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Freedman, Bill. Dinosaur. In The Gale encyclopedia
of science. v. 2. Detroit, Mich., Gale Research, c1996. p. 1141-1148.
Gore, Rick. Dinosaurs. National geographic,
v. 183, Jan. 1993: 2-53. Kricher, John C. Peterson first guide to dinosaurs.
Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1990. 128 p. Padian, Kevin. Dinosaur. In McGraw-Hill encyclopedia
of science & technology. 8th ed. v. 5. New York, McGraw-Hill,
c1997. p. 321-335.
Subject headings used by the Library of Congress, under which books on dinosaurs can be located in most card, book, and online catalogs, include the following:
The Age of dinosaurs. Convened by Kevin Padian
and Daniel J. Chure. Knoxville, Tenn., Dept. of Geological Sciences,
Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville, Paleontological Society, 1989. 210 p.
(Short courses in paleontology, no. 2) Bakker, Robert T. The dinosaur heresies: new theories
unlocking the mystery of the dinosaurs and their extinction.
New York, Morrow, c1986. 481 p. Fastovsky, David E., and David B. Weishampel. The
evolution and extinction of the dinosaurs. Cambridge, New York,
Cambridge University Press, 1996. 460 p. Lambert, David. The ultimate dinosaur book.
1st American ed. London, New York, Dorling Kindersley in association
with Natural History Museum, 1993. 192 p. Lessem, Don. Kings of creation: how a new breed
of scientists is revolutionizing our understanding of dinosaurs.
New York, Simon & Schuster, c1992. 367 p. Lucas, Spencer G. Dinosaurs: the textbook.
2nd ed. Dubuque, Iowa, Wm. C. Brown, c1997. 292 p. McGowan, Christopher. Dinosaurs, spitfires, and
sea dragons. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1991.
365 p. Norell, Mark, Eugene S. Gaffney, and Lowell Dingus.
Discovering dinosaurs in the American Museum of Natural History.
New York, Knopf, 1995. 204 p. Norman, David. Dinosaur! New York, Macmillan,
1995? 288 p. Norman, David. The illustrated encyclopedia of
dinosaurs: an original and compelling insight into life in the dinosaur
kingdom. New York, Crescent Books, Distributed by Crown Publishers,
c1985. 208 p.
Titles about Particular Geographic Areas or Habitats Colbert, Edwin Harris. The little dinosaurs of
Ghost Ranch. New York, Columbia University Press, c1995. 250
p. Jacobs, Louis L. Lone Star dinosaurs. College
Station, Texas A&M University Press, c1995. 160 p. (Louise Lindsey
Merrick natural environment series, no. 22) Jacobs, Louis L. Quest for the African dinosaurs:
ancient roots of the modern world. New York, Villard Books,
1993. 314 p. Kranz, Peter Michael. Dinosaurs in Maryland.
Baltimore, Dept. of Natural Resources, Maryland Geological Survey,
1989. 34 p. (Educational series/Department of Natural Resources,
Maryland Geological Survey, no. 6) Lucas, Spencer G. Dinosaurs of New Mexico.
[New Mexico], New Mexico Academy of Science, 1993. 130 p. (New Mexico
journal of science, v. 32) Novacek, Michael J. Dinosaurs of the flaming cliffs.
New York, Anchor Books, 1996. 367 p. Russell, Dale A. An odyssey in time: the dinosaurs
of North America. Minocqua, Wis., NorthWord Press; Ottawa, National
Museum of Natural Sciences, 1989. 240 p. Tung, Chih-ming. Dinosaurian faunas of China.
Dong Zhiming. English ed. Beijing, China Ocean Press; Berlin, New
York, Springer-Verlag, c1992. 188 p. Weishampel, David B., and Luther Young. Dinosaurs
of the East Coast. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press,
1996. 275 p. Titles about Particular Topics Alexander, R. McNeill. Dynamics of dinosaurs and
other extinct giants. New York, Columbia University Press, c1989.
167 p. Benton, Michael J. Scientific methodologies in collision:
the history of the study of the extinction of the dinosaurs. In
Evolutionary biology. v. 24; 1989. New York, Plenum Press.
p. 371-400. Dinosaur eggs and babies. Edited by Kenneth
Carpenter, Karl F. Hirsch, John R. Horner. Cambridge, New York,
Cambridge University Press, 1994. 372 p. Glut, Donald F. The dinosaur scrapbook. Secaucus,
N.J., Citadel Press, c1980. 320 p. Horner, John R., and James Gorman. Digging dinosaurs.
