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Biology/Life Sciences Subject Guide

• Finding Journal Articles
• Finding Reference/Background information
• Finding Books
• Biology Metasites
• Some Selected Internet Sites

Finding Journal Articles:

Life Science Databases (read directions for off campus access)

Finding background information: Selected Reference Books on Biology  in Buley: 

• American Insects, Ref. QL 474 A76 2000
• Concise Encyclopedia: Biology, Ref. QH 302.5 A2313 1995
• Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology, Ref. QH 506 C74 1999
• Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Ref. QH 541.15 B56 E53 2001
• Handbook of the Birds of the World, Ref. QL 673 H265
• Sibley Guide to Birds, Ref. QL 681 S497 2000
• Oxford Dictionary of Biology, Ref. QH 302.5 D5 2000
• Oxford Reference Biological Sciences (online dictionaries--login required for off campus access)
• Walker's Mammals of the World, Ref. QL 703 W222 1999

Finding books:

• Use CONSULS the online CSU catalog for books at Southern and the other CSU libraries.
• Use WorldCat (SCSU database or website) to find books from all over the world. You can Interlibrary loan many of the books we don't have.

Internet Metasites: Guides to websites on Biology

• BioEd Online - Biology Teacher Resources from Baylor College of Medicine. Includes presentations, PowerPoint slides, news, resources, and "hot topic" guides.
• BUBL Link: Biology - sites with an European slant, includes brief descriptions
• Internet Public Library: Life Sciences - biology and other life sciences sites  
• Iowa State Entomology Index - a directory of insect related resources 
• Natural Resources: Research Information Pages - intended to be an Internet resource guide for natural resources students, researchers and practitioners 
• Neuroscience on the Internet - index of neuroscience sites, also publishes original material, maintained by a subject specialist 
• SciCentral: BioSciences - bioscience news
• Scirus advanced search - select Agricultural and Biological Sciences
• Harvard Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology 
• YAHOO Biology Index - submitted biology resources, no selection or evaluation 

Some Selected Internet Sites:

General Biology sites:

• Cells Alive! - A spectacular site that provides explanations and animations of cellular processes. 
• The Tree of Life - A distributed Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity, very extensive covering many organisms. 
• USGS Biology Page - Many useful links and evironmental information.

• See also Ornithology sites and Botany sites

Biology Articles and data:

Educational sites:  

• Biology Tutorials from Southern & eTutoring (login with your MySCSU login)

Do you have sites to suggest? Contact me or tag a site for:rhedreen on del.icio.us

Rebecca Hedreen
Biology Librarian