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For background information and definitions refer to the following library reference works and online reference collections:
A Dictionary of Biology [Oxford Reference Online], Oxford Univ. Press, 2004.
Also available Main Level, Reference: R 570.3 D561D, Oxford, 2000.
Cambridge Dictionary of Human Biology and Evolution [CREDO Reference], Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Covers human biology, physical anthropology, anatomy, auxology, primatology, physiology, genetics, paleontology, and zoology.
Dictionary of Botany, Van Nostrand Reinhold Col, 1980.
Main Level, Reference: R 581.03 L727D
Dictionary of Developmental Biology and Embryology [CREDO Reference],Wiley, 2002.
Focuses on the terms, research, history, and people of this field.
Dictionary of Ecology [Oxford Reference Online], Oxford Univ. Press, 2006.
Also available Main Level, Reference: R 577.02 D561D 1998
A Dictionary of Genetics [Oxford Reference Online], Oxford Univ. Press, 2006.
Also available Main Level, Reference: R 576.503 K586D, Oxford, 2002. |
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Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Wiley, 1995.
Main Level, Reference: R 576.03 Si64D
A Dictionary of Plant Sciences [Oxford Reference Online], Oxford Univ. Press, 2006.
A Dictionary of Zoology [Oxford Reference Online], Oxford Univ. Press, 2003.
Elsevier’s Dictionary of Biology, Elsevier, 1998.
Main Level, Reference: R 570.3 El76E
The Facts on File Dictionary of Biology, Facts on File, 1999.
Main Level, Reference: R 570.3 F119F
Henderson’s Dictionary of Biological Terms, Prentice Hall, 2000.
Main Level, Reference: R 570.3 H383H
Terms of Environment: Glossary, Abbreviations, Acronyms [U.S. EPA]
Access Science, McGraw-Hill, 2007.
Search or browse McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th edition. A total redesign gathers and synthesizes vast amounts of information, and organizes it to give you fast, easy and accurate access to authoritative articles in all major areas of science and technology.
Biology [Gale Virtual Reference Library], Macmillan Reference, 2002.
Online edition of four volume set with entries on all aspects of biological science, including history, issues, careers, individuals, as well as topics from active transport to zoology research. Full-color photos and line drawings and a glossary of scientific terms.
Encyclopedia of Evolution, Oxford Univ. Press, 2002.
Main Level, Reference: R 576.8 En19E [2 vols] |
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Encyclopedia of Genetics, Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001.
Upper Level: 576.5 En19E
Encyclopedia of Mammals [Oxford Reference Online], Oxford Univ. Press, 2007.
Covers the behaviour, diet, distribution, and evolution of every known living mammal in the world in clear, accessible language, and is superbly illustrated throughout with photographs and original artwork.
Encyclopedia of Microbiology, Academic Press, 2000.
Main Level, Reference: R579 En19E [4 vols]
Encyclopedia of Paleontology [CREDO Reference], Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999.
Covers both vertebrate and invertebrate paleontology. Entries are devoted to explanations of paleontological concepts and techniques, examinations of the evolutionary development of particular organisms and biological features, profiles of major discoveries, and biographies of leading scientists. Each entry includes an essay and a further reading list. An international team of 200 leading experts in the field has prepared the illustrations and the essays, which range from concise descriptions to comprehensive discussions.
Encycloepdia of Underwater Life [Oxford Reference Online], Oxford Univ. Press, 2005.
Coverage of the fish and aquatic invertebrates that inhabit our rivers, lakes, and oceans, describing in detail the anatomy, behaviour, habitat, breeding, and conservation status of species from single-celled organisms to gigantic powerhouses of the deep.
Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia, Gale, 2003.
Main Level, Reference: R 590.3 G929G [13 vols]
New Encyclopedia of Birds [Oxford Reference Online], Oxford Univ. Press, 2007.
A single volume guide to birds of the world with
a systematic account of every family, covering their form and function, distribution, diet, social behaviour, and breeding biology.
The Biologist’s Handbook of Pronunciations, Thomas, 1960.
Main Level, Reference: R 574.02 J175B
Biology Data Book, FASEB, 1972.
Main Level, Reference: R 574.0212 Al79B [3 vols]
A compilation of present numerical data of biology and medicine in a convenient and accessible reference which standardizes accepted constants as a basis for correlation, establishes common standards for statistical studies, and provides normal values for research.
Birds of North America, American Ornithologists' Union, 1992-.
Upper Level: 598.05 B532B [7 vols] |
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What is a handbook?
A book giving brief information such as
basic facts on a subject.
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Reference Online
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The Complete Audubon, Volair Books, 1979.