New York, Workman Pub., c1988. 210 p. Lockley, M. G., and Adrian P. Hunt. Dinosaur tracks
and other fossil footprints of the western United States. Artwork
by Paul Koroshetz. New York, Columbia University Press, c1995. 338
p. Spalding, David A. E. Dinosaur hunters. Rocklin,
Calif., Prima Pub., c1993. 310 p. Thulborn, Tony. Dinosaur tracks. London, New
York, Chapman and Hall, 1990. 410 p. Wallace, Joseph E. The American Museum of Natural
History's book of dinosaurs and other ancient creatures. New
York, Simon & Schuster, c1994. 144 p. Wilford, John Noble. The riddle of the dinosaur.
New York, Knopf, Distributed by Random House, 1985. 304 p. Titles abut Particular Types of Dinosaurs Dodson, Peter. The horned dinosaurs: a natural
history. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, c1996.
346 p. Gillette, David D. Seismosaurus: the earth shaker.
New York, Columbia University Press, c1994. 205 p. Horner, John R., and Don Lessem. The complete T.
rex. New York, Simon & Schuster, c1993. 239 p. Paul, Gregory S. Predatory dinosaurs of the world:
a complete illustrated guide. New York, Simon and Schuster,
c1988. 464 p.
Alvarez, Walter. T. rex and the crater
of doom. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, c1997.
185 p. Archibald, J. David. Dinosaur extinction and the
end of an era: what the fossils say. New York, Columbia University
Press, c1996. 237 p. Carroll, Robert Lynn. Vertebrate paleontology and
evolution. New York, Freeman, c1988. 698 p. Colbert, Edwin Harris, and Michael Morales. Evolution
of the vertebrates: a history of the backboned animals through time.
4th ed. New York, Wiley-Liss, c1991. 470 p. Dingus, Lowell. Next of kin: great fossils at the
American Museum of Natural History. New York, Rizzoli, 1996.
160 p. Dixon, Dougal. The new dinosaurs: an alternative
evolution. Topsfield, Mass., Salem House, 1988. 120 p. The Mass-extinction debates: how science works
in a crisis. Edited by William Glen. Stanford, Calif., Stanford
University Press, 1994. 370 p. Munsart, Craig A. Investigating science with dinosaurs.
Englewood, Colo., Teacher Ideas Press, 1993. 249 p.
Costa, Vincenzo. Dinosaur safari guide: tracking
North America's prehistoric past: complete descriptions and directions
for over 170 dinosaur (and other prehistoric creature) sites, museums,
fossil exhibits, tracksites, and parks in the United States and
Canada. Stillwater, Minn., Voyageur Press, c1994. 259 p. The Dinosauria. Edited by David B. Weishampel,
Peter Dodson, Halszka Osmolska. Berkeley, University of California
Press, c1990. 733 p. Glut, Donald F. Dinosaurs, the encyclopedia.
Jefferson, N.C., McFarland, c1997. 1076 p. Halls, Kelly Milner. Dino-trekking: the ultimate
dinosaur lover's travel guide. New York, Wiley, c1996. 206 p. Lambert, David, and the Diagram Group. The dinosaur
data book: the definitive, fully illustrated encyclopedia of dinosaurs.
New York, Avon Books, c1990. 320 p. Lessem, Don, and Donald F. Glut. The Dinosaur Society's
dinosaur encyclopedia. New York, Random House, c1993. 533 p. The Macmillan illustrated encyclopedia of dinosaurs
and prehistoric animals: a visual who's who of prehistoric life.
Dougal Dixon and others. New York, Collier Books; Toronto, Maxwell
Macmillan Canada, 1992. 312 p.
Dino fest: proceedings of a conference for the
general public, March 24, 1994. Edited by Gary D. Rosenberg
and Donald L. Wolberg. Indianapolis, Ind., Geology Dept., Indiana
University-Purdue University; Knoxville, Tenn., Paleontological
Society, 1994. 503 p. (Paleontological Society. Special publication,
no. 7) Dinosaur systematics: approaches and perspectives.
Edited by Kenneth Carpenter and Philip J. Currie. Cambridge, New
York, Cambridge University Press, 1990. 318 p. Dinosaurs past and present. Edited by Sylvia
J. Czerkas and Everett C. Olson. Los Angeles, Calif., Natural History
Museum of Los Angeles County in association with University of Washington
Press, Seattle and London, 1987. 2 v.
Bibliography of fossil vertebrates. 1978+ The
American Geological Institute, the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.
Falls Church, Va., The Institute. annual. Chure, Dan, and John S. McIntosh. A bibliography
of the dinosauria (exclusive of the Aves), 1677-1986. Grand
Junction, Colo., Museum of Western Colorado, 1989. 226 p. (Museum
of Western Colorado paleontology series, #1) Fleury, Bruce E. Dinosaurs: a guide to research.
