
Use these books (and other reference books), found in the Reference Collection on the first floor of the library, as a starting place for your research. Reference books are a good place to find background information on your research and to become familiar with the concepts and terminology associated with your topic.
Our Earth's Changing Land: An Encyclopedia of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change
by
Helmut Geist
Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
by
Walton Beacham, Frank V. Castronova, & Suzanne Sessine
The Island Press Bibliography of Environmental Literature
by
Sarah M. Friedman, David Grigsby, Annette Huddle, & Joseph Miller
The Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants
by
D.J. Mabberley
Mabberley's Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, Their Classification and Uses
by
David J. Mabberley
Dictionary of Plant Lore
by
Donald C. Watts
CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs
by
James A. Duke
A Guide to Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated, Scientific and Medicinal Approach
by
Koh Hwee Ling, Chua Tung Kian, & Tan Chay Hoon
Encyclopedia of North American Trees
by
Sam Bovie
Flora of North America
by
Flora of North America Editorial Committee
Trees of the Southeastern United States
by
Wilbur H. Duncan & Marion B. Duncan
Medicinal Plants of the World: Chemical Constituents, Traditional and Modern Medicinal Uses
by
Ivan A. Ross
Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations
by
R.C. Wren
The Natural Pharmacy
by
Miriam Polunin & Christopher Robbins
When searching the databases, avoid the common names of plants, BE SPECIFIC. Instead of doing searches for Tulsi, search "Ocimum sanctum"
Book Locations
HU - General Collection:
"N" numbers are on the 3rd floor
HU - Folio and Oversize Folio:
2nd floor
HU- Reference
1st floor
HU - Annex
use the "request" function in the online catalog
RC - General Collection
use the "request" function in the online catalog