Thomas Library - Selected Resources for Biology 309: Immunology

Selected Resources for Biology 309: Immunology

Books | Indexes | Periodicals | Web Sites | Help

BOOKS

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

Library of Congress Subject Headings.

25th ed., 5 vols., 2002.
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
QR 180-189.5 for Immunology
QK for Botany R for Medicine
QM for Human Anatomy S for Agriculture

Locating Books in Library Catalogs

At Wittenberg -- EZRA Thomas Library's online catalog
At other Ohio Libraries -- OhioLINK
In North America For ILL -- WorldCat

Reference Books

Below is a select list of reference books relating to Biology. 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); Also available online. Search EZRA for the title and then follow the links.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms: Main Reference Q123 .M15 2003 (6th edition); Science Reference Q123. M34 1994 (5th edition)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Bioscience: Main Reference QH302.5 .M382 2003 (2nd edition); Science Reference QH302.5 .M382 1997
The Penguin Dictionary of Biology: Science Reference QH13 .N62 1995 (9th edition)
Henderson's Dictionary of Biological Terms: Main Reference QH302.5 .H65 1989 (10th edition); Science Reference QH302.5 .H65 1995 (11th edition)
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Life Sciences: Main Reference QH307.2 .C36 1985
A Dictionary of Genetics: Science Reference QH427 .K55 1997 (5th edition)
Current Protocols in Molecular Biology (4 volumes): Science Reference QH506 .C87 1998
Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology (4 volumes): Science Reference QH506 .E53 1999
Encyclopedia of Human Biology (9 volumes): Main Reference QP11 .E53 1997
Illustrated Dictionary of Immunology: Science Reference QR180.4 .C78 2003
Encyclopedia of Immunology (4 volumes): Science Reference QR180.4 .E53 1998 (2nd edition)
Current Protocols in Immunology (4 volumes): Science Reference QR183 .C87 1996
Dictionary of Medicine: Main Reference R121 .D53 1998 c.2; Science Reference R121 .D53 1998
Concise Dictionary of Biomedicine and Molecular Biology: Science Reference R121 .J86 1996

INDEXES

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.
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 Medical and Health Science indexes available at Wittenberg can be found at:
http://www6.wittenberg.edu/lib/research/browse-db.php?curr_subj=health

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 all the periodicals Wittenberg owns in print or has access to electronically. Location and dates owned are also provided.
EZRA: Wittenberg's online catalog is also searchable for journal titles.
Interlibrary Loan Article Request 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://www.vlib.org/Biosciences.html; 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.

Immunology Web Sites

American Association of Immunologists: http://12.17.12.70/aai/default.asp
American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI): http://www.ashi-hla.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov
Clinical Ligand Assay Society: http://www.clas.org
Immunology Link Home Page: http://www.immunologylink.com/

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.

Return to: Thomas Library Main Page | Class Resources Compiled by Alisa Mizikar.

GE for Environmental Sciences	QP for Physiology
QH for Ecology	QR for Microbiology QR 180-189.5 for Immunology
QK for Botany	R for Medicine
QM for Human Anatomy	S for Agriculture