Greenspace Management Research Guide

Table of Contents

1. Greenspace Management
   1. Call Numbers
   2. Circulating Books
   3. Reference Books
   4. Videos and DVDs
   5. Periodicals (Paper)
   6. Periodicals (Electronic)
   7. Legislation / Government Information
   8. Career Information
   9. Writing and Citing
   10. RRC Library Links
   11. Red River College Links
   12. Return to Research Guides List

Periodicals (Paper)

• Canadian Gardening (Markham, Ont.: Camar Publications). Bimonthly. Library has: March 1999 to date. Indexed in: Canadian Business and Current Affairs (CBCA) since 1992 (269 articles as of Feb. 2002). Web site contains full text of a few selected articles (canadiangardening.com/articles/shtml)
• Garden Design (Louisville, KY: Publication Board of the American Society of Landscape). Quarterly. Library has: Aug./Sept. 2001 to date. Web site includes "Article Search" box that retrieves full text of articles by keyword (www.gardendesignmag.com).
• The Gardener for the Prairies (Saskatoon: Saskatchewan Gardeners). Quarterly. Library has: Spring 1999 to date. Index (in .PDF format) is available on Web site ( www.extension.usask.ca/Gardener/backissues.html). Links to individual issues are "under construction".
• Golf Course Management (Lawrence, Kan.: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America). Monthly. Library has: Jan. 1998 to date. "Archive search" on Web site retrieves full text of articles in .PDF format (www.gcsaa.org/gcm/gcm_fr.html).
• Greenkeeper International (North Yorkshire, U.K.: British & International Golf Greenkeepers Assn.) Monthly. Library has: Nov. 1997 to date. Web site contains full text of feature articles from previous eight issues (www.bigga.org/greenkeeper/features.php).
• Greennmaster (Mississauga, Ont.: Kenilworth Publishing). 6 issues per year. Library has: 1998 to date. www.kenilworth.com/GreenMaster/index.htm#past_issues. Summaries only of articles from past issues.
• Grounds maintenance. (Overland Park, Kan.: Intertec Publishing Corp.) Monthly. Library has: Jan. 1998 to date. Indexed in: Business Source Elite (EbscoHost) since 1997; full text of articles is included in database. Web site includes search engine that also retrieves full text of articles ( www.grounds-mag.com).
• Harrowsmith country life (North York, Ont.: Telemedia Communications Inc.) 6 issues per year. Library has: Last 5 years. Indexed in Canadian Business and Current Affairs (CBCA) since 1986 (1,639 articles as of Feb. 2002).
• Landscape Architecture (Washington, D.C.: American Society of Landscape Architects). Monthly. Library has: 2001 to date. Web site includes annual indexes for the past eight years. Use the "Find" command under your Web browser's "Edit" menu to search within an index (www.asla.org/lamag/magazineindex.html).
• Manitoba gardener (Winnipeg: Pegasus Publications). Five times a year. Library has: Fall 1998 to date. Web site contains full text of a few selected articles. Section on "previously published" issues is under construction (www.localgardener.net/manitoba).
• Prairie garden: Western Canada's only gardening annual. (Winnipeg: Winnipeg Horticultural Society.) Annual; shelved in Book Stacks under SB 319.3 .C2 P72. Library has: 1999 to date.
• This old house (New York, NY: Time Pub. Ventures). Bimonthly. Library has: July/Aug. 2000 to date. Indexed in: Canadian MAS Fulltext Elite (EbscoHost) from Nov. 2001 to date; full text of articles is included in database. Web site includes search engine that also retrieves full text of articles http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/search/0,13657,,00.html).
• Turf & recreation (Vancouver: MRK Publishing). 7 times a year. Library has: Last 5 years.
• USGA Green Section Record (United States Golf Association). 6 issues per year. Library has: 1998 to date. Search engine retrieves full text of articles from Green Section Record and other documents ( www.usga.org/search). Click on "Green Section" checkbox to limit search.