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Call Numbers
The LPC Library, like most academic libraries, uses the Library of Congress classification system (LC).
Books on science have a call # starting with a Q and within the Q's books about animals/zoology start with the letters QL.
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Books in the LPC Library
The following list provides a sampling of what is available in the LPC Library.
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- By specific animal- ex. red tailed hawk
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- Related search term - ex. birds of prey
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Natural History of San Francisco Bay by Call Number: QH 105 C2 R83 2011 available as ebook as wellISBN: 9780520268258Publication Date: 2011
Field Guide to Animal Tracks and Scat of California by Call Number: eBookISBN: 0520271092Publication Date: 2012
Collective Animal Behavior by Call Number: QL 775 S86 2010 available as ebook as wellISBN: 9780691148434Publication Date: 2010
Foraging by Call Number: QL 756.5 F665 2007 available as ebook as wellISBN: 9780226772639Publication Date: 2007
Adventures among Ants by Call Number: QL 568 F7 M64 2011 available as ebook as wellISBN: 9780520271289Publication Date: 2011
Field Guide to the Common Bees of California by Call Number: eBookISBN: 0520272846Publication Date: 2013
Introduction to Horned Lizards of North America by Call Number: eBookISBN: 0520228278Publication Date: 2003
Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of California by Call Number: eBookISBN: 0520270517Publication Date: 2012
California Amphibian and Reptile Species of Special Concern by Call Number: eBookISBN: 0520290909Publication Date: 2016
Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California by Call Number: eBookISBN: 0520224175Publication Date: 2002
Amphibians and Reptiles of the US-Mexico Border States by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781623493066Publication Date: 2015
Field Guide to Birds of the Northern California Coast by Call Number: eBookISBN: 0520276175Publication Date: 2014
Shorebird Ecology, Conservation, and Management by Call Number: QL 696 C4 C655 2010 available as ebook as wellISBN: 9780520266407Publication Date: 2010
Rodent Societies: An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective by Call Number: QL 737 R6 R623 2007 available as ebook as wellISBN: 9780226905372Publication Date: 2007
Field Guide to Marine Mammals of the Pacific Coast by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780520265455Publication Date: 2011
Alameda County Breeding Bird AtlasCall Number: QL684 A43 R53 2011ISBN: 9780692016039Publication Date: 2011
Flies: The Natural History and Diversity of Diptera by Call Number: QL 531 M37 2012ISBN: 9781770851009Publication Date: 2012
The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior by Call Number: QL 681 S495 2001ISBN: 0679451234Publication Date: 2001
Behavior of North American Mammals by Call Number: QL 739.3 E43 2011ISBN: 9780618883455Publication Date: 2011
Turtles, Tortoises and Terrapins by Call Number: QL666 C5 O74 2012ISBN: 9781770851191Publication Date: 2012