Main Level, Reference: R 598.2973 Au29C [5 vols]
Contains the Birds of America (1840-44) and the Quadrupeds of North America (1851-43) in their entirety.
CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference, CRC Press, 1999.
Main Level, Reference: R 581.63 J637C
Guide to the Oceans [CREDO Reference], Philips Guides, 2004.
Guide to Seashells of the World [CREDO Reference], Philips Guides, 2004.
Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates, Wiley-Liss, 1991-.
Main Level, Reference: R 592.08 M583M [15 vols]
Muybridge’s Complete Human and Animal Locomotion, Constable, 1979.
Main Level, Reference: R 591.1852 M987M [3 vols]
Periodical Title Abbreviations: by Abbreviation
Main Level, Reference:
R 050.148 P418P v.1
Periodical Title Abbreviations: by Title
Main Level, Reference: R 050.148 P418P v.2 |
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Access Science , McGraw-Hill, 2007.
Choose the Biographies tab here to find
scientists alphabetically by name or browse bios by subject. Includes Nobel Prize winners in the sciences and Fields Medal winners in math.
A-Z of Women in Science and Math, Facts on File, 1999
Main Level, Reference: R 509.22 Y88A
Biography Resource Center [Thomson Gale]
Contains biographical information on over one million individuals from all time periods, geographical locations, and fields of endeavor. The "Biographical Facts Search" allows searching for people based on one or more personal facts, such as occupation.
Cambridge Dictionary of Scientists [CREDO Reference], Cambridge Univ. Press, 2003.
Biographies of nearly 1500 scientists from 40 countries.
Current Biography Yearbook, H. W. Wilson, 1940-present.
Main Level, Reference: R 920 C93
Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Scribner, 1970-80.
Main Level, Reference: R 509.22 D561D
Contains lengthy articles with bibliographies, written by historians of science, on prominent deceased scientists from antiquity to the twentieth-century. Includes engineers and physicians only in so far as they were noted for scientific achievements, and has few entries on women or black scientists. |
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A Dictionary of Scientists [Oxford Reference Online], Oxford Univ. Press, 1999.
Covers key figures in all areas of science over
2,500 years.
The Grolier Library of Science Biographies, Grolier Educational, 1997.
Main Level, Reference: R 509.22 G894G
Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries, Carol Pub. Group, 1992.
Main Level, Reference: R 509.22 M178N
Notable Black American Scientists, Gale Research, 1999.
Main Level, Reference: R 509.22 N843N2
Notable Twentieth Century Scientists, Gale Research, 1995.
Main Level, Reference: R 509.22 N843N
Notable Women in the Life Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary, Greenwood Press, 1996.
Main Level, Reference: R 574.092 N843N
Notable Women Scientists, Gale Group, 1999
Main Level, Reference: R 500.82 N843N
The Scientific 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Scientists, Past and Present, Carol Pub. Group, 1996.
Main Level, Reference: R 509.22 Si47S
Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, & Publishers, Council of Science Editors, 7th edition, 2006.
Main Level, Ready Reference: RR 808.066 Sci27S
A Student Handbook for Writing in Biology, Sinauer Assoc., 2005
Upper Level: 808.06657 K749S
Writing Center, Presbyterian College
Citation styles, writing guides, and scheduling an appointment with a tutor.
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- Search for a person, as AUTHOR or SUBJECT, with last name, first name:
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Subject searching is an effective and precise method of searching the catalog, however, KEYWORD searching has benefits, also.
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· Use OR between words to expand your search terms and
group words with parentheses:
(mule OR white tailed) AND deer
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a term:
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WorldCat – A catalog of books and materials at libraries worldwide. Try searching here to find ALL books available on a topic. Materials available at Thomason Library are highlighted and others can be borrowed through ILL or searched in PASCALCAT.
Interlibrary Loan - ILL is available to PC students, faculty and staff in order to share resources between libraries. Check link for instructions.
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The following journal databases are available to PC students, faculty, and staff from on- and off-campus locations. Search using terms dealing with your topic. Tips
Academic Search Premier [EBSCOhost]
Journal and magazine articles from all academic disciplines
BioOne [American Institute of Biological Sciences]
Index of full-text bioscience research journals focused on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences. Developed and operated as a non-profit venture by AIBS, the University of Kansas, and others for the benefit of scientific societies, universities, libraries, researchers, scholars and students. BioOne currently includes over 100 high-impact bioscience research journals focused on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences, while continually adding new journals. Search or browse journals from the home page or view the BioOne Top 10 articles viewed in the previous month. Coverage from 2000-present for many titles in the journal archive.
 Science Direct [Elsevier B.V.]
