Tom Prevette
Horticulture 206 Plant Propagation
There are many resources through the library and the Internet to do your research on horticulture. Here are just a few suggestions:
Books: Most of the books on Horticulture & Gardening are in the SB section and Botany books are in the QK section of the library.
Do a subject search using the CCBC Dundalk Library Catalog to find books on your topic. Hint- Start with a subject search on a broad topic, ex: landscape design or narrow your topic with a keyword search ex: garden and pest.
Books, Videos and Reference Material:
American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia Of Gardening REF.SB450.95 .A45 2003
Ball redbook REF. SB405 .B254 1998
Dictionary Of Horticulture REF. SB45 .N37 1994
The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Horticulture REF. SB317.58 .E94 V.1-10
Hartmann and Kester's plant propagation : principles and practices SB119 .P55 2002
Secrets of plant propagation : starting your own flowers, vegetables, fruits, berries, shrubs, trees, and houseplants SB119 .H55
Botany For Gardeners : An Introduction And Guide QK50 .C36 1990
Gardens of the world [videorecording] SB450.97 .G37 1993 V.1-6
Magazine, Journals, & Newspapers:
Use the Periodical Databases to find focused articles on your topic.Go to the List of all databases by Subject or find more information on the Magazine, Journal & Newspaper page.
Some of the periodicals we own at Dundalk for the Horticulture Program are HortTechnology, Flower & Garden, Fine Gardening.
Best Databases for Horticulture & Gardening are in the general databases Proquest Research Library & National Newspapers, EBSCO Academic Search Premier, Mas Ultra, Business Source Premier,and Regional Business News. Journals are in Science Direct.
Search the individual online magazines/journals by going to Electronic Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers by Title & Subject
Browse by subject - choose the category life sciences and agriculture than choose gardening and horticulture and search within the publications.
Please follow the instructions for off-campus access if you are not on campus.
Search Tips for Databases - Remember to try different search words to find information. Use your particular topic or use broad terms (Example: "landscape design", plants and pests to look for topics.)
Citing Sources -Make sure you use the correct citation for your research material.
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Web Resources:
Use Evaluative Web Guides, such as Librarian's Index to the Internet, and Subject Directories to find web sites on your topic.
Use Search Engines, such as Google or Meta Search Engines, such as Vivismo to focus your search for web sites in your field.
To get better results connect your terms with the Boolean term "and" (ex: gardens and design) or put quotes around a phrase (ex:"pest control".)
See Performing Precise Searches on web searching.
Evaluate: Evaluate your material for its relevance and authenticity. See evaluation criteria for web sites.
Selected Websites: Your instructor selected some of these web sites and others were selected from the Librarians' Index to the Internet . *denotes better web sites .
Landscape, Trees &Turf:
Purdue Landscape Thesaurus- More than 200 links to documents from Purdue University on Landscape Management. The information presented is generally good, useful and practical. http://bluestem.hort.purdue.edu/plant/...
Sustainable Trees and Shrubs- An outstanding site from the University of Rhode Island that promotes the use of trees and shrubs best adapted to the proposed planting site. There is a very useful searchable database based on plant or site characteristics.
http://131.128.91.217/maynard_susplants/html_spl2000/index.htm
Shigo on Tree Systems This site is by the guru of tree pruning, Dr. Alex Shigo. Everything you need or want to know about tree physiology as it relates to pruning and pruning techniques. Essential information. http://www.chesco.com/~treeman/SHIGO/
Green Media On-line provides access to a number of trade periodicals published by this company that relate to the landscape and turf industry. Articles, product showcase, news updates, and classifieds. Search the archives for past articles. http://www.greenmediaonline.com/default.asp#top
Gardens & Arboreta:
Botanique. A portal to more than 2400 gardens, arboreta and nature sites in Canada and United States. Searchable. http://www.botanique.com/
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Extension Centers& Experiment Stations:
*NCSU extension services online publications. Categories span the range from home making to animal agriculture to commercial horticulture.http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/resources/
*Clemson University extension service publications. A good source of horticultural information. Pest and diseases section has some nice articles. http://hgic.clemson.edu/
University of Tennessee extension service publication. Good, and getting better. http://www.utextension.utk.edu/publications/
Plant Pest Handbook from University of Connecticut . A guide to diseases, insects and other disorders affecting plants. Among the best sources. http://www.caes.state.ct.us/PlantPestHandbookFiles/pphIntroductory/pphfront.htm
Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet Yard & Garden . Basic information on a plant, its uses, culture, diseases & pests, harvesting, species... from Ohio State College of Food, Agriculture & Environmental Science http://ohioline.osu.edu/lines/hygs.html
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Plant Databases:
*The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. Extensive, inclusive - more than you will ever want to know. An important part of this are the plant range maps. Contains information about plant taxa, both vascular and nonvascular, known to occur at native species with the US. For each plant species it provides synonyms, distribution map information, references, wetlands information, growth habit, origin,perennial or annual status and family name. http://plants.usda.gov/
Dave’s Garden for gardeners, by gardeners. A commercial site, but it has a large database of plants and plant pictures. It is quite a useful site. Try the “Botany” a dictionary of any and all botanical terms and the meaning of plant names. http://davesgarden.com/pf/
Perry’s Perennial Pages . A very good site for information on herbaceous perennials. Try the “Photos and Files” section. http://www.uvm.edu/~pass/perry/
Plant physiology: Plant Physiology Online Your own private course in plant physiology. This is serious stuff. http://www.plantphys.net/index.php
Hardiness Zones & Weather:
U.S. National Arboretum USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map hyperlinked to all areas of the United States. This site is by the US National Arboretum; you can navigate into the web pages from this one.
