Thomas Library - Selected Resources for Biology

Selected Resources for Biology

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: Science Stacks T11 .A37 1996
Scientific Papers and Presentations by Martha Davis: Science Stacks T11 .D324 1997
The Art of Scientific Writing by Hans Friedrich Ebel: Science Stacks 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); Science Reference Q121 .M3 1992 (7th edition); Access Science @ McGraw-Hill: the Online Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms: Main Reference Q123 .M15 2003 (6th edition); Science Reference Q123 .M34 1994 (5th edition)
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences (2 volumes): Science Reference QE5 .E5137 1996
Nature Encyclopedia: Main Reference QH13 .N37 2001
The Penguin Dictionary of Biology: Science Reference QH13 .N62 1995 (9th edition)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Bioscience: Main Reference QH302.5 .M382 2003 (2nd edition); Science Reference QH302.5 .M382 1997
Encyclopedia of Genetics (2 volumes): Science Reference QH427 .E53 1999
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Genetics, Genomics, and Proteomics: Science Reference QH427 .R43 2003 (2nd edition)
Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology (4 volumes): Science Reference QH506 .E53 1999
Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology (3 volumes): Main Reference QH540.4 .E52 1995
Encyclopedia of Insects: Main Reference QL462.3 .E485 2003
Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics: Science Reference QH540.4 .L56 1998 (2nd edition)
The Encyclopedia of Mammals: Main Reference QL703 .E53 2001 (2nd edition)
Walker's Mammals of the World (2 volumes): Science Reference QL 703 .W222 1999
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia (17 volumes): Main Reference QL 3. G7813 2003 (2nd edition)
Encyclopedia of Human Biology (9 volumes): Main Reference QP11 .E53 1997 (2nd edition)
Encyclopedia of Microbiology (4 volumes): Science Reference QR 9 .E53 2000 (2nd edition)
Encyclopedia of Immunology (4 volumes): Science Reference QR 180.4 .E53 1998 (2nd edition)
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary: Science Reference R121 .A53 2004 (2nd edition)
Dictionary of Medicine: Main Reference R121 .D53 1998; Science Reference R121 .D53 1998 c.2

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.
MEDLINE: MEDLINE is a database of clinical medical literature covering 1966-present.
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.

RefWorks

RefWorks is a bibliographic management service that permits users to create a database of references from search results in online research databases. References can then be used in writing papers. In-text citations and and bibliographies are automatically formatted with the click of a button in a citation style of your choosing. RefWorks is available to Wittenberg faculty and students across various platforms.

You can link directly to RefWorks or go to our RefWorks Help page.

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