Kingwood College Library
Biology Research Guide

The library contains many resources that will help you with the study of biology.  Some of these will help with an overall understanding of the subject, while others will provide detailed coverage of a current area of scientific study.   Ask a librarian if you have questions on using these resources.

• QH83 .S89, 2v. - Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms - Complete reference including descriptions of higher level taxonomy with Linnaean classification and citation to specialized literature.
• QH302.5 .F38 - Facts on File Dictionary of Biology - Brief definitions for quick reference.
• QH307.2 .M34, 6v. - McGill's Survey of Science - Topics covered in brief, quickly retrievable, easy to understand style that provide non-specialists with essential views of all areas of biology.
• QH332 .B52 - Bioethics: Sex, Genetics and Human Reproduction - A closer look at this specialized area of bioethics.
• QH332 .E52, 5v.- Encyclopedia of Bioethics - This resource provides in-depth coverage on all areas of bioethics.
• QH427 .K55 - Dictionary of Genetics - An example of one of the specialized dictionaries in the biology subject area.
• QH540.4 .E52, 3v. - Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology - Begin research on the environment here.
• QK117 .G75 - Gray's Manual of Botany - Plant life examined in detail.
• QL3 .G7813, 13v. - Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia - Detailed look at the animal kingdom with color illustrations.
• QL701 .G7913 - Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals - Focusing on mammals, this source also has great color illustrations.
• QM25 .N46 - Atlas of Human Anatomy - Study of humans, with color illustrations.
• QM25 .N472, 8v. - Ciba Collection of Medical Illustrations - Great detail with color illustrations.
• QR9 .E53, 4v. - Encyclopedia of Microbiology - Research into the smallest organisms.

• Academic Search Premier - Scholarly, multi-discipline, full-text database. Subject areas include sciences, social sciences, education, computer sciences, literature, and medical sciences.
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic - General health database with full-text articles, books, pamphlets, and reports.
• Health Reference Center - Articles on medicine and health from general interest as well as refereed (Peer reviewed) journals . Many full-text.
• Today's Science On File - From Facts.com, the latest developments in science, medicine, and technology.
• PA Research II/Proquest - Over 1900 journals in all subjects, mostly full text, updated daily.  Includes such disciplines as astronomy, biology, chemistry, general science, geology, mathematics and physics.

• The Biology Project - The University of Arizona online interactive resource for learning biology.

