Primates
The following guide provides Web site links, a list of selected
books, and access to online periodical articles about this subject.
The Web site links have been researched, evaluated, and annotated by
Rio Hondo College Librarians. The Librarians have specifically
selected these Web sites to meet the research needs of Rio Hondo
College students
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Animal Info -
Information on Endangered Mammals
http://animalinfo.org/
The information included for each animal listed includes a "contents,
profile, tidbits, status and trends, data on biology and ecology, and
references." Click on the letter of the alphabet that
corresponds to the common species name of the primate to access the
information.
Great Apes & Other Primates
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Primates/Facts/default.cfm
The Web page from the Smithsonian Institute provides information
about gibbons, gorillas, lemurs, orangutans, pygmy marmosets,
black howler monkeys, Golden lion tamarins and Golden-headed
lion tamarins.
Primate Info Net - Primate Factsheets
http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/aboutp/factsheets/
This Web page is part of the Primate Info Net of the National
Primate Research Center at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Click on the genus name to access a list of links to information
about the genus.
Primates On the Brink
http://iucn.org/themes/ssc/news/primates_on_the_brink.htm
This site from the World Conservation Union provides a 2005
repot on the status of the world's 25 most endangered primates.
Primates.com
http://www.primates.com/welcome.htm
This is a fascinating site filled with excellent photos of
primates, as well as facts, FAQs, articles, research and links
from sources all over the world. Definitely worth
exploring. The photos are especially good.
Books
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The following books can be located in the
Rio Hondo College Library.
Reference Books
Non-circulating:
Beacham's guide to international endangered species
Call number: Ref QL82.B435 1998
The encyclopedia of mammals
Call number: Ref QL703.E53 2001
Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia
Call number: Ref QL7.G7813 2004
The international wildlife encyclopedia
Call number: Ref QL9.B8
The multimedia guide to the non-human primates : print version
Call number: Ref QL737.P9B94 1995bx
Primate anatomy : an introduction
Call number: Ref QL737.P9A594 2000
Primates of the world : distribution, abundance, and
conservation
Call number: Ref QL737.P9W64 1983
Suggested Subject Headings
For additional titles on this topic at Rio Hondo, click on the
following Library of Congress subject headings:
Apes
Monkeys
Primates
Primates--Behavior
Library
Catalog
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Use the box below to search for additional resources in Rio Hondo
College Library.
Media
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The following media can be located in the Rio Hondo College Library,
to be viewed in the Library.
Great apes
Video 000524
Over the past 100 years humans have discovered and nearly
destroyed the Gorilla. For an even longer period we have treated
Chimpanzees as little more than circus entertainers. Great Apes
shows how a few gifted people have changed our perception of
Africa's Great Apes forever.
Life on earth : a natural history : the primates
Video 000649 pt. 25&26
Naturalist David Attenborough presents the history of life over 3 1/2
billion years, blending scientific data with wildlife photography by
some of the world's finest photographers, including the Natural
History Unit of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Articles
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The Rio Hondo College Library
provides online access to full-text articles through our
online databases. Please note: you must be a Rio Hondo College
student, faculty, staff or board member to use these services.
The sample searches
and articles below are from the
ProQuest database. If you are viewing this
subject guide from an on-campus computer, simply click on the
links below. To gain access if you are at home or off-campus,
first click here:
https://rioweb.riohondo.edu/library/. Input your student
ID number and password [your birthdate]. You will see a
list of all the online databases to which you have access. Click on ProQuest and enter the database. You may conduct your own
searches at this point or come back to this subject guide and
click on any of the links below:
SU(primates)
SU(primates) AND SU(animal behavior)
SU(primates) AND SU(evolution)
SU(primates) AND SU(brain)
SU(PRIMATES) AND SU(anthropology)
SU(primates) AND SU(research)
SU(primates) AND SU(monkeys) OR SU(apes)
SU(Primates genetics )
Researched and evaluated by:
A. Enright, Librarian 5/2005
last update: E. Ball, Librarian 5/2007
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