Forestry and Logging
Databases
- Academic Search Premier. Provides full text for over 3,200 scholarly publications.
- Agricola. Sponsored by National Agriculture Library. 1970 to present.
- AGRIS. Sponsored by the United Nations. Food and Agriculture Organization. 1965 to present.
- Business Source Premier. Provides full text for over 2500 business journals.
- Cooperative Extension Publications by State. Full-text reports.
- Cooperative Forestry Research Unit Publications Database. University of Maine
- Forest History Society. Environmental History Bibliography. Coverage is 1633 to present.
- Forest Products Laboratory. Maintain database of online reports and journal articles. Full text for many online reports including Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineering Material.
- Forest Service Database. Reports and research from the U.S. Forest Service. Coverage back to 1904.
- IngentaConnect (Formerly UnCover). Coverage is 1988 - Present.
- MasterFILE Premier. Provides full text for over 1,830 general reference, business, consumer health, general science. Full text extends back to January, 1990. Indexing and abstracts is available for an additional 1,000 journals.
- Plantfacts. Searchable
database of full-text publication from the U.S. government and
universities.
- Science.gov. New improved gateway to U.S. government publications and web sites. 12 major science agencies are collaborating on this project. They have recently added relevancy-ranked order to the results of a search. It includes 30 databases and over 1700 web sites.
- Treesearch. USDA. Forest Service. Full-text of 7,000 publications
- U.S. Patent Database.
- World Bank - Documents & Reports. Searchable database of over 14,000 World Bank documents.
Maine Resources
-
Cooperative Forestry Research Unit. A partnership between forest landowners and managers in the state of Maine and the University of Maine. Purpose is to advance forest management practices.
- Forestry in Maine Directory
- Loring Applied Technology Center
- Maine. Agriculture and Industry web site.
- Maine Agricultural & Forest Experiment Station. (MAFES) The University of Maine. They conduct research in agriculture, forest resources, aquaculture and rural economic development. Some of their publications are available in PDF format through their web site.
- Maine's Register of Big Trees
- Maine Forest Service
- Maine Forest Products Council
- Maine Pulp & Paper Association
- Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association. (NeLMA)
- Pulp & Paper Foundation. The University of Maine.
Professional Societies and Research Organizations
- American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA)
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Forest Products Division.
- American Wood Council (AWC)
- Association of Consulting Foresters of America, Inc.
- Canadian Institute of Forestry
- Canadian Sustainable Forestry Certification Coalition.
- Forest History Society
- Forest Products Association of Canada. (FPAC)
- Forest Products Society
- Forest Resources Association. (FRA)
- National Association of State Foresters
- National Association of University Forest Resources Programs
- Society of American Foresters. (SAF)
- State Forester Roster
- TAPPI: Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry
- U.S. Forestry Associations. Universities Libraries, University of Minnesota
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Company and Industry Information
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
- Glossary of Forestry Terms. Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Forest Service
- Glossary of Logging Terms. U.S. Dept. Labor. Occupational Safety & Health Administration.
- Terms of Environment. by the U.S. EPA.
- Understanding Forestry Terms - A Glossary for Private Landowners. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
Government Resources
- Conservation Scientists and Foresters. U.S. Dept. Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Fedstats.gov. Provides access to statistical information from over 100 U.S. government agencies.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Forestry page.
- Forest, Conservation, and Logging Workers. U.S. Dept. Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook.
- Forest Products Laboratory. Wood research, including structural uses, preservation, and restoration. Many online reports including Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineering Material.
- Geocommunicator. A land management and a land records data system. Produced by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service.
- National Forests and Grasslands. U.S. Forest Service
- Science.gov. Catalog of U.S. government science and technology web sites.
- U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Forest Service.
- U.S. Dept. of the Interior. Bureau of Land Management.
Technical Information
- Agricultural Conferences, Meetings, Seminars Calendar
- Botany 402 Image Collection. Woody Plants. University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Climate Change Tree Atlas (A Spatial Database of 134 Forest Tree Species of the Eastern United States). USDA, Forest Service
- Congressional Research Service Reports. Select forests from menu.
- Dendrome. A collection of forest tree genome databases and other forest genetic resources.
- Field Guide to Common insect pests of urban trees in the Northeast. Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, Forest Biology Lab.
- Forest Industry Network.
- Forest Insect and Disease Leaflets. Northeastern area. USDA Forest Service.
- Forest Inventory and Analysis Data Center. U.S. Forest Service.
- Forest Resource Fact Sheets. Financial advice to states. Maine
- Forest World. Country forestry data.
- Forestry Images: The Source for forest health and silviculture images. Hundreds of images of insects and and diseases. Bugwood, USDA Forest Service, and The University of Georgia.
- A Handbook of Maritime Trees. Natural Resources Canada.
- Land areas of the national forest system. 1994, 1997-2006
- Measuring Standing Trees & Logs. Virginia Cooperative Extension.
- National Environmental Data Index. Provides data from a multitude of federal agencies.
- National
Forests and Grasslands. USDA. Forest Service
Native Conifers of North America. Nearctica - North American Hardwoods and Softwoods, Tropical Woods, and Lesser-known Woods. USDA Forest Service
- Silvics of North America. USDA. Forest Service
- State of the World's Forests. FAO
- A Technical Guide to Urban and Community Forestry. USDA
- Tree List. U.S. Forest Service. Extensive information
- Wood Information Center
- World Dictionary of Trees. Includes information on distribution, foliage, height, uses, and synonyms.
Electronic Journals
Internet Directories
- Environment Directory
- Forest Directory.com
- Forestry AgNIC. University Libraries. University of Minnesota.
- Forestry in Maine Directory
- Forestry Images. Bugwood Network, USDA Forest Service, and The University of Georgia
- Forestry Index.net
- Forestweb
- INFOMINE. Scholarly internet resources. University of California, Riverside
- Pulp and Paper Net
- Ultimate Tree-Ring Web Pages. Dr. Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, The University of Tennessee
- WWW Virtual Library: Forestry
Raymond H. Fogler Library University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207-581-1661
Updated: 01/21/2008
