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Biology Subject GuideMajor Reference WorksIndexes, Abstracts, and Full-Text Databases Electronic Journal and Electronic Text Collections Recommended Web Sites Professional Organizations Style Manuals
Major Reference WorksAmerican Insects: a Handbook of the Insects of America North of MexicoREF QL474 .A76 1985 Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America Biology Data Book, 2nd ed., (3 vols.) REF QH310 .A392 Birds of North America REF QL681 .B625 Index to the collection Concise Encyclopedia Biochemistry, 2nd. ed. Dana Medical Library (reference) QU 13 C744 1988 Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior REF QL 750.3 .E53 2004 A Dictionary of Biology A Dictionary of Plant Sciences A Dictionary of Zoology Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology, 3rd ed. REF QH575 .D5 1999 Encyclopedia of Biodiversity (5 volumes) REF QH541.15.B56 E53 2001 Encyclopedia of Bioethics (5 volumes) REF QH332 .E52 1995 Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology (3 volumes) QH540.4 .E52 1995 Encyclopedia of Human Biology, 2nd ed. (8 volumes) REF QP11 .E53 1997 Encyclopedia of Microbiology Dana Medical Library Dana (reference) QW 13 E56 1992 Encyclopedia of the Life Sciences (20 volumes) REF QH 302.5 .E525 2002 Flora of North America: North of Mexico (9 volumes) REF QK110 .F55 1993 Gray's Manual of Botany, 8th. ed. REF QK117 .G75 1970 Good for taxonomy. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia (17 volumes) REF QL3 .G7813 Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds : the Definitive Reference to Birds of the World REF QL673 .I45 1990 Some 9,300 species from every family of living birds with each entry providing common and scientific name, range, habitat, and size. Mammals of North America, 2nd. ed. REF QL715 .H15 1981 Muenscher's Keys to Woody Plants: an Expanded Guide to Native and Cultivated Species REF QK115 .C69 2001 Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms REF QH83 .S89 v.1-2 Taxonomy, with brief summaries of the biology, ecology, and distribution of all groups of living organisms. Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th ed. (2 volumes) REF QL703 .W222 1999 Water Science and Issues Wild mammals of New England REF QL719.N35 G63 Field GuidesAudubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern RegionREF QL681 .B77 Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders REF QL473 .M541980 Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians REF QL651 .K56 1979 Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Eastern Region REF QK112 .N53 1979 Butterflies East of the Great Plains REF QL549 .O64 1984 Complete Trees of North America: Field Guide and Natural History REF QK481 .E38 Eastern North America's Wildflowers REF QK115 ;L56 1978 Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes: North America North of Mexico REF QL627 .P34 1991 Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America (Peterson's) REF QL551 .A75 C68 1984 Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians Eastern/Central North America REF QL651 .C65 1998 Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America (Peterson's) REF QL681 .F53 1983 Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 2nd ed. REF QL681 .P45 1980 
Indexes, Abstracts, and Full-Text DatabasesAgricolaIndexes the world literature on agriculture, including articles, audiovisual materials, books, book chapters, serials, and sound recordings. It also covers related subjects such as forestry, biochemistry, nutrition, etc. Very good for botany. It is produced by the U.S. National Agricultural Library. Entries date from 1970 - present. Biology Digest Indexes articles from a group of journals covering health, medicine, botany, zoology, life sciences, and environmental science. The journals are chosen for their non-technical writing and their appeal to a general audience. Article contents are presented in lengthy summaries. Biosis Previews [Remote access - UVM Only] Updated weekly, BIOSIS Previews includes the full files for Biological Abstracts and the references to meetings, reviews, books, and monographs from Biological Abstracts/RRM (Reports, Reviews, Meetings), but only for January 2000 to the present. Medline The National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, human biology, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the pre-clinical sciences. Abstracts are included for about 2/3 of the records. Coverage is 1966 - present. PubMed National Library of Medicine's Web access to MEDLINE and pre-MEDLINE (without abstracts). PubMed indexes over 3,900 international biomedical journals and provides access to genetics research databases maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide Indexes literature on mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and their habitats. It covers all aspects of wildlife and wildlife management, including endangered species, habitat management, and population ecology. It comprises Wildlife Review Abstracts (1935 - present), Swiss Wildlife Information Service (1974 - present), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Wildlife Database (1960 - present), and several smaller databases. Records from these databases describe journal articles, books, conference proceedings, dissertations, theses, and government reports. Zoological Record Indexes articles from over 6,000 journals as well as books, newsletters, as well as citations for books, newsletters, selected dissertations, annual reviews, and conference proceedings. All areas of zoology are included, such as biochemistry, behavior, ecology, evolution, genetics, and others. Entries date from 1978 - present.
