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Books
Our online catalog is a great place to start. You may also find books in the following
call number ranges. Books which begin with these call numbers can be found on the second floor. The following is a list of related call numbers and their subjects:
| QH 301-705.5 | General Biology |
| QH 426-470 | Genetics |
| QH 41-489 | Reproduction |
| QH 501-531 | Life |
| QH 540-549.5 | Ecology |
| QH 573-671 | Cytology |
| QR 1-74.5 | General Microbiology |
| QR 75-99.5 | Bacteria |
| QR 180-189.5 | Immunology |
| QR 355-502 | Virology |
Reference Books
Another great resource is reference books; i.e. books that cannot be checked out, but can be used in the library. The following is a list of books that can be found on the first floor in the reference section:
| Dictionary of Biology | REF QH 302.5 .D53 1996 |
| Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms | REF QH 83 .S9 1982 |
| Encyclopedia of the Human Genome | REF QH 427 .N38 2003 |
| Facts on File: Dictionary of Botany | REF QK 9 .F32 1984 |
Articles
Our periodical collection (journals & magazines) is located on the first floor. You may find the journal title search on the articles page helpful as well. The list below
includes some of our related periodicals:
| American Journal of Botany | 1963 - current |
| American Journal of Science | 1990 - current |
| Biology Direct | Online |
| Botanical Review | 1995 - current |
| Copeia | 1995 - current |
| Discover | 1995 - current |
| Ecological Applications | 1995 - 2004 |
| Herpetologica | 1995 - current |
| Herpetological Monographs | 1988 - current |
| Journal of Biology | Online |
| Journal of College Science Teaching | 1995 - current |
| Journla of Experimental Biology | Online |
| Journal of Freshwater Ecology | 1981 - current |
| Journal of Heredity | 1995 - current |
| Journal of Mammalogy | 1995 - current |
| Journal of Parasitology | 2004 - current |
| Lifescapes | 1995 - current |
| Limnology & Oceanography | 1995 - current |
| Molecular & Cellular Biology | Online |
| Natural History | 1995 - current |
| PLoS Biology | Online |
| Quarterly Review of Biology | 1995 - current |
| Science | 1995 - current |
| Science Scope | 1997 - current |
| Scientific American | 1995 - current |
| Southwestern Naturalist | 1995 - current |
| Texas Journal of Science | 1949 - current |
| Texas Parks & Wildlife | 1994 - current |
| » Complete Title List | » Journal Title Search | |
Databases
Databases are an effective way of researching articles. Databases allow thousands of journals to be researched within a single search. The following should get you started:
» Basic Biosis
» Biology Digest
» NCBI
» PubMed
» UniProt
» General Databases
» Reference Databases
» All Databases
Internet Sites
The following internet sites have been reviewed by our staff or suggested by professors in the relating field:
| » National Center for Biotechnology Information - creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information |
| » Biology Articles - Hundreds of articles in dozens of biological subfields. |
| » Bio NetBook - Databases of web pages for biology |
| » Biology Browser - Extensive guide to internet biology resources, arranged by organism, subject and geography. |
| »Online Analysis Tools - Collection of online tools (glossary, diagrams, models, etc.) for molecular biology |
Videos
Our entire collection of videos can be searched via the online catalog. The VHS section of
our visual collection is located on the second floor in the AV room. Our DVDs are located at the circulation desk. Here are some suggested titles:
| Cycles of life: exploring biology | VIDEO QH 315.3 .C93 1997 v.1-26 |
| Web of Life | VIDEO QH 442 .W4 1996 |
| Knowledge now in experimental biology | VIDEO QH 324.8 .K66 v.1-6 |
| Unlocking the Mystery of Life | DVD QP 624 .U546 2002 |