Using a book can put your topic in perspective.
Books are more likely to provide background information on a topic to help you understand the topic better.
Books can provide a wider scope of information about a subject, thus helping you narrow and focus your topic.
A book can also contain references to the sources they used and you may discover that you’re interested in finding those sources – this is called citation chasing.
Keep in mind, if you are writing about something current that’s happened within the past year, you may not find current books on your topic. Books take a long time to get researched and published, so they are not as current as articles and other forms of information.
Use the search box below to find books available at the Clovis Community College Library!
eBooks are a really easy and convenient way to get information on a topic because you don't have to go into a library to check them out, you don't have to worry about turning them back in on time, and they're available 24/7
Silent Spring (RECOMMENDED BY PROFESSOR!) by 
Rachel Carson: Silent Spring and Other Writings on the Environment (LOA #307) by 
Companion to a Sand County Almanac (RECOMMENDED BY PROFESSOR!) by 
Walden (RECOMMENDED BY PROFESSOR!) by 
The second edition of The Jepson Manual thoroughly updates this acclaimed work, the single most comprehensive resource on California's amazingly diverse flora. Integrating the latest science with the results of intensive fieldwork, institutional collaboration, and the efforts of hundreds of contributing authors, this new edition is an essential reference on California's native and naturalized vascular plants.
The magnificent and much-loved Sierra Nevada, called the "Range of Light" by John Muir, is the dominant feature on the California landscape. First published forty years ago, this handbook has become an enduring natural history classic, used by thousands to learn more about virtually every aspect of this spectacular mountain range—from its superb flora and fauna to its rugged topography. Comprehensive yet concise and portable, the book describes hundreds of species: trees and shrubs, flowering plants and ferns, fungi and lichens, insects and fish, amphibians and reptiles, and birds and mammals.
Identifies over two thousand species, answers common questions about mushrooms, and gives advice on collecting, preserving, and cooking with mushrooms
In this groundbreaking and meticulously field-tested guide, the rich variety of Sierra life-trees, wildflowers, ferns, fungi, lichens, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, and insects-comes alive. Both written and illustrated by John Muir Laws, THE LAWS FIELD GUIDE TO THE SIERRA NEVADA includes more than 1,700 species, descriptions of behavior, adaptations, and interactions between species, and species and topics not found in most guides, including aquatic life, spiders and webs, plankton, plant galls, bark beetle galleries, animal tracks and evidence, seasonal star charts, weather patterns, and cloud formations.