New York, Garland, 1992. 468 p. (Garland reference library of the
humanities, vol. 1196) Fouty, Gary. Death of the dinosaurs and other mass
extinctions. Phoenix, Ariz., Oryx Press, 1987. 91 p. (Oryx science
bibliographies, v. 10)
Abstracting and Indexing Services that index relevant journal articles and other literature are listed below. Most of these services index to the term "Dinosaurs" and also to the scientific names of different dinosaurs. Consult a reference librarian for location of these items in the Science Reading Room. NOTE: Many of these titles may also be available on CD-ROM terminals or on-line.
Journals that often contain relevant articles include the following:
Currie, Philip J., Gregory C. Nadon, and Martin G.
Lockley. Dinosaur footprints with skin impressions from the Cretaceous
of Alberta and Colorado. Canadian journal of earth sciences,
v. 28, Jan. 1991: 102-115. Dinosaur studies: special issue commemorating the
150th anniversary of Richard Owen's Dinosauria. Modern geology,
v. 16, no. 1/2, 1991: 1-250. Farlow, James O., Peter Dodson, and Anusuya Chinsamy.
Dinosaur biology. In Annual review of ecology and systematics.
v. 26; 1995. Palo Alto, Calif., Annual Reviews. p. 445-471. Hurlbert, Stuart H., and J. David Archibald. No statistical
support for sudden (or gradual) extinction of dinosaurs. Geology,
v. 23, Oct. QE1.G528 Molnar, R. E., and J. Wiffen. A Late Cretaceous polar
dinosaur fauna from New Zealand. Cretaceous research, v.
15, Dec. 1994: 689-706. Norell, Mark A., and others. A nesting dinosaur. Nature,
v. 378, Dec. 21/28, 1995: 774-776. Paul, Gregory S. The art of Charles R. Knight. Scientific
American, v. 274, June 1996: 86-93. Ruben, John A., and others. The metabolic status of
some late Cretaceous dinosaurs. Science, v. 273, Aug. 30,
1996: 1204-1207. Schwimmer, David R., and others. Late Cretaceous dinosaurs
from the Blufftown Formation in western Georgia and eastern Alabama.
Journal of paleontology, v. 67, Mar. 1993: 288-296. Sereno, Paul C. The origin and evolution of dinosaurs.
In Annual review of earth and planetary sciences. v. 25;
1997. Palo Alto, Calif., Annual Reviews. p. 435-489. Vickers-Rich, Patricia, and Thomas Hewitt Rich. Australia's
polar dinosaurs. Scientific American, v. 269, July 1993:
50-55. Weishampel, David B. Dinosaurian cacophony: inferring
function in extinct organisms. BioScience, v. 47, Mar. 1997:
150-159. Williams, Michael E. Catastrophic versus noncatastrophic
extinction of the dinosaurs: testing, falsifiability, and the burden
of proof. Journal of paleontology, v. 68, Mar. 1994: 183-190.
Selected materials available in the Science Reading Room pamphlet boxes include the following: Alexander, R. McNeill. How dinosaurs ran. Scientific American, v. 264, Apr. 1991: 130-136. Coria, Rodolfo A., and Leonardo Salgado. A new giant carnivorous dinosaur from the Cretaceous of Patagonia. Nature, v. 377, Sept. 21, 1995: 224- 226. Currie, Philip J. The great dinosaur egg hunt. National geographic, v. 189, May 1996: 96-111. Dinosaurs. Natural history, v. 104, June 1995: 28-72.A special issue celebrating the reopening of the halls of the dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History. Partial contents: Why cladistics? by Eugene S. Gaffney, Lowell Dingus, and Miranda K. Smith.--Horns, herds, and hierarchies, by Scott D. Sampson.--Track records, by Martin Lockley.--An egg thief exonerated, by James M. Clark.-- Origins of the feathered nest, by Mark Norell.--Within the bone, by Anusuya Chinsamy.--Designer jaws, by David B. Weishampel. Hammer, William R., and William J. Hickerson. A crested theropod dinosaur from Antarctica. Science, v. 264, May 6, 1994: 828-830. McDonald, Nicholas G. Connecticut in the age of the dinosaurs. Rocks and minerals, v. 70, Nov./Dec. 1995: 412-418. Morell, Virginia. The origin of birds: the dinosaur debate. Audubon, v. 99, Mar./Apr. 1997: 36-45. Novas, Fernando E., and Pablo F. Puerta. New evidence concerning avian origins from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Nature, v. 387, May 22, 1997: 390-392. Over, D. Jeffrey. An exercise on dinosaur trackways for introductory science courses. Journal of geological education, v. 43, May 1995: 204-211. Webster, Donovan. Dinosaurs of the Gobi: unearthing a fossil trove. National geographic, v. 190, July 1996: 70-89
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