Guides: Animal Behavior: Background Information

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Handbooks

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
Call Number: Sci Ref. QL 7 .G7813 2003
Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
Call Number: QL 701 .G7913 1990
Handbook of Ethological Methods
Call Number: QL 751 .L398 1996
Animal Behavior Desk Reference
Call Number: Online and Sci Ref. QL 750.3 .B37 2011
Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Ethology
Call Number: Sci Ref. QL 751 .G8945
While dated, this encyclopedia is still valuable for its historical coverage and numerous colored illustrations and descriptive captions.
Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
Call Number: Online and LAU Ref. BF 311 .E54 2003
Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior
Call Number: Online and Sci Ref. QL 750.3 .E53 2004
A Dictionary of Animal Behaviour
Call Number: Sci Ref. QL 750.3 .M34 2006

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