Professional Organizations and Progams
Use these to find out about required skills, professional ethics and continuing education programs.
- American Fisheries Society: http://www.fisheries.org/
- The organization for fisheries professionals in North America, in particular, with international membership.
- The Wildlife Society: http://http://www.wildlife.org/
- The organization for for wildlife professionals with a primarily North American focus.
- Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/
- Access to current regulations, popular information, research projects and job announcements.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: http://www.fws.gov/
- Provides access to government publications as well news stories and regulations.
- Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Job Board at Texas A&M
- This department maintains a good list of current opening throughout the US.
FW 307 Assignment 2 - What do I need to be successful?
- Write for two minutes on why you have chosen your field and what you want to know to be successful.
- Watch a demonstration of how to search for articles on professional skills, knowledge and ethics that compares an article database with Google Scholar.
- Find four articles from the primary literature that look promising for your essay. Use the article databases and Google Scholar. Email/print/write the citation.
Citing Sources
Essential information for a citation :
- Authorship
- Title & subtitle
- Name of journal or book
- Volume number
- Inclusive page numbers
- Year of publication
- Month or number if volume is not paged consecutively
For examples....
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