The following videos will teach you how to use the library's main finding tool. These videos will also show you some advanced searching techniques that will make your research more effective.

Keywords are the building blocks of research in LibrarySearch. Using the right keywords helps you find relevant information on forestry topics. The following list provides examples of keyword search strings using LibrarySearch techniques: 

General topics

• agroforestry 
• biodiversity conservation 
• bioenergy forest* 
• boreal forest*
• coast* forest*
• dendrology 
• forest* (eg. forest, forests, forestry) 
• "forest conservation"
• "forest ecology" 
• "forest ecosystems" 
• "forest genetics" 
• "forest science"
• forest* "climate change"

Forest management and policy 

• "forest growth" yield
• "forest landscape management"
• "forest management"
• "forest management" "british columbia"
• "forest management" hydrology 
• "forest management" law 
• "forest monitoring"
• forest* (policy OR policies) 
• "forest products" 
• "forest products industry"
• "forest reserves"
• "forest surveys" 

Biodiversity and environmental factors

• forest* soil 
• "natural resources" forest* 
• "natural resource management" forest* 
• "habitat management" forest*
• "watershed management" 
• "wildlife habitat" improv* 
• "wildlife management" forest* 
• "woodland management" 
• "old growth" forest* 
• forest wildfires prevent* 
• (epiphyte OR "epiphytic plants") forest* 

Industry and Logging 

• logging forest* 
• "lumber trade" 
• "salvage logging"
• sampling forest* 
• silviculture
• forest* (sustain* OR conserv*) manag*
• "sustainable forestry" 
• "wood production" forest* 
• "wood product management"
• "wood waste" fuel 
• "wood waste" recycl* 
• "timber production" 
• "clear cutting"

Tree-related topics 

• trees "british columbia"
• trees canad* 
• tree identif* 
• tree disease
• tree pest
• "pine beetle" forest* 
• "spruce budworm" forest*