FE 456: International Forestry

Course Instructor

Accessing Library Databases

You want to make your case with the best evidence.  The library purchases access to indexing databases which help you to identify articles on specific topics. Most databases are not freely available to the public and are only licensed to OSU Libraries for the OSU community of users.  They are independent of the holdings of any one library.  

To begin using these databases and locating articles in "peer reviewed" journals and other reliable resources, start on the OSU Libraries home page: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu,

Instructor's Recommendations

Click to see purpose, goals, structure, content and grading schema for this course.

State of the World's Forests 2009 (earlier years available at: SD131 .S68  in the book "stacks" on the first floor of The Valley Library.)

Database Help

These databases each have "help" or "search tips" screens which will answer most of your questions n the mechanics of searching. 

Click on "read more" below if you need a quick review of search tips.

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Team Project (25% of Grade)

PURPOSE: The purpose of this project is threefold:

  1. to cause you to think and write carefully about some specific aspect related to international forestry,
  2. to give you practice in searching the literature for reliable information on international forestry, and
  3. to learn to work in a multidisciplinary team

For guidelines on content, citing sources and due dates, follow the "read more" link below.

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Selecting databases for International Forestry

Plan Ahead!

Use the three deadlines noted in your project assignment to your advantage and start your research early. Click on "Read more" below for one approach you might take.

Your questions are always welcome. In general the sooner you ask them, the better. My contact information is to the upper left of this page.

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Topic Ideas

Click on "read more" below to see listing of suggested topics ideas.  Those selected by this year's groups are in green.  

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Data Sources

Websites to consider

Consider these websites as one of many tools. If you use information from these or other websites in your paper, be sure to cite the source appropriately.   Listed below are websites that you may find useful for other reasons.

  1. For non-wood/non-timber uses for forests and other topics search the FAO Corporate Repository at
    http://www.fao.org/documents/index.asp?lang=en
  2. For international statistics use the various databases at the FAO Statistics webpage                                http://www.fao.org/corp/statistics/en/
  3. For a searchable catalog of websites related to Agriculture and Forestry try BIOME's AGRIFOR
    http://agrifor.ac.uk/
  4. For more information on maps, use the library Maps research guide
    http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/research/guides/maps/maproom.htm
  5. For more information on how to site sources, one option is the Council of Biological Editors (CBE) Guidelines (one option),
    http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite8.html

Click on "read more" below if you want to review the list of websites listed in your class syllabus.

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