Research Trees - UGS 302: The Land Before Us - Bsumek - LibGuides at University of Texas at Austin

Background Information

Start with background information (like what you find in Wikipedia) to learn more about your tree.

Trees of Central Texas by Robert A. Vines
ISBN: 0292758383

Publication Date: 2013-08-28

A comprehensive and compact field guide, Trees of Central Texas introduces 186 species of tree life in Central Texas.

Gale eBooks
Searches background sources from across disciplines.

TIP: If you are getting irrelevant results, try searching for your tree name as a Document Title rather than keyword. Or after you do a keyword search, use the "Subjects" filter on the right side of the screen.
Texas Reference Center
Search for your tree name and find background information and magazine articles.

Libraries search tool
Search across the majority of the libraries sources (both print and online)

Academic Search Complete
Articles from newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals from across disciplines. Great starting place,
JSTOR
Scholarly articles from all disciplines.
Nexis Uni
Articles from local, state, national and international newspapers, some back to the 1980s

AGRICOLA
Agriculture, ecology, forestry.
GreenFILE
Sources covering human impact to the environment

Local Newspapers

Daily Texan
Find current and historical issues of the Daily Texan.
Austin American Statesman (Historical), 1871-1980
Austin American-Statesman, 1997-2019
Once in the database, use the drop down in the top row to select (SO) journal name and type in "Austin-American Statesman." Then type keywords in the other boxes.
Austin American-Statesman, 2007-present
Once you are in the database, choose Search. Once on the search page, click on the blue arrow by "source" and type in Austin American-Statesman. Then type your keywords into the search box and you'll be just searching the Statesman.

UT Trees

UT's Urban Forestry page
Includes links to notable trees on campus and memorial trees (planted to honor someone's memory). Maybe your tree is here?
Interactive Map of Campus Trees
In 2016, UT inventoried every tree on campus and created this database with info about the tree and its environmental benefits.
UT's Landscape Master Plan

Troubleshooting Map of Campus Trees

If you aren't seeing trees or the tree and street map layers aren't working together, click on layers (red circle in middle of diagram) and make sure you have checked all the options in the menu encircled in red.