Full-text of many scientific, technical and medical journals in the agricultural and biological sciences, energy and power, environmental science, fundamental life science, medicine, neuroscience, as well as in chemistry, physics and astronomy, psychology, and social sciences.
Academic One File [Thomson Gale] 
Multidisciplinary articles from scholarly sources
Annual Reviews
 A green check indicates a review is available online by PC subscription and in print.
Full-text, online access to the 12 Annual Review titles available in print at Thomson Library. Titles include the Annual Reviews of Anthropology, Biochemistry, Cell & Developmental Biology, Ecology-Evolution-Systematics, Genetics, Immunology, Medicine, Microbiology, Physiology, Plant Biology, Psychology, and Sociology.
AGRICOLA [USDA]
Catalog of the National Agricultural Library, as well as a primary public source for world-wide access to information on every major agricultural subject, including agricultural engineering and marketing, animal breeding, entomology, environmental pollution, farm management, foods and feeds, pesticides, rural sociology, veterinary medicine, and water resources. Citations consist of journal articles, book chapters, monographs, conference proceedings, serials, technical reports, and other materials on a range of agricultural topics.
Basic BIOSIS [FirstSearch]
Includes current year and most recent four update years of scholarly and popular science journals. A subset by journal title and year, of BIOSIS Previews, designed specifically for undergraduate students taking introductory biology courses. A five-year rolling file, the database provides information on recent developments in virtually every life science discipline. Includes basic life science journals found in college and university libraries, and new indexing information that facilitates searching and accurate record retrieval. [service will end June 2008]
GEOBASE [FirstSearch]
Contains citations with abstracts covering worldwide literature in journals on geography, geology, ecology, international development, and their related disciplines. Subject coverage includes cartography, climatology, energy, environment, geomorphology, hydrology, photogrammetry, sedimentology, geochemistry, geophysics, paleontology, petrology, volcanology, and much more.
JSTOR
Archive of journals including the Arts & Sciences, as well as Ecology and Botany Collection (most recent three years issues not available in this archive)
Nature
Index to the weekly, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, full-text journal of science. Also indexes Nature Publishing Group journals providing abstract only.
Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences of the United States
Index of PNAS with full-text articles available online. Journal also indexed in MEDLINE, JSTOR, BIOSIS, PubMed.
Science Online
A leading outlet for scientific news, commentary, and cutting-edge research from Science magazine.
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Click on links to view availability online and in print:
American Biology Teacher
View online availability, 1975-present
Teaching suggestions and articles on recent advances in biology and life science published eight/year by the National Association of Biology Teachers
American Midland Naturalist
View online availability, 1965-present
An international journal of ecology, evolution and the environment published quarterly by the University of Notre Dame
Annual Reviews [Biochemistry,Cell, Ecology, Evolution & Systematics, Immunology, Medicine, Microbiology, Physiology, Plant Biology]
View online availability
View print availability , shelved on upper level
Volumes are published each year for 32 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences, critically reviewing the most significant primary research of each field every year. PC subscribes to nine reviews in biomedical and three in the social sciences. indicates subscription online and in print.
Biological Bulletin
View online availability, 1899-present
Peer reviewed research on a wide range of organisms and biological topics, published by the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
Biology Digest
View availability, 1982-present
Abstracts of worldwide scientific literature in the life sciences to assist faculty and students in keeping current on latest scientific developments
BioScience
View online availability, 1964-present
Peer reviewed overviews of current research in biology published monthly by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)
Current Biology
View online availability, 1995-present
A general journal publishing editorials and original research across all areas of biology in order to foster communication across all fields of biology
Ecology
View online availability, 1920-present
Research and synthesis papers on all aspects of ecology, published monthly by the Ecological Society of America
Evolution
View online availability, 1947-present
Significant new empirical or theoretical investigations of evolutionary phenomena and events, published bi-monthly by The Society for the Study of Evolution
Nature
View online availability, 1980-present
Original research articles & letters, review articles, news of science in universities, industry & government, correspondence and opinion pieces published weekly by Nature Publishing Group, London
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA
View online availability, 1915-present
Multidisciplinary scientific serial containing cutting-edge research reports, colloquium papers, and actions of the Academy, published weekly by the National Academy of Sciences.
Quarterly Review of Biology
View online availability, 1926-present
Review articles in general biology presenting a synthesis of recent investigations with critical evaluation and theoretical papers with a critical synthesis of the literature bearing on the theory
Science
View online availability, 1921-1932, 1941-present
Peer-reviewed articles, original research reports, news, editorials, letters, and book reviews on timely science-related topics. Published weekly by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Journal Finder provides access to PC's electronic and print journals, magazines, and newspapers in one convenient location.
