This guide was created by law librarian Terri Saint-Amour, who combines her career expertise with a special love of animals both as a "mom" to five cats and a blind, elderly chihuahua, and a volunteer with the Animal Rescue League of Boston.
From the Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders, Comittee on Science, Technology, and Law Policy and Global Affairs Division, Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, Division on Earth and Life Sciences, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies.
Databases
The databases mentioned below do not relate specifically to law but include some articles and information about animals and the law.
Compiled by CAB International and available via ISI Web of Knowledge, the CAB Abstracts database indexes research and development literature in agriculture, forestry, human and animal nutrition, animal health, natural resource management and conservation, and related aspects of human health. Focal areas are animal and plant science, crop protection, parasitology, soil science, rural development, economics, horticulture, and agricultural engineering. Its geographic scope is global, with emphasis on African and Latin American studies.####Major database themes include:##*crop sciences encompassing agricultural engineering, biotechnology, crop protection, plant breeding, and horticulture##*socioeconomics pertaining to agriculture and the environment, tourism, population, rural development, and public policy##*health sciences consisting of community and public health; communicable, tropical, and parasitic diseases; and medicinal and poisonous plants##*veterinary medicine, medical and veterinary parasitology, and animal production##*trends in applied life sciences such as food chain quality, resource optimization, local and indigineous farming systems, environmental impact science, economic agriculture, functional foods and alternative medicine, and bioinformatics and biotechnology.