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
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.