Search Journal Finder by title, words in title, or
by ISSN (International Standard Serials Number).
Biology A-Z journal list provides an alphabetical list of journals in the areas of ecology, botany, genetics, anatomy, biochemistry, biotechnology. |
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Animal Diversity Web [University of Michigan Museum of Zoology]
An online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology with
descriptions of levels of organization above the species level prepared by professional biologists. Hundreds of hyperlinked pages and images illustrate the traits and general biology of these groups. Also includes thousands of species accounts about individual animal species (may include images, movies, recordings of sounds) written by students (accuracy cannot be guaranteed on this section).
ARKive: Images of Life on Earth [Wildscreen]
A unique global initiative gathering films, photographs and audio recordings of the world’s species by the not-for-profit initiative, Wildscreen, a UK-based charity, whose mission is promoting the conservation of nature and public appreciation of biodiversity, through the power of wildlife imagery.
BEN BiosciEdNet [National Science Foundation]
The National Science Digital Library Pathway for biological sciences education is managed by AAAS. Registration is required to join the community of 8,373 biological science educators in exchange for access to the wealth of information freely available through the BEN Portal.
Biological Information on the Web [National Biological Information Infrastructure]
A broad, collaborative portal to providing increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources.
Biology Browser [Thomson Scientific]
Free resources for the life sciences information community.
BioMed Central [BioMed Central Ltd.]
An independent publishing house committed to providing immediate free
access to peer-reviewed biomedical research.
Cogprints [Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science, Univ. of Southhampton]
Freely distributable electronic archive system for biological sciences that is pertinent to the study of cognition.
Directory of Open Access Journals [Lund University Libraries]
Aims to
increase the visibility and ease of use of open access [free access] scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact.
Encyclopedia of Life [available by mid-2008]
An ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about life on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world. Our goal is to create a constantly evolving encyclopedia that lives on the Internet, with contributions from scientists and amateurs alike, transforming the science of biology, and inspiring a new generation of scientists, by aggregating all known data about every living species. Authenticated species pages should be available by mid 2008.
Entomology Index of Internet Resources [Iowa State University]
A directory and search engine of insect-related resources on the Internet.
Entrez: The Life Sciences Search Engine [National Center for Biotechnology Information]
Flora of North America [Flora of North America Association]
Names, taxonomic relationships, continent-wide distributions, and morphological characteristics of all plants native and naturalized found in North America north of Mexico.
Plants Database [U.S. Department of Agriculture]
Provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
SCIRUS [Elsevier]
Portal for scientific information only.
Science.gov [U.S. Government]
A gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative, selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results
Short Peer Review Guide [Sense About Science]
This guide
equips people to inquire whether research has passed the scrutiny of other scientists and is considered valid, significant and original through the peer review process.
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Taxonomy Browser [NCBI]
Search for organism taxonomy; includes genome and chromosome info, as well as external links to information.
Tree of Life [University of Arizona]
A growing collaborative biodiversity project with pictures, text, and other information for every species and for each group of organisms, living or extinct utilizing a formal peer-review system.
Gateway to Digital Media [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]
Online digital media collection of public domain still photos can be browsed by geographic collection and subject, or searched by keyword.
National Service Center for Environmental Publications [U.S. EPA]
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Gateway to free digital & paper publication
Zoo Bank [International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature]
An online, open-access
tool for taxonomic and biodiversity researchers.
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Biology News Net
Latest Biology articles, news, & current events
NewsWise Sci News [NewsWise]
Journalists representing the world's leading media outlets and member institutions
creating news through their research and scholarly enterprises
subscribe to Newswise
allowing them the opportunity to read research news as it is released from the source. Browse science research news from the past 30 days— except for medical, social, or behavioral sciences. If there are clinical elements, or if the research involves humans, the article is posted to MedNews.
MedNews New research involving humans and clinical medicine from the past 30 days.
The Naked Scientists [Cambridge University]
British radio show and podcast
Nature Podcast [Nature Publishing Group]
Podcast from the British journal, Nature
Science News [New York Times]
Science News section published on Tuesdays
Science News Online [Society for Science & the Public]
An award-winning weekly newsmagazine covering the most important research in all fields of science. Its 16 pages are packed with short, accurate articles that appeal to both general readers and scientists. Also available in print, Main Level, Current Periodicals.
Science Update [American Association for the Advancement of Science]
Podcasts from AAAS on the latest science news
American Institute of Biological Sciences
National Association of Biology Teachers
Society for Developmental Biology
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
South Carolina Academy of Science
Professional Organizations: Biology [Access Excellence Resource Center]
A list of links to 75 organizations, associations, and societies focused on some aspect of the biological sciences.
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