Biology
Subject Guide
Begin your research in the Trexler Library collection! The call letter prefixes below will direct
you to where in the collections (both general and reference) you can find materials dealing with
the stated topic:
Biology Call Numbers:
QH
QK
QL
QM
QP
QR
R
RA
RB
RC
RM
RS
SB
SD
SF
SH
SK
Natural History, General Biology, Ecology
Botany
Zoology
Human Anatomy
Physiology and Biochemistry
Microbiology
General Medicine
Public Health
Laboratory Medicine, Pathology
Internal Medicine
Pharmacology, Therapeutics
Pharmacy
Plant Culture - (Agriculture)
Forestry
Animal Culture ( Agriculture)
Aquaculture, Fisheries
Wildlife Management
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Look in the library reference collection (OPAC) &/or the netLibrary (under ' Electronic
Databases') electronic book collection for the following book titles:
Anatomy & Physiology
Gray's Anatomy QM 23.2 G73 1995
Clinically Oriented Anatomy QM 23.2 M67 1999
Botany
Flowering plants of the world QK 495 .A1 F58 1993
The Cambridge illustrated glossary of botanical terms QK 10 .H53 2000
International code of botanical nomenclature QK 96 .R4 2000
Plants of Pennsylvania: an illustrated manual QK 183 .R56 2000
Cell Biology and Microbiology
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Dictionary of microbiology and molecular biology QR9 S56 2001
Human Microbiology (an eBook available through netLibrary )
Topley & Wilson's microbiology and microbial infections QR46 T6 1998 v. 1-6
Ecology/Environment
Encyclopedia of environmental biology QH 540.4 .E52 1995 v. 1-3
A dictionary of ecology, evolution and systematics QH 540.4 .L56 1998
Pharmacology, Therapeutics
Goodman & Gilman's pharmacologic basis of therapeutics RM 300 .G644 2001
Introduction to pharmacology (an eBook available through netLibrary)
Public Health
Encyclopedia of primary prevention and health promotion RA 427.8 .E53 2003
Statistical handbook on infectious diseases RA 643 .W33 2003
Finding information in online BOOKS catalogs:
Trexler Library OPAC
Search the Trexler Library online public access catalog for books, journal titles, videos, and all
other titles in the library collection.
netLibrary
Provides the full text of over 40,000 electronic books. Subject coverage is broad and includes
current titles.
STAT!Ref
An electronic medical library collection of health sciences textbooks. Only the most recent
edition of any listed title is available
WorldCat
Provides users access to the worlds largest collection of library materials - books, media, journals,
newspapers, maps, and more. Contains more than 49 million bibliographic records!
Finding information in online JOURNAL catalogs:
Basic BIOSIS
A subset of the larger BIOSIS - biological sciences information service - it contains the most
current five-years worth of biosciences data. Designed for the undergraduate biology student.
CINAHL
Covers the literature indexed in virtually all nursing English-language journals, from 1940 to the
present, as well as 13 affiliated allied health disciplines.
EBSCO Academic Search Elite
Offers information in nearly every area of academic study. Provides full text for nearly 1,850
publications, including more than 1,250 peer reviewed journals. Indexes literature back to 1985.
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EBSCO Clinical Pharmacology
Contains current, concise, and clinically-relevant drug monographs for all U.S. prescription
drugs, hard-to-find herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and
investigational drugs.
EBSCO HealthSource - Nursing Academic Edition
Chiefly a nursing resource with full text capability, over 600 scholarly full text journals including
400 peer reviewed, and an additional 850 are abstracted and indexed.
PsychINFO
Indexes more than 1700 leading psychological, psychiatric, and related journal titles. Coverage:
to 1995 for abstracts; about 20% of all titles available in full-text from 1996 to the present.
PubMed
A product of the National Library of Medicine this search service provides access to more than
11 million Medline citations.
Other indexes and databases:
Consider a few other databases listed on the 'Article Databases' page both within the Health
Sciences as well as the General categories.
Selected Web Sites
General:
** The Biology Project
Source: University of Arizona
Make the 'Site Map' your first stop for a guide to the resources on this site. There is something
for all ages at this site, from kindergarten to practicing education professionals, and it's still
growing!
** Access Excellence
Source: National Health Museum
This is a source with something for all ages. Issues of current interest are discussed and
information at this site is updated frequently!
** Virtual Library: Biosciences
This web directory is compiled by a group of volunteers with some subject expertise in
the topic to which they make their contribution. Their “About” page describes the VL
pages as “…. widely recognized as being amongst the highest-quality guides to particular
sections of the web.”
Anatomy & Physiology
** Anatomy of the Human Body ()
Gray’s Anatomy presented here through Bartleby.com.
** Web Anatomy
This interactive web program was initially designed for the freshman A&P class at the University
of Minnesota.
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** Atlas of the Body
Source: The American Medical Association
Botany & Plant Systematics
** BIOWEB
Source: California State University, Stanislaus, Dept. of Biological Science
This university campus has extensive resources in the bioagricultural area and this site contains
links to web resources, slide images, and photos that support various of the academic courses here
and at sister campuses.
** Internet Directory for Botany
Source: Harvard University
Many links are provided here to various plant resources including those at academic institutions,
research organizations, herbariums, arboretums, and more.
** Virtual Library: Botany
This site provides a large directory of links relevant to issues in botany. Not all links are active
but the collection of sites is large enough that this should not pose a great inconvenience. The
maintainers of the site are volunteers but the site itself has been around for quite a long time.
Cell Biology and Microbiology
** The WWW Virtual Library of Cell Biology
Source: Prof. Gabriel Fenteany, University of Illinois at Chicago
This site is a directory of links to resources in all areas of cell biology.
** American Society for Virology
Source: University of Wisconsin,
Contains useful links with brief descriptions of each link, as well as an images and animations
database.
Ecology and Environment
** Environmental Protection Agency
links to laws, educational resources, information sources, business opportunities, careers, and
more. There’s something for all ages here!
** National Library for the Environment
Source: National Council for Science and the Environment
“A universal, timely, and single-point entry to environmental information and data for the
use of all participants in the environmental enterprise.”
Biography / People
American women in science: 1950 to the present: a biographical dictionary (Reference collection
call number: Q 141.B254 1998)
The biographical dictionary of scientists (Reference Collection call number: Q141 .B256 1994)
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The biographical dictionary of women in science (Reference Collection call number: Q 141
.B5285 2000)
Biographies of NASA (National Aeronatics and Space Administration Leaders
Catalog of the scientific community in the 16th & 17th centuries
Eric Weisstein's world of scientific biography)
4000 years of women in science
People and discoveries
Organizations
Directory of Pennsylvania Foundations (Reference Collection call number: HV98 .P4 K53 1995)
Encyclopedia of Associations (Reference Collection call number: HS17 .G32)
Europa World Year Book 2000 (Reference Collection call number: JN1 E85 2000)
Resources of Scholarly Societies - Biology & Environment (University of Waterloo Library)
State Information Directory 2000-2001 (Reference Collection call number: JK2679 .S738 20002001).
Style Manuals
There are a number of different styles available both online and in the library collection. Check
with your course professor about which to use for your assignment.
APA Citation Guide (via Ohio State University) Citation & Style Guides (Concordia University) Style Manuals
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