Biology 102

From Luria Library

About this Resource

Students will find print and electronic resources for the Literature Search Assignments.

Class: BIOLOGY 102
Instructor: B. Barron

Reference Sources - Print

Not for your bibliography, but for background, definitions, facts and suggestions for further reading, you might want to consult one of the specialized reference books in the library:

A dictionary of zoology R 590.3 A416d
The encyclopedia of animals: a complete visual guide R 590.3 C772e
The Encyclopedia of wild life R 591.03 H286e
Larousse encyclopedia of the animal world R 591.03 L332
A dictionary of zoology R 591.03 L495d 1973
Macmillan illustrated animal encyclopedia R 591.03 W595m
Encyclopedia of animal behavior R 591.51 B424e
The Oxford companion to animal behaviour R 591.51 M143o
A color atlas of dangerous marine animals R 591.69 H196c
The great book of the sea : a complete guide to marine life R 591.92 G935g
An atlas of comparative zooplankton : biological patterns in the oceans R 592 S762c
Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates; Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy R 592.09 G676g
Marine invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest R 592.092632 K88m 1987
Foraminiferal genera and their classification R 593.12 L825f
A dictionary of entomology R 595.7 L495d
Fishes of North America R 597 H531f
The fresh & salt water fishes of the world R 597 M634f
Fishes of the world : an illustrated dictionary R 597 W562f
Encyclopedia of fish R 597.003 B974e
Encyclopedia of fishes R 597.003 P342e
Elsevier's dictionary of herpetological and related terminology R 597.9 W273e
The encyclopedia of snakes R 597.96 M444e
The bird almanac : the ultimate guide to essential facts and figures of the world's birds R 598.2 B618b
The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state R 598.2 D272bi
Santa Barbara shorebirds and waterfowl : a study project R 598.2923 D723s
Grzimek's encyclopedia of mammals. R 599 G895g
The Encyclopedia of mammals R 599 M135e
Walker's mammals of the world. R 599 W178m 1999
Encyclopedia of mammals R 599.003 B974e
Encyclopedia of marine mammals R 599.5 P458e

Books

Search the library catalog for information on your animal. For best results, use Detailed Search feature and select "Subject Browse" and type your animal's scientific name, genera or phylum.

Articles

Search for articles in the periodical database

Academic Search Premier

AFTER YOU TYPE IN YOUR TOPIC, AT THE RESULTS PAGE, MAKE SURE TO SELECT THE BOX "PEER-REVIEWED" TO LIMIT YOUR SEARCH TO APPROPRIATE, SCIENTIFIC PERIODICALS.

Also, online scientific journals can be found here:

Internet

Below are some recommendations for quality websites.

Intute: Web resources for education and research
Infomine
Scirus is the most comprehensive scientific research tool on the web. With over 450 million scientific items indexed at last count, it allows researchers to search for not only journal content but also scientists' homepages, courseware, pre-print server material, patents and institutional repository and website information.
WorldWideScience.orgis a global science gateway—accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases.