository Library.

GEOBASE is a searchable database covering the period 1980 to the present which covers the subject areas of Geography, Ecology, Earth Science, and Marine Science.

NTIS, 1964 + Indexes and abstracts U.S. Government-sponsored research,development, and engineering reports and analyses distributed by the National Technical Information Service. Includes NOAA technical reports. NTIS is also available for free on the Web covering the years 1990 to the present, usually without abstracts.

Return to Top

Selected Books on Aquaculture in the Fisheries-Oceanography Library

Return to Top

Selected Serials on Aquaculture in the Fisheries-Oceanography Library

Return to Top

Links to Sources on the World Wide Web

Return to Top