BIOLOGY: Introductory Biology Course Guide
REFERENCE SOURCES
These are books and websites that
will help you gain some background information on your topic, and they can
be vital to your understanding of the subject and for topic development.
A dictionary of biology
via Oxford
Reference Online
The Facts on File dictionary of biology
QH302.5
.F38 2005 (Science
Reference)
Biolexicon : a guide to the language of biology
QH302.5
.B59 1990 (Science
Library)
Magill's survey of science. Life science series
QH307.2
.M34 1991 (Science
Reference)
Five kingdoms : an illustrated guide to the phyla of life
on earth
QH83
.M36 1998 (Science
Library)
Describing species : practical taxonomic procedure
for biologists
QH83
.W57 1999 (Science
Library)
Documentation
Styles for the Sciences (W&L University Libraries)
Journal Abbreviations
in the Sciences (W&L University Libraries)
ONLINE DATABASES
Use online databases as you would
a print periodical index. Items retrieved from these databases have
been evaluated for content and indexed by subject librarians, unlike items
retrieved from a search engine.
Annual
Reviews
BasicBIOSIS
ScienceDirect
Scopus
OTHER USEFUL WEBSITES
These websites have been evaluated
by the librarians at W&L for relevancy, content, and objectivity.
They include tools to help with your research as well as useful supplemental
materials.
Biology
Resources at W&L (W&L University Libraries)
Index to Organism Names (ION)
Public
Library of Science
Nature
Magazine
Science
Magazine
Scirus
RefWorks
Biology
Department Homepage (W&L University)
Back
to Biology Research Guide Home