National Weather Service forecast page for Baltimore, MD
Measurement/Unit Converter:
Digital Dutch unit converter instantly converts measurement in one unit to any other unit. Find our how many barleycorns are in one cable, or just convert Fahrenheit to Celsius. http://www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/
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Plant Search Engines:Suggested Web Sites: *Denotes better site
*Ohio State University fact sheet database http://plantfacts.ohio-state.edu/ This site is essentially a horticulture/agronomy search engine linked to some 53 databases. Click on WebGarden on left for more links to - Plant Facts, Plant Facts Search Engine - dealing strictly with plants, Images - featuring Ornamental plants, Turf, Plant Diseases, and Insects, Videos-Collection of 200 short gardening how-to videos. Glossary - Illustrated definitions, FAQ's - Illustrated answers to over 800 commonly asked Gardening Questions.
*USDA Agriculture Research Service http://www.ars.usda.gov/ For more detailed research reports - go to left column put in keyword, select area and click go.
World Economic Plants in GRIN http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxecon.pl Information on the economic uses of plants.
Horticulture & Gardening Web sites (Information on Individual plants)
*Plants For A Future - Database Search http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/D_search.htm
Search by Name, common name or family name. Search for an Edible, Medicinal or Other Use. Search for plants native to a particular Area. Search for plants which grow in a particular Habitat.
Floridata - http://www.floridata.com/Use Plant Encyclopedia on left. Floridata is a resource for gardeners, students and homeowners. An online photo reference of plants, covering categories such as trees, shrubs, vines, cactus, water plants, annuals and many more. Use it to identify beautiful plants for your home and garden, and then use it to learn how to grow and maintain your favorite ones.
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Botany Directories ,Indexes & Dictionaries :
Glossary of Botanical Terms - http://glossary.gardenweb.com/glossary/ Contains very basic definitions with hypertext links to other terms for more than "4,400 terms relating to botany, gardening, horticulture and landscape architecture and is regularly updated."
The Royal Horticultural Society - http://www.rhs.org.uk/ Britain's leading gardening society offers a plethora of gardening and botanical information, which includes scientific and research articles, plants catalogue and photographs, and the plant forum (in "RHS News") which includes new plant varieties. You may find information on genetic research, pests and diseases, and the plant registration authority. Includes links to the Illustrations and Glossary.
*WWW Virtual Library for Gardening http://www.gardenweb.com/vl/ includes list of horticulture web sites, cooperative extension services, gardens and other information about plants.
Internet Directory for Botany - http://www.botany.net/IDB/ only the Canadian link is left from the International Internet Directory of Botany. With the pull down menu links to 4,000 botany related web sites.Includes everything from weekend gardeners to scholars.
Scott's botanical links http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/bot-linx/ This site has a large, diverse collection of botanical related links that are updated almost continuously. It has a subject index with a huge list of Web sites grouped by subject and a short description. This site is kept current but does have an overwhelming amount of sites.
Biosciences (Virtual Library) -http://www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/www-vl/ Index to resources on Botany from the Virtual Library.
International Plant Names Index - http://www.ipni.org/sample_searches.html The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) is a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants. IPNI is the product of a collaboration between Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, The Harvard University Herbaria , and the Australian National Herbarium.
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Specialized Databases - some with only plant images
Botany Vascular Plant Images - http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/gallery.htm According to Native Vascular Plants, they are most of the familiar plants and "have systems for transporting water and photosynthetic products and are differentiated into stems, leaves, and roots." (Nonvascular plants are "the algae, fungi, and mosses and lichens.") This site contains over 8800 plant images. Access is by family-level browsing (Latin names) or by "a 'string query' option" similar to keyword searching.
Introduction to the Plant Kingdom - http://scitec.uwichill.edu.bb/bcs/bl14apl/bl14apl.htm An introduction to the world of plants from an evolutionary perspective, this site explores the evolution of plants beginning with how plants are classified, ancient algae, the moving of plants to the land, mosses, ferns, and the development of seeds, through to the diversity of flowering plants. Full of many illustrations, diagrams, and photographs. Also included are a glossary, bibliography, and related links.
California Plants and Habitats - http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/flora/ A collection of more than 20,000 color images of native and naturalized California plant species and habitats, each image linked to scientific information on that species. Searches can be done on any or all of fields such as: Name (scientific or common); Location; County; Type (e.g. wildflowers, trees, vines, algae); and Color. Part of the UC Berkeley Digital Library Project.
Plants Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases - http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/ The USDA Agricultural Research Service hosts this collection of searchable databases. Medicinal Plants of Native America has thousands of records documenting medicinal uses of botanical species used by over 100 Native American tribes. It is searchable by plant name, tribe, and use. The Ethnobotany Database is international in scope and can be searched by plant name, country, and medicinal use. The Phytochemical Database includes pharmacological, toxic activity and assay information on plants. The Food plant Database provides information on Native American food plants. There are links to sites concerned with medicinal and poisonous plants, nutrition, and an ethnobotanical dictionary.
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