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Subject
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Call
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Reference
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Recommended
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Subject
HeadingsUse the following headings to search the library catalog by Subject or
Search ALL.
Hint: Adding "juvenile literature" to a search will
limit your results to children's information books.
Shrubs - Alberta
Shrubs - Canada
Trees - Alberta
Trees - Canada
Trees - Identification
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Call
Numbers
Browse these general areas in the information books (arranged by Dewey
Decimal numbers).
Hint:
Call numbers with a J in front refer to Juvenile
(Children's) information books. Find more books in the Adult Non-Fiction
area using the same call numbers.
Find information on:
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581.9712 - J 581.978 |
Tree
identification and information books for certain parts of Alberta (i.e.
Rocky Mountains). |
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582.16 - J 582.160973 |
Tree
identification guides for all of Canada or North America, not just
Alberta. |
Hint:
It is a good idea to browse the information books that begin with J 581
and J 582 . To find books about forests and forest ecology look at
the call number range J 577.3 - J 577.37.
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Online
Databases & Encyclopedias
Grolier
Online
Search "The New Books of Popular Science" for encyclopedia & magazine
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Recommended
Books
Children's
Information:
J 582.16 PET |
A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN TREES by George A. Petrides. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. |
J 582.16
TRE |
TREES by Deborah Lambert.
Weigl Educational, 2010. |
J 582.1609 PET |
A FIELD GUIDE TO TREES AND SHRUBS by George A. Petrides Houghton Mifflin, 1972. |
J 582.160971 LAU |
IDENTIFICATION GUIDE TO THE TREES OF CANADA by Jean Lauriault
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1989.
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J 582.160971 MAS |
CANADIAN TREES by Colleayn Mastin Grasshopper, 1994. |
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J 635.935 BIT |
TIMBER PRESS POCKET GUIDE TO CONIFERS by Richard L. Bitner.
Timber Press, 2010.
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Adult
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574.97123
KAV |
NATURE ALBERTA by James Kavanaugh.
Lone Pine Publishing, 1991. |
581.9712
JOH |
PLANTS OF THE WESTERN BOREAL FOREST AND ASPEN
PARKLAND by Derek Johnson.
Lone Pine Publishing, 1995. |
581.978
KER |
PLANTS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
by Linda Kershaw.
Lone Pine Publishing, 1998. |
582.16097
BEN |
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TREES: CANADA AND THE UNITED
STATES by Sam Benvie.
Key Porter Books, 1999. |
582.16097123
WIL |
TREES AND SHRUBS OF ALBERTA: A HABITAT FIELD
GUIDE by Kathleen Wilkinson.
Lone Pine Publishing, 1990. |
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Recommended
Websites
Council of Forest Industries Forestry Links
http://www.cofi.org/library_and_resources/default.htm
This link library will point you to a lot of great forest and tree
information websites.
Heritage Tree Foundation of Alberta
http://heritagetreefoundation.com/
As a registered not for profit Foundation, The Alberta Heritage Tree
Project will identify and catalogue Heritage Trees throughout the Province.
These trees offer a representative sample of species that grow within
various regions and individual communities.
Real Trees 4 Kids!
www.realtrees4kids.org/
Tree and forestry information can be found on this site designed especially
for kids. Learn about scientific names and view a cross-section of a
coniferous tree to determine its age.
The Tree Book
www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/treebook/
This online book will help you identify trees found in western Canada
(Alberta and British Columbia). Lots of pictures and maps of the regions
where each tree can be found.
Tree Fact Sheets
www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/factsheets.cfm
Use the database on this website to find information and
lots of great pictures. Try searching for trees by province using the
Clickable Species Map.
Trees of the Pacific Northwest
http://oregonstate.edu/trees
This site has an interactive question and answer key that will help you
identify conifers (trees or shrubs with cones and needle leaves). If you
have a specific conifer that you need information for, just check out the
"Conifers" link.
Natural Regions of Alberta
http://www.abheritage.ca/abnature/map.htm
The Heritage Community
Foundation presents information about Alberta's natural regions, which
includes information about the trees in each region.
Forests of Alberta
http://srd.alberta.ca/BioDiversityStewardship/Forests/Default.aspx
From Alberta Sustainable Resources, this site includes information about the
different forest regions of Alberta including a description of Alberta's
provincial tree, the Lodgepole Pine.
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Recommended by Children's Services Staff
August 2010. |