Electronic Journal and Electronic Text CollectionsUniversity of Vermont Electronic Journals in Animal Biochemistry University of Vermont Electronic Journals in Animal Culture University of Vermont Electronic Journals in Aquaculture and Fisheries University of Vermont Electronic Journals in Biology University of Vermont Electronic Journals in Botany University of Vermont Electronic Journals in Human Anatomy University of Vermont Electronic Journals in Microbiology University of Vermont Electronic Journals in Natural History University of Vermont Electronic Journals in Physiology University of Vermont Electronic Journals in Plant Culture University of Vermont Electronic Journals in Zoology JSTOR [Remote access - UVM Only] JSTOR provides an electronic archive of scholarly journals, including a collection of anthropology journals. Users can browse the journals or retrieve articles via full-text searching. Science Direct Web Editions http://www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions The Library subscribes to numerous other electronic journals in the biological and biomedical sciences from various publishers. Search for these journals by journal title in the UVM Library Catalog and follow the hypertext links to the electronic text.
Recommended Web SitesBotany.com: the Encyclopedia of Plantshttp://www.botany.com Cell & Molecular Biology Online http://www.cellbio.com Center for Conservation Biology Network http://conbio.net/ Flora of North America http://hua.huh.harvard.edu/FNA Human Genome Project http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis International Plant Names Index http://www.ipni.org Iowa State Entomology Index http://www.ent.iastate.edu/List National Library for the Environment http://www.cnie.org/nle U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service http://www.fws.gov Virtual Library: Biosciences http://www.vlib.org/Biosciences.html
Professional OrganizationsAmerican Fisheries Societyhttp://www.fisheries.org American Institute of Biological Sciences http://www.aibs.org/index.html American Physiological Society http://www.the-aps.org American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology http://www.asbmb.org/ American Society for Cell Biology http://www.ascb.org American Society for Microbiology http://www.asm.org American Society of Human Genetics http://www.faseb.org/genetics/ashg/ashgmenu.htm American Society of Plant Biologists http://www.aspb.org Animal Behavior Society http://www.animalbehavior.org Association of College and University Biology Educators http://acube.org Botanical Society of America http://www.botany.org Ecological Society of America http://www.esa.org/ Entomological Society of America http://www.entsoc.org European Molecular Biology Organization http://www.embo.org Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology http://www.faseb.org Genetics Society of America http://www.faseb.org/genetics/gsa/gsamenu.htm Linnean Society of London http://www.linnean.org Microscopy Society of America http://www.microscopy.org Mycological Society of America http://www.msafungi.org/ Physiological Society http://www.physoc.org Society for Conservation Biology http://conbio.net/ Society for Experimental Biology http://www.sebiology.com Society for Mathematical Biology http://www.smb.org Society of Wetland Scientists http://www.sws.org Zoological Society of London http://www.zsl.org
Style ManualsScientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers 6th ed.REF T11 .S386 1994 http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/guides/cbegd.html
Last updated: July 28, 2006 By: Original guide by Doug Lehman, updated by reference staff. |
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