Research Guide Santa Rosa Junior College

Floristry

Typical Research Flow
Reference	Books	Articles	Web	Associations	Citing

This research guide highlights some sources used for locating information. Consult with a Reference librarian for further assistance or for help in locating the information needed.

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Handbooks
The following Reference Sources should be helpful in locating background information:

The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wild Flowers, Western Region

Doyle Ref/QK/110/.S65/1979

The Complete Encyclopedia of Garden Flowers

Doyle Ref/SB/403/.2/.C65/2003

A Dictionary of Useful and Everyday Plants and Their Common Names

Doyle Ref/QK/13/.H68/1974

The Encyclopedia of Natural Insect & Disease Control: The Most Comprehensive Guide to Protectiong Plants -- vegetables, fruit, flowers, trees and lawns -- Without Toxic Chemicals

Doyle Ref/SB/974/.E53/1984

A Flora of Sononma County: Manual of The Flowering Plants of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Sonoma County, California

Doyle & Mahoney Ref/QK/149/.F57/1996

Floristic Inventroy of Tropical Countries: The Status of Plants Systematics, Collections, and Vegetaion, Plus Recomentdations for the Future

Doyle Ref/QK/474/.5/.F56/1989

Flowering Plants of the World

Mahoney Ref/QK495/.A1/F58/1993

Folklore and symbolism of Flowers, Plants, and Trees

Doyle Ref/QK/83/.L4

The Jepson Manual: Higer Plants of California

Doyle & Mahoney Ref/QK/149/.J56/1993

A Manual of the Flowering Plants of California

Doyle & Mahoney Ref/QK/149/.J54/1951

The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to Growing and Propagating Wild Flowers of the United States and Canada

Mahoney Ref/SB/439/.C85/2000

Simon and Schuster's Complete Guide to Plants and Flowers

Doyle Ref/SB/407/.S46

Simon and Schuster's Guide to Garden Flowers

Doyle Ref/SB/407/.M6813/1983

Taylor's Encyclopedia of Plants

Doyle Ref/SB/403/.2/.T39/2003

Wild Flowers of the United States

Doyle Ref & Mahoney Circulating/QK/115/.R5

The World of Tropical Flowers

Doyle Ref/SB/454/.P47

Call Numbers to Browse:

QK Botany SB Plant culture

The following Reference subscription Electronic Databases can also be helpful:

Encyclopedia Britannica Online
ABI Inform Databases	Encyclopedia Britannica Online
AccessScience	RAND California
All ProQuest Databases

Access databases from: SRJC Articles & Databases http://www.santarosa.edu/library/ftdb. Off campus access requires a user name and PIN number. Apply for a PIN.

Books Top
The SRJC Library Catalog lists books under author, title and subject. The following subject headings should contain useful information:

FLORISTS	FLOWER ARRANGEMENT
FLOWERS – MARKETING

Access the SRJC Library Catalog at:http://library.santarosa.edu Select the "Exact Subject Heading" Search Type and type in any of the subject headings.

Magazines and Newspaper Articles Top
The library subscribes to a variety of electronic databases to help you locate articles in popular magazines, scholarly journals and newspapers. The following databases should contain information on your subject:

Expanded Academic ASAP(Info Trac)	All ProQuest Databases
ProQuest Research Library	SIRS Researcher
Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac)	ProQuest Biology Journals ProQuest Career & Technical Education ProQuest Research Library SIRS Researcher

Access databases from: SRJC Articles & Databases http://www.santarosa.edu/library/ftdb. OFF campus access requires a user name and PIN number. Apply for a Pin.

The library has print copies of the following magazines of particular interest:

American Gardener
American Horticulturist
American Journal of Botany
Botanical Review
Florist’s Review
Flowers&
Garden Design
Gardens and Gardening

Horticulture
Pacific Horticulture
Parks & Recreation
Plant Science Bulletin
Plants & Gardens
Plants & Gardens News

To locate other titles subscribed to by the SRJC Libraries (in print and in electronic databases) go to the:
Library Periodicals List

Web Resources Top
The following selected websites should be helpful in finding information:

SRJC Internet Resources by Subject:

Librarians' Internet Index:

Florist:

http://search.lii.org/index.jsp?tn=1title,description,publisher,creator,allTags,keywords,extra_words,searchableid&tv=florist&ss=1

Flowers:

http://search.lii.org/index.jsp?tn=1title,description,publisher,creator,allTags,keywords,extra_words,searchableid&tv=flowers&ss=1

The World Wide Web has no standards, quality and reliability of Information and can vary greatly.

Access How To Evaluate Information Resources: http://www.santarosa.edu/library/guides/eval.shtml

Associations and Organizations Top
Use these websites to locate organizations and associations:

Associations on the Net http://www.ipl.org/div/aon

This guide offers access to many scholarly and trade organization/association websites. The directory lists broad categories allowing you to select more narrow subheadings.

Scholarly Societies Project http://www.scholarly-societies.org/subjects_soc.html

This website provides access by subject to national and international societies with scholarly, academic, or research goals. There are strict guidelines for resource inclusion and a URL stability ranking for each website.

Citing Sources Top
For assistance in using the citation style required by your instructor, check the following citation guides:

MLA (Modern Language Association)

APA (American Psychological Association

Other Styles:(Chicago, Turabian, CBE, and more.)

Access any of these guides from: http://www.santarosa.edu/library/Refs/cite.shtml

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Last updated: May 17, 2007	Questions and Comments: Phyllis Usina