Books & Media

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SDZWA Research Guides

Animals
Guide to finding animal information online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library
Animal Welfare
Guide to finding animal welfare, training, and enrichment information, online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library.
Conservation
Guide to finding conservation information, online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library
Plants
Guide to finding plant, plant conservation, and botanical garden information, online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library
Veterinary Medicine
Guide to finding veterinary and biomedical information, online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library
Zoos & Aquariums
Guide to zoo & aquarium information, online and at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance; natural history museum links

Good Places to Start

Animal Welfare by Michael C. Appleby; Barry O. Hughes; Joy A. Mench; I. Anna S. Olsson (editors)
Call Number: QL85 .A66 2011 MAIN
ISBN: 1845936590
Publication Date: 2011
Providing a broad introduction to the key topics in the welfare of animals large and small, farm and companion, wild and zoo, this fully updated textbook covers ethics, animal pain and injury, health and disease and social conditions, welfare issues and problems, their assessment, and solutions. --Publisher.
Enriching Animal Lives by Hal Markowitz
Call Number: QL74 .M375 2011
ISBN: 9780983357919
Publication Date: 2011
Enriching Animal Lives is chock full of recipes for enriching lives of a wide range of animals along with a generous sprinkling of personal experiences. This book will be of interest to those working in zoos, aquariums, wild animal parks, and animal rehabilitation facilities. It will also be of interest to all animal lovers, especially those with companion animals and scientists conducting research with captive animals. --Publisher.
Observing Animal Behaviour by Marian Stamp Dawkins
Call Number: eBook [onsite access]
ISBN: 9780198569350
Publication Date: 2007
This book introduces the reader to the power of observation before, and sometimes instead of, experimental manipulation in the study of animal behaviour. It starts with simple and easily accessible methods suitable for student projects, before going on to demonstrate the possibilities that nowexist for far more sophisticated analyses of observational data. --Publisher
Zoo Animals : Behaviour, Management and Welfare by Geoff Hosey; Vicky Melfi; Sheila Pankhurst
Call Number: QL74 .H67 2013 MAIN
ISBN: 9780199693528
Publication Date: 2013
Zoo Animals: Behaviour, Management and Welfare addresses the key questions surrounding the keeping of exotic animals in captivity, and reveals how we can apply our ever-growing understanding of animal behaviour to ensure zoo animals are managed as effectively as possible. Drawing on their extensive experience of zoo research, practice, and teaching, the authors blend together theory with a broad range of both mammalian and non-mammalian examples to give a highly-readable overview of this burgeoning field. --Publisher.
Zoo Animal Welfare by Terry L. Maple; Bonnie M. Perdue
Call Number: QL74 .M37 2013 MAIN
ISBN: 9783642359545
Publication Date: 2013
Zoo Animal Welfare thoroughly reviews the scientific literature on the welfare of zoo and aquarium animals. The authors' academic training in the interdisciplinary field of psychobiology provides a unique perspective for evaluating the ethics, practices, and standards of modern zoos and aquariums. The book offers a blueprint for the implementation of welfare measures and an objective rationale for their widespread use. --Publisher.
Zoo Ethics by Jenny Gray
Call Number: QL76 .G73 2017
ISBN: 1501714422
Publication Date: 2017
Zoo Ethics examines the workings of modern zoos and considers the core ethical challenges faced by people who choose to hold and display animals in zoos, aquariums, or sanctuaries. Jenny Gray asserts the value of animal life and assesses the impacts of modern zoos, including the costs to animals in terms of welfare and the loss of liberty. Gray describes the positive welfare and health outcomes of many animals held in zoos, the increased attention and protection for their species in the wild, and the enjoyment and education of the people who visit zoos. --Publisher.

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Journals A-Z
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Databases
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Fact Sheets
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Priority Species Information
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Research Guides
Portal to the SDZWA Library's research guides: Animals, Animal Welfare, Conservation, Plants, Reference, Veterinary Medicine, Zoos & Aquariums
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Animal Welfare : A Research Guide: Books & Media