Biology Resources
Librarian's Corner

 

 

 

Reference Works  
Biographical Directories

American Men and Women of Science
Q141.A47 LRC-R
The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists
Q141.B528 LRC-R
Biography and Genealogy Master Index ORU
Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Q141.D5 LRC-R
Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists
Q141.N73 LRC-R
 
 
Dictionaries
Concise Dictionary of Biomedicine and Molecular Biology
W13 J95C LRC-R
Dictionary of Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
QH324.2.D53
Dictionary of Cell and Moledular Biology
QH575.L24 LRC-R
Dictionary of Developmental Biology and Embryology
QH491.D94 LRC-R
Dictionary of Environmental Genetics, Genomics, and Proteomics
QH427.R437
Dictionary of Theoretical Concepts in Biology
QH302.5.R63 LRC-R
Encyclopedia of the Biological Sciences
QH13.G7 LRC-R
Henderson's Dictionary of Biological Terms
QH302.5.H65 LRC-R
Larousse Dictionary of Science and Technology
Q123.C482 LRC-R
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Bioscience
QH302.5.M382 LRC-R
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of the Life Sciences
QH302.5.M3 LRC-R
 
 
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Bioethics (5 vols.)
QH332.552 LRC-R
Encyclopedia of the Biological Sciences
QH13.G7 LRC-R
Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, & Cosmetics
QD415.L48 LRC-R
Encyclopedia of Ecology & Environmental Management
GE300.E53 LRC-R
Encyclopedia of Microscopy and Microtechnique
QH203.G8 LRC-R
Encyclopedia of Fishes
QL614.7.E535 LRC-R
Encyclopedia of the Sea
GC9.E38 LRC-R
Encyclopedia of World Scientists
Q141.O25 LRC-R
The Facts on File Dictionary of Biology
GH302.5.F38 LRC-R
Grizmek's Encyclopedia of Ecology
QL3.G7813 Supp. LRC-R
Henderson's Dictionary of Biological Terms
QH302.5.H65 LRC-R
Larousse Dictionary of Science and Technology
Q123.C482 LRC-R
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Bioscience
QH302.5.M382 LRC-R
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of the Life Sciences
QH302.5.M3 LRC-R
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
Q121.M3 LRC-R
Plant Identification Terminology
QK9.H37 LRC-R
Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia
Q121.V3 LRC-R
 
 
Handbooks
 
Environmental Biology
QH310.A395 LRC-R
(CRC) Handbook of Microbiology
QW4 C111 (5th floor)
The Human Body
QT104 H918 LRC-R
Magill's Survey of Science
QE28.M33 V.1-6 LRC-R
Reagents for Organic Synthesis
QD262.F5 LRC-R
Sourcebook on Food and Nutrition
QU145 3S724 LRC-R
Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms
QH83.S89 LRC-R
 
 
Lists of Subject Headings for Research
 
Library of Congress Subject Headings
(print volumes located on Ready Reference shelves)
MESH (Medical Subject Headings)
 
Print Indexes
 
Biological Abstracts (1946-1991)
QH301.B37 LRC-P and 5th floor
Science Citation Index (1973-1990)
Z7401.S365, 5th floor

 
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Browse the Biology subject list of full text periodical titles available at ORU. (Choose a subject, and then select a title.)

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Web Sites
Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters and Academic Discussion Lists Archive
Print copy located in both the Reference and Electronic Resources rooms, call #Z6951.D625.
Access Excellence @ the National Health Museum: The Site for Health & Bioscience Teachers and Learners
http://www.accessexcellence.org/
AgriGator
http://agrigator.ifas.ufl.edu/ag.htm
American Association of Bioanalysis
http://www.aab.org/
ArXiv
http://xxx.lanl.gov/
"Open access to 455,635 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology and Statistics."
The Argus Clearinghouse
http://www.clearinghouse.net/searchbrowse.html
Biodiversity and Biological Collections
http://www.biocollections.org/
BioEd: Biology Education Resources
http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/science/
Bioethics.net
http://bioethics.net/
BioExchange
http://www.bioexchange.com/ (Check out "Directory" > "Government.")
Biology Browser
http://www.biologybrowser.org/
Butterflies of North America
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/bflyusa.htm
BioResearch
http://bioresearch.ac.uk/
Cell & Molecular Biology Online
http://www.cellbio.com/
Cells Alive!
http://www.cellsalive.com
EcoEarth.info Environmental Portal & Search Engine
http://www.ecoearth.info/
ECOTOX Database
http://www.epa.gov/ecotox/ecotox_home.htm
Faculty of 100 Biology
http://www.f1000biology.com/home
"...highlights and reviews the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences." Inlcudes cell biology, biochemistry, genomics and genetics, neuroscience, plant biology, and more. Offers free personal 7-day trial.
Genamics GenomeSeek
http://www.genamics.com/genomes/index.htm
Genome News Network (GNN)
http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/index.php
HighWire: Library of the Sciences and Medicine
http://highwire.stanford.ed
Free online FULL TEXT back issues of scientific journals. Browse articles by a topic (for example, Biological Sciences) or do an author or keyword(s) search.
Human Genome Project Information (Dept. of Energy)
http://www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/publicat/primer/intro.html
Information Systems for Biotechnology
http://www.isb.vt.edu/
MEDLINE
http://www.nlm.nih.gov
Indexes and abstracts to many biology journals.
Natural Resources Research Information Pages
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~leung/nrrips.html
NatureServe
http://www.natureserve.org
Contains common name, scientific name, taxonomic hierarchy, life history, habitat, distribution maps and more on 50,000 plants and animal species mostly in the U.S. and Canada.
Planet Ark
http://www.planetark.org/
PLANTS National Database
http://plants.usda.gov/
The President's Council on Bioethics
http://www.bioethics.gov/
PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgiSmithsonian's
National Museum of Natural History: Research & Collections
http://www.mnh.si.edu/rc/

Subject Directories and Portals

Biology Links
http://mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks.html (Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University)
BioResearch
http://bioresearch.ac.uk/
A browsable and searchable collection of biological and biomedical Internet resources provided by the University of Nottingham Greenfield Medical Library's
Librarians' Internet Index: Biology
http://lii.org/search/file/biology
Web sites evaluated by librarians and categorized by subjects.
Microbes.info: The Microbiology Information Portal
http://www.microbes.info/ (provided by Al Chan)
Science.gov
http://www.science.gov/about.html
Included authoritative science Web sites and databases of technical reports, journal articles, and more.
The WWW Virtual Library: Biosciences
http://vlib.org/Biosciences.html