Biology Subject Guide

The purpose of a subject research guide is to provide students with a brief list of library resources pertinent to a particular area of study, in this case Biology. Reference sources are given along with their Call Number, so that you can locate them easily. Remeber, reference materials provide you with a general overview of your topic and can provide worthwhile background materials when you are beginining your research. For a list of websites, selected by Library Staff, click here:
Biology Web Sites.

General Resources

Subject Specific Resources

GENERAL SOURCES: ENCYCLOPEDIAS

The Cambridge encyclopedia of life sciences. Adrian Friday and David S. Ingram, general editors. Cambridge [England]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Ref QH307.2 .C36 1985

Cowles encyclopedia of animals and plants. New York: Cowles Educational Corp., c1983. Ref QH13 .C66

Encyclopedia of animal behavior. Marc Bekoff, editor; forward by Jane Goodall. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2004. Ref QL750.3 .E53 2004 v.1-3

The encyclopedia of aquatic life. Keith Banister and Andrew Campbell, editors. New York: Facts on File, 1985. Ref QL 120 .E53 1985

Encyclopedia of bioethics. Warren T. Reich, editor in chief. New York: Macmillan, Simon & Schuster Macmillan; London: Prentice Hall International, c1995-. Ref QH332 .E52 1995 v.1-5

Encyclopedia of endangered species. Edited by Mary Emanoil in association with IUCN—The World Conservation Union. Detroit: Gale research, c1994. Ref QH75 .E45 1994

Encyclopedia of evolution. Mark Pagel, editor in chief. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Ref QH360.2 .E54 2002 v.1-2

Grzimek’s animal life encyclopedia. [2nd ed.] Bernhard Grzimek. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Ref QL7 .G7813 2003 v.1-17

Larousse encyclopedia of animal life. Foreward by Robert Cushman Murphy. New York: McGHraw-Hill, 1967. Ref QL50 .L32

MacMillan illustrated animal encyclopedia. Philip Whitfield, editor. New York: MacMillan, c1984. Ref QL7 .M33 1984

McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science and technology. [9th ed.] New York: McGraw-Hill, c2002. Ref Q121 .M3 2002 v.1-20

Van Nostrand’s concise encyclopedia of science. Christopher G. De Pree and Alan Axelrod, editors. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, c2003. Ref Q121 .V25 2003

Van Nostrand’s scientific encyclopedia. [9th ed.] Glenn D. Considine, editor. New York: Wiley-Interscience, 2002. Ref Q121 .V25 2002 v.1-2

GENERAL SOURCES: DICTIONARIES

Cambridge dictionary of biology. Peter M.B. walker, editor. Cambridge [England]; New York: Cambridge University Press, c1989. Ref QH302.5 .C46 1989

Collegiate dictionary of zoology. Robert William Pennak. New York: Ronald Press, 1964. Ref QL9 .P4

Dictionary of science. Robert K. Barnhart. Maplewood, NJ: Hammond, c1986. Ref Q123 .B35 1986

The Harper-Collins dictionary of biology. W.G. Hale and J.P. Margham. New York: HarperPerennial, c1991. Ref QH302 .H34 1991

Henderson’s dictionary of biological terms. [9th ed.] Sandra Holmes. New York: Nostrand Reinhold, c1979. Ref QH13 .H38 1979

McGraw-Hill dictionary of scientific and technical terms. [6th ed.] New York: McGraw-Hill, c2003. Ref Q123 .M15 2003

The Oxford dictionary of natural history. Edited by Michael Allaby; forward by David Attenborough. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. Ref QH13 .O9 1985

OTHER GENERAL SOURCES

Animal. [1st American edition] David Burnie and Don E. Wilson, editors-in-chief. New York: DK; Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 2001. Ref QL45.2 .A56 2001

A Sourcebook of biological names and terms. [3rd ed.] Jaeger, Edmund Carroll. Illustrated by Merle Gish and the author. Springfield, IL: Thomas, c1995. Ref QH83 .J3 1955

Synopsis and classification of living organisms. Sybil P. Parker, editor-in-chief. New York: McGraw-Hill, c1982. Ref QH83 .S89 v.1-2

World Wildlife Fund guide to extinct species of modern times. Walton Beacham, editor. Osprey, FL: Beacham Pub., c1997. Ref QH75 .W675 1997

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY

Conservation and environmentalism: an encyclopedia. Robert Paehlke, editor. New York: Garland, 1995. Ref GE10 .C68 1995

The Dictionary of ecology and environmental science. Henry A. Art, general editor. New York: H. Holt, 1993. Ref GE10 .D53 1993

The encyclopedia of the environment. Ruth A. Eblen and William R. Eblen, editors. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, c1994. Ref GE10 .E53 1994

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Cell fine structure: an atlas of drawings of whole-cell structure. Thomas I. Lentz. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1971. Ref QH582 .L45

Encyclopedia of genetics. Jeffrey A. Knight, editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, c1999. Ref QH427 .E53 1999 v.1-2

Encyclopedia of microbiology. [2nd ed.] Joshua Lederberg, editor-in-chief. San Diego, CA: Academis Press, c2000. Ref QR9 .E53 2000

Oxford dictionary of biochemistry and molecular biology. A.D. Smith, managing editor. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Ref QD415 .A25 O94 2000

World of genetics. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, editors. Detroit: Gale Group, c2002. Ref QH427 .W67 2002 v.1-2

PLANTS

Aquatic plants of the United States. Walter Conrad Muenscher. Ithaca, NY: Comstock, 1944. Ref QK105 .M8

The Facts on File dictionary of botany. Stephen Blackmore, consultant editor; Elizabeth Toothill, general editor. New York: Facts on File, 1984. Ref QK9 F33 1984

Glossary of plant tissue culture. Danielle J. Donnelly. Portland, OR: Dioscorides Press, c1988. Ref QK725 .D64 1988

The illustrated encyclopedia of trees. David More and John White. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2002. Ref QK475 .67 2002

Magill’s encyclopedia of science: plant life. Bryan D. Ness, editor. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, c2003. Ref QK7 .M34 2003 v.1-4

Manual of cultivated plants most commonly grown in the United States and Canada. [Revised ed.] L.H. Bailey and the staff of the Bailey Hortorium at Cornell University. New York: McMillan, 1949. Ref QK110 .B3 1949

Wild flowers of the United States. Harold William Rickett; William C. Steere, general editor. New York: McGraw-Hill, [1966-1973]. [6 vols.in 12 parts] Ref QK115 .R5 v.1-6

INSECTS

The encyclopedia of insects. Vincent H. Resh and Ring T. Carde, editors. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, c2003. Ref QL462.3 .E485 2004

Insects: their natural history and diversity: with a photographic guide to insects of eastern North America. Stephen A. Marshall. Richmond Hall, ONT: Firefly Books, 2006. Ref QL473 .M34 2006

FISHES & AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES

Encyclopedia of fishes. [2nd ed.] John R. Paxton amd William N. Eschmeyer, consultant editors. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1998. Ref QL614.7 .E535 1998

Handbook of freshwater fishery biology. [3rd ed.] Kenneth D. Carlander. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 1969- Ref QL625 .C373 v.1-2

Shells. Photography by Andreas Feininger; text by William K. Emerson. New York: Viking, 1972. Ref Ql 405 .F43 1972

REPTILES & AMBHIBIANS

Encyclopedia of reptiles and amphibians. [2nd ed. ] Harold G. Cogger and Richard Z. Zweifel, consultant editors. Sac Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1998. Ref QL640.7 .E53 1998

The encyclopedia of snakes. Chris Mattison. New York: Facts on File, c1995. Ref QL666 .O6 E53 1995

BIRDS

The Audubon Society encyclopedia of North American birds. John K. Terres. New York: Knopf; distributed by Random House, 1980. Ref QL681 .T43

The Cambridge encyclopedia of ornithology. Michael Brooke and Tim Birkhead, editors. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Ref QL672.2 .C35 1991

A Dictionary of birds. Bruce Campbell and Elizabeth Lack, editors. Vermillion, SD: Published for the British Ornithologists’ Union by Buteo Books, 1985. Ref QL672.2 .D53 1985

Encyclopedia of birds. Christopher M. Perrins and Alex L.A. Middleton, editors. New York: Facts on File, 1985. Ref QL67 .E53 1985

National Geographic complete birds of North America. Jonathan Alderfer, editor. Washington, DC: National Geographic, c2006 Ref QL682 .N38 2006

MAMMALS

The Encyclopedia of mammals. David MacDonald, editor. New York: Facts on File, 1984. Ref QL703 .E53 1984

Encyclopedia of marine mammals. William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, and J.G.M. Thewissen, editors. San Diego, CD: Academic Press, c2002. Ref QL713.2 .E53 2002

Grzimek’s encyclopedia of mammals. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1990. Ref QL701 .G7913 1990 v.1-5

Mammals of the eastern United States. [3rd ed.] John O. Whitaker, Jr., and William J. Hamilton, Jr. Ithaca, NY: Comstock, 1998. Ref QL719 .E23 W49 1998

HUMAN BIOLOGY

Anatomical dictionary, with nomenclatures and explanatory notes. [1st English ed.] English edition edited by G.N.C. Crawford. Oxford; New York: Pergamon Press, 1969. Ref QM81 .D613 1969

Anatomy of the human body. [30th American ed.] Henry Gray; edited by Carmine D. Clements. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1985. Ref QM23.2 G73 1985

Atlas of human anatomy. [2nd ed.] Frank H. Netter; Arthur F. Dalley II, consulting editor. East Hanover, NJ: Navartis, c1997. Ref QM25 .N46 1997

Atlas of microscopic anatomy: a companion to histology and neuroanatomy. Ronald A. Bergman and Adel K. Afifi. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1974. Ref QM557 .B42

The Cambridge encyclopedia of human growth and development. Edited by Stanley J. Ulijaszek, Francis E. Johnston, and Michael A. Preece. Cambridge, UK: New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Ref QP84 .C26 1998

Gale encyclopedia of medicine. [2nd ed.] Jacqueline L. Long, editor; Deirdre S. Blanchfield, associate editor. Detroit, MI: Gale Group, c2002. Ref RC41 .G35 2002 v.1-5

Handbook of physiology: a critical, comprehensive presentation of physiological knowledge and concepts. Handbook editorial committee: Maurice Visscher, chairman. Washington, DC: American Physiological Society, 1959-1976. Ref QP6 H52

The human body: an illustrated guide to its structure, function, and disorders. [1st American ed.] Charles B. Clayton, editor-in-chief. London; New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1996. Ref QP38 .H7939 1995

The Human body on file. Diagram Group. New York: Facts on File, c1983. Ref QM .H85 1983

Stedman’s medical dictionary for the health professions and nursing. [Illustrated 5th ed.] Philadelphia, PA: Lipincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005. Ref R121 .S8 2005

Textbook of medical physiology. [10th ed.] Arthur C. Guyton and John E. Hall. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, c2000. Ref QP34.5 G9 2000

BIOGRAPHY

The Biographical dictionary of scientists. [2nd ed.] Roy Porter, consulting editor. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Ref Q141 .B528 1994

Chronology of science: from Stonehenge to the Human Genome Project. Lisa Rosner, consulting editor. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, c2002. Ref Q125 .C482 2002

Dictionary of scientific biography. Charles Coulston Gillespie, editor-in-chief. New York: Scribner, [1970-1992]. Ref Q141 .C5 v.1-18

McGraw-Hill modern men of science, 426 leading contemporary scientists, presented by the editors of the McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science and technology. New York: McGraw-Hil, [1966-1968]. Ref Q141 .M15 v.1-2

Women in science: antiquity through the nineteenth century: a biographical dictionary with annotated bibliography. Marilyn Bailey Oglivie. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, c1986. Ref Q141 .O34 1986