Forestry and Logging

Databases

• Academic Search Complete. 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. 1975 to present.
• Business Source Complete. Provides full text for over 3700 business journals.
• Cooperative Extension Publications by State. Full-text reports.
• Cooperative Forestry Research Unit Publications Database. University of Maine
• 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 Science.  Search the worldwide literature on forestry
• MasterFILE Premier.  Provides full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals concerning general reference, business, consumer health, general science.  Full text extends back to January, 1990. 
• 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 33,000 publications
• U.S. Patent Database.
• World Bank - Documents & Reports. Searchable database of over 130,000 World Bank documents.

Maine Resources

• 2010 Directory of Maine's Primary Wood Processors. (Lilieholm, Lammert, Lord, and Trosper). Maine Forest Service

• 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
• 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 Service, Forest Policy and Management Division - Information Sheets
• 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 Biproducts Division.
• American Wood Council (AWC)
• Association of Consulting Foresters of America, Inc.
• Canadian Institute of Forestry
• Canadian Sustainable Forestry Certification Coalition.
• Forestry Associations. Forestry AgNIC, University of Minnesota Libraries
• 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)
• TAPPI: Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Company and Industry Information

• Forest Directory.com

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

• Forests and Forestry in the Americas: An Encyclopedia. Society of American Foresters and International Society of Tropical Foresters.
• Glossary of Forestry Terms. Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Forest Service
• Glossary of Logging Terms. Pacific Forest Foundation.
• Terms & Acronyms. 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 and Conservation 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.
• Logging Workers. U.S. Dept. Labor Occupational Outlook Handbook
• 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
• 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. Eastern area. USDA Forest Service.
• Forest Inventory and Analysis National Program.  U.S. Forest Service.
• Forest Resource Fact Sheets. Financial advice to states. Maine
• 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.
• Land areas of the national forest system. 1947-2011
• Measuring Standing Trees & Logs. Virginia Cooperative Extension.
• National Forests and Grasslands. USDA. Forest Service
  
• North American Hardwoods and Softwoods, Tropical Woods, and Lesser-known Woods. USDA Forest Service (see right hand side of screen)
• SelecTree - a Tree Selection Guide. Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.
• Silvics of North America. USDA. Forest Service
• State of the World's Forests. 2011. FAO
• A Technical Guide to Urban and Community Forestry. USDA
• Tree List. U.S. Forest Service. Extensive information
• World Dictionary of Trees. Includes information on distribution, foliage, height, uses, and synonyms.

Electronic Journals

• ForestNet.com

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
• INFOMINE. Scholarly internet resources. University of California, Riverside
• Pulp and Paper Net
• The Science of Tree Rings. Dr. Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, The University of Tennessee

Raymond H. Fogler Library University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207-581-1661

Updated: 03/12/2013