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Welcome to the SFR 521 Course Guide!

Welcome to UMaine and SFR 521. I have collected some helpful resources. Additional resources you might find useful are the Graduate Student Research Tips & Tricks guide and the Citation Managers guide. If you have any questions please let me know. Contact Heather Perrone (heather.perrone@maine.edu) at Fogler Library!

Find Research Articles with these databases

Agricultural & Environmental Science Collection
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts
Covers literature in the fields
Environment Complete
ScienceDirect
Web of Science This link opens in a new window

Google Scholar
Coverage undefined, but good to check.
To get the most full text, go to the Menu bar in the upper left, click on Settings, then click on Library Links. Choose University of Maine - Full Text. Contains harder to spot empirical articles.

Upcoming Graduate Student Workshops

Staying on Top of Literature

This workshop includes tools and strategies for staying current in your field of research, including the use of search alerts, citation alerts, and working with subject specialist librarians. This workshop will help you remain up to date on new research as a student or early researcher.
Registration is required for Zoom workshops and encouraged for in-person workshops. Click on the date of the workshop to register.

September 12th @ 12pm - 12:3030pm on Zoom
September 12th @ 4pm - 4:30am on Zoom

Citation Management Workshops

Learn to use citation managers and save time by organizing records of articles, books, and other publications to create in-text citations and bibliographies. This workshop is offered in-person and over Zoom.
Registration is required for Zoom workshops. Click on the date of the workshop to register for a Zoom session or to get a calendar invite to an in-person session.

September 14th @ 12pm - 1pm in Library Classroom 2
September 14th @ 4pm - 5pm on Zoom
November 7th @ 12pm - 1pm in Library Classroom 2
November 7th @ 4pm - 5pm on Zoom

Literature Reviews

Learn about tools and strategies to help graduate students make their literature searches more efficient. These include strategic searching, organizational methods, and synthesizing information.
Registration is required for Zoom workshops. Click on the date of the workshop to register for a Zoom session or to receive a calendar event to an in-person session.

October 16th @ 12pm - 1pm in Library Classroom 2
October 16th @ 4pm - 5pm on Zoom

Finding Full Text

Once you have an article or citation, the tools below can help you get to the full text of an article.

Proxy Bookmarklet
When Fogler Library pays for content this can push you past a paywall.
Interlibrary Loan
Can deliver electronic articles we don't subscrtibe to within a day or two.
Article Linker
Can help you get to a full text version of an article.

Other Guides of Interest

Forest Resources
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Graduate Student Research Tips & Tricks
by Amber Gray Last Updated Aug 31, 2023 819 views this year
Citation Managers
by Mel Johnson Last Updated Oct 30, 2023 1190 views this year
Cite Your Sources
by Mel Johnson Last Updated Oct 30, 2023 613 views this year

SFR 521 Research Methods in Forest Resources

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Citation of Sources