A Guide to Field Guides: Identifying the Natural History of North America (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781563087073)

Field guides are often difficult to identify, since there is no specific subject heading for them and titles can be unreliable indicators of format. Yet these popular scientific tools (designed to assist amateurs in identifying plants, animals, and objects) are also widely used by scientists, naturalists, foresters, wildlife managers, and other professionals and most libraries contain numerous field guides in their collections. Focusing on the North American continent, this book, the first of its kind, identifies and describes major field guides in all scientific subject areas (from plants, animals, and insects to astronomy and weather, geology and fossils, and man-made objects). Organized by topic, it offers complete bibliographic information and descriptions of more than 1,300 field guides. This permits users to quickly and easily discover whether a guide is available for a particular subject and determine its scope and format. Invaluable as a ready reference and collection development tool, this

Author: Diane Schmidt
ISBN-10: 1563087073
ISBN-13: 9781563087073
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Language: English
Published: 07/15/1999
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.51lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.45w x 1.04d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 12/01/1999 pg. 731
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2000 pg. 639
Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr 01/01/2000 pg. 248