The Learning Center at Howell Woods contains a natural resource reference
library with over 200 books in the collection that are available for you to use at the Center. You can find information on birds, fish,
and aquatics; insects and spiders; mammals; plants; mosses and fungi; reptile
and amphibians; wildlife and forestry management; ecosystems; astronomy; organic
gardening; outdoor skills and recreation; green philosophy;
and environmental education. A bibliography
(PDF: 75KB/35pp - requires Acrobat®
Reader™)
lists the resources.
The library also contains numerous professional natural
resources and ornithological journals as well as many magazines covering natural
resource topics.
Professional Journals
- The Journal of Wildlife Management* (1965 - current, w/o 1967, 1974, 1976)
- Wildlife Monographs* (1963-current - incomplete)
- Wildlife Society Bulletin (January/Spring
1999-current)
- Natural Areas Journal (January 2001-current)
- The Auk - The American Ornithologists Union (January
1999-current)
- The Wilson Bulletin - The Wilson Ornithological
Society (March 1999-current)
- Journal of Field Ornithology - Association of Field
Ornithologists (Winter 1999-current)
- North American Bird Bander (July 2001-current)
- Journal of Forestry (1952-1995 - incomplete)
*Most issues donated by Dr. Pete Bromley, retired North Carolina
State University Wildlife and Extension professor.
Natural Resource Related Magazines
- Wildlife in North Carolina (1958-current - incomplete)
- Ducks Unlimited Magazine (1975-current - -
incomplete)
- National Wildlife*
- Sierra
- Outdoor Life
- American Hunter
- Sports Afield
- Birder's World*
- Wild Bird*
- Living Bird
- Organic Gardening*
- Forest Landowner
*Request donation of current or back issues of these titles.
We also have a large selection of Peterson, Golden Guide, and National
Audubon Society Field Guides as well as a variety of videos, compact discs and
CD-ROMS. Most of the books were made possible through grants from the
Office of Environmental Education (Division of NC Department of Environment and
Natural Resources) and Progress Energy.
