Thomas Library - Selected Resources for Biology

Selected Resources for Biology

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BOOKS

LC subject headings | Call Numbers | Library Catalogs | Reference Books

Library of Congress Subject Headings.

28th ed., 5 vols., 2005.
Kept on the long table by the main bank of EZRA/Web terminals.

Subject headings will be similar to, but may be different from those used in periodical indexes.

Call Numbers for Biology

Following are some of the common call numbers for books on biological topics. It is useful when browsing for books to have a general call number, but it is not a replacement for doing an EZRA (our online catalog) search.

GE for Environmental Sciences QP for Physiology
QH for Ecology QR for Microbiology
QK for Botany R for Medicine
QM for Human Anatomy S for Agriculture

Locating Books in Library Catalogs

At Wittenberg: WebEZRA -- the online catalog
At other Ohio academic Libraries: OhioLINK
In North America For ILL: WorldCat

Books on Scientific Writing and Presentations

Scientific Writing: Easy When You Know How by Jennifer Peat et. al.: Link to electronic book
The Craft of Scientific Writing by Michael Alley: T11 .A37 1996
Scientific Papers and Presentations by Martha Davis: T11 .D324 1997
The Art of Scientific Writing by Hans Friedrich Ebel: QD9.15 .E23 2004

Reference Books

Below is a select list of reference books relating to the biological sciences. These books can be found in the science and main libraries as noted.

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (20 volumes): Main Reference Q121 .M3 1997 (8th edition); Access Science @ McGraw-Hill: the Online Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms: Reference Q123 .M15 2003 (6th edition)
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences (2 volumes): Reference QE5 .E5137 1996
Nature Encyclopedia: Reference QH13 .N37 2001
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Bioscience: Reference QH302.5 .M382 2003 (2nd edition)
Encyclopedia of Genetics (2 volumes): Reference QH427 .E53 1999
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Genetics, Genomics, and Proteomics: 2008 Available Online
Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology (4 volumes): Reference QH506 .E53 1999
Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology (3 volumes): Reference QH540.4 .E52 1995
Encyclopedia of Insects: Reference QL462.3 .E485 2003
Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics: Reference QH540.4 .L56 1998 (2nd edition)
The Encyclopedia of Mammals: Reference QL703 .E53 2001 (2nd edition)
Walker's Mammals of the World (2 volumes): Reference QL 703 .W222 1999
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia (17 volumes): Reference QL 3. G7813 2003 (2nd edition)
Encyclopedia of Human Biology (9 volumes): Reference QP11 .E53 1997 (2nd edition)
Encyclopedia of Microbiology (4 volumes): Reference QR 9 .E53 2000 (2nd edition)
Encyclopedia of Immunology (4 volumes): Reference QR 180.4 .E53 1998 (2nd edition)
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary: Reference R121 .A53 2004 (2nd edition)
Dictionary of Medicine: Reference R121 .D53 1998
Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy: Reference RC55 .M4 (2006, 18th edition)

INDEXES

AGRICOLA: Covers the agricultural literature from 1970 to present. No fulltext.
Biological Abstracts: Biological Abstracts indexes articles from all fields of Biology. Coverage includes 1980 to the present.
PubMed: PubMed provides another interface to the data contained in MEDLINE plus additional content.
Web of Science -- Science Citation Index: Index and cited references for articles in the sciences.
Chemical Abstracts (STN Easy): Chemical Abstracts covers all areas of Chemistry including those of interest to biologists. It is a good place to look for topics in the realm of Biochemistry. Unlike most of our databases, we have limited hours of access and a password is required. Please talk to a reference librarian to learn more about our hours of access and password.
PsycINFO: PsycINFO covers the literature of Psychology from 1967 to present. This is a good place to look for articles for anyone with an interest in Clinical Psychology.
Academic Search Complete: Academic Search Complete is a multi-subject database containing both scholarly and popular publications. Some material is available in full-text. It is a good starting place for introductory level classes.
Wilson Index: The Wilson Index is made up of the Humanities, Sciences and Social Science indexes. It is a good place to find scholarly articles on a variety of topics.

A full list of Biology related indexes available at Wittenberg can be found at:
http://www6.wittenberg.edu/lib/research/browse-db.php?curr_subj=biol

PERIODICALS

Periodicals are where most of the information for your research papers will come. Remember that there are scholarly publications as well as popular publications You will most likely want to stick to scholarly publications for your research. For hints on how to tell the two apart, please see Scholarly vs. Popular Articles.

Wittenberg owns many scientific journals in both print and electronic formats. The links below will help you to find out what journals we own, the format, and where they are located.

Journals the Library Has
This is a searchable index of the periodicals Wittenberg owns in electronic and print formats. Location and dates owned are also provided.

Journal Interlibrary Loan Form
Use Interlibrary Loan to request articles not owned at Wittenberg from other libraries. Please see the form for more details.

WEB SITES

When using the internet, always be thinking critically about what you are viewing. Good and bad information both reside on the internet and it isn't always easy to tell the two apart. For hints on spotting good web pages, please see the library's page on Evaluating Web Sites.

The Virtual Library: Bio Sciences: http://vlib.org/Biosciences; The Virtual Library: Bio Sciences page is a collection of internet resources relating to a variety of biological topics. It is a good place to start when looking for bio information on the internet.
Yahoo! -- Biology: http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/; The Biology section of the Yahoo! directory is another good place to start looking for Bioloically themed web pages.

If you choose to use internet sites as information resources, you must cite them just as you must cite a book or journal article. For help citing webpages and other online resources, take a look at Citing Electronic Resources.

HELP

If you are having trouble with your research, please contact Alisa Mizikar, the Science Librarian, via email at amizikar@wittenberg.edu or call extension 7515. You can also contact any of the reference librarians at refdesk@wittenberg.edu or at extension 7511.

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Compiled by Alisa Mizikar.

GE for Environmental Sciences	QP for Physiology
QH for Ecology	QR for Microbiology
QK for Botany	R for Medicine
QM for Human Anatomy	S for Agriculture