Subject headings like these work well to find books in the SUNY Adirondack Library.
Medicinal plants Agriculture Watermilfoil
Wild flowers Farms, Small Fruit
Pharmacognosy Self-reliant living Aquatic plants
Materia medica Insects Plant ecology
Herbs Therapeutic use Garden* Biological diversity
Natural products Woody plants Botany
Freshwater algae Endangered plants Water pollution
Transgenic plants Trees Plant genetic engineering
- Use “and” to combine two subjects, such as: trees and New York.
- Use truncation to find various “wildcard” endings: herb* will retrieve herb, herbs, herbal, etc.
- Make sure to also see the Gardening research guide!
• Plant identification guides: The library owns many field guides: eastern U.S. trees, wild flowers, weeds of the Northeast, seeds, ferns, grasses, mushrooms and more. Search for terms such as “wild flowers” (note: it’s two words, not one!) , or a more precise search with truncation, such as “Wild flowers and identif* ”.
To find books about locavores, search with these phrases to find books:
Local foods
Food supply Seasonal variations
Locavores
Food supply United States
Farmers’ markets
Food Environmental aspects United States
Urban agriculture United States
Sustainable farming United States
The SUNY Adirondack Library subscribes to the electronic British edition of this book. Click the book link and log in with your college username/password to read and print pages.
Julia Morton's 1987 book Fruits of Warm Climates has chapters on pineapples, bananas, figs and much more. Purdue University offers it free online: