Databases & Indexes
Some people just start browsing the journals or grab a field guide . Others make a more methodical search through the databases to find specific information. When starting research, the later is recommended although GoogleScholar is not a bad place especially if you do not access to the specialized databases.
Provides good access to marine and estuarine bird material as well as bird/fish interactions.
Avibase
Includes distribution information, taxonomy, synonyms in several languages and more onover 10,000 species and 22,000 subspecies worldwide.
Biosis
The standard index for general biology so covers the core literature and captures bird articles from journals in other fields suchs as genetics and behavior.
Birds of North America
An excellent resource for basic descriptions, images, calls and more.
Ornithological Literature Worldwide (OWL)
An interesting joint effort among the American Ornithologists' Union, the British Ornithologists' Union and Birds Australia to capture current and historic citation.
One of the more comprehensive science databases that also provides citation information.
- Wildlife and Ecology Worldwide
- Good international coverage of more obscure ornithogy journals and reports as well indexing the core literature.
Another classic index that remains an excellent source for taxonomy as well as more general queries.
Last Update: 24 Oct 09:05
