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Resource Guide for Biology

  1. Recent Reference books are for looking up technical terms or finding illustrations:
    1. All Things Darwin Ref. Desk QH 31 .D2 .A7894 2007 2 vols.
    2. Dictionary of Biology Ref. Desk QH 302.5 .D54 2008
    3. Encyclopedia of Tidepools & Rocky Shores Ref. QH 541.5 .S53 2007
    4. Human Body Book Ref. QM 26 .P37 2007
    5. Magill’s Medical Guide Ref. RC 41 .M34 2008
    6. More Than Darwin Ref. QH 360.2 .M66 2008
    7. Mosby’s Medical Dictionary Ref. R 121 .M89 2009
    8. Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America Ref. QL 681 .F56 2008
  2. Library Catalog is used to locate books, media, periodical holdings, etc. by title, subject; selected 2007-2009 book titles with call numbers are:
    1. Adventures In The Wild QH 318.5 .A38 2008
    2. DNA RB 155 .M314 2008
    3. Evolution QH 366.2 .E863
    4. Evolution Vs. Creationism QH 367 .S395 2009
    5. Flower Hunters QK 26 .G75 2008
    6. Green Plans GE 195 .J64 2008
    7. In Defense of Self QR 181.7 .C5532 2008
    8. Natural History Of Conifers QK 494 .F36 2008
    9. Naturalist’s Guide To The Atlantic Seashore QH 541.5 .S35 .S527 2008
    10. Rachel Carson QH 31 .C33 .R33 2008
    11. What Is Biodiversity? QH 541.15 .B56 .M325 2008
    12. Wild Blue QL 737 .C424 .B67 2008
  3. Abstract/Indexing and/or full-text databases are used to find articles by topic:
    1. Academic Search Premier
    2. Agricola
    3. Biology Digest
    4. BioOne
    5. CINAHLPlus
    6. GreenFILE
    7. Health Reference Center
    8. Ingenta,
    9. JSTOR
    10. Medline/PubMed
    11. ScienceDirect
    12. Scopus
    13. WilsonOmniFile
  4. Periodicals Holdings and 360 link connects print and electronic journal holdings. Many bound journals also have author/subject keyword indexes at the end of a year.
  5. Look at an author’s bibliography or references from an article on your topic.
  6. Request items not available at SUCC through Interlibrary Loan by registering on ILLiad from the Library’s Home Page using your C# and then creating your own password and hint to submit requests. Plan ahead at least two weeks.
  7. Scientific Style and Format
    1. (CSE Manual) Ref. Desk T 11 .S386 2006
    2. Short Guide To Writing About Biology Ref. Desk QH 304 .P43 2007

Compiled by Ellen Paterson, revised May 2009

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