Pathfinder: Endangered Species

Scope|Subject Headings|Overview Sources|Circulating Books|Periodicals, Journals & Trade Publications|Web Sites

SCOPE: In 1973 the Endangered Species Act was established to protect rare plant and animal species from possible extinction. Specific areas are designated for critical habitat for the species on the Endangered Species List. Private lands are purchased for the purpose of consolidating habitat and preventing its destruction by commercial development. ( Ashworth, Encyclopedia of Environmental Studies) The purpose of this pathfinder is to serve as a guideline for students in locating library resources on the topic of endangered species. It is not intended as a comprehensive listing, but as a selective sampling of some of types of materials available in the library.

SUBJECT HEADINGS

Books dealing with endangered species are listed in the Baddour Library's on-line catalog under the following subject headings:

Endangered species
Wildlife conservation
Captive wild animals Breeding
Zoo animals Breeding

There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library. 

OVERVIEW SOURCES

REF TJ 163.235.W55 1997 The Wiley Encyclopedia of Energy and the Environment

REF TD 9.A84 2001 Encyclopedia of Environmental Studies

CQ Researcher (online database, hardcopy also located in the Reference Section) 

• Endangered Species Act 6/13/2005
• Bush and the Environment 10/25/2002
• Endangered Species Act 10/01/1999
• Environmental Movement at 25 03/31/1995
• Hunting Controversy 01/24/1992
• Jobs vs. Environment 05/15/1992
• Marine Mammals vs. Fish 08/28/1992
• Mass Extinction 09/15/2000
• Property Rights 06/16/1995
• Protecting Endangered Species 04/19/1996
• Public Land Policy 06/17/1994
• Saving the Rain Forests 06/11/1999
• Setting Environmental Priorities 05/21/1999
• Threatened Fisheries 08/02/2002

Issues and Controversies database from Facts on File

Some representative books from the Circulating Collection that is located upstairs in the library:

CIRCULATING BOOKS

Cracraft, Joel & Francesca T. Grifo. The Living Planet in Crisis. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.

Chadwick, Douglas H. The Company We Keep: Americas Endangered Species. Washington, D.C: National Geographic Society, 1996.

De Blieu, Jan. Meant to Be Wild: The Struggle to Save Endangered Species Through Captive Breeding. Golden, Colo: Fulcrum Pub; 1993.

Houk, Randy. Wolves in Yellowstone. Fairfield, CT: The Benefactory, 1995.

Lee-Treweek and Stephanie Linkogle. Danger in the Field: Risk and Ethics in Social Research. New York: Routledge, 2000.

Mann, Charles C. Noah's Choice: The Future of Endangered Species. New York: Knopf, 1995.

Norton, Bryan G. Ethics on the Ark: Zoos, Animal Welfare, and Wildlife Conservation. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995.

Some of the specific periodicals that the library subscribes to that focuses on the topic of endangered species are:

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Click the link for a list of full text journals available through our databases in:

• Environmental Sciences

Open Access Journals in Earth & Environmental Sciences

WEB SITES

Center for Biological Diversity
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/Programs/bdes/index.html

Elephants of Africa (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/elephants/index.html

Endangered Species Links
http://eelink.net/EndSpp/endangeredspecies-mainpage.html

National Wildlife Federation
http://www.nwf.org/

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
http://www.fws.gov/Endangered/

World Wildlife Federation
http://www.worldwildlife.org/endangered/

Updated 08/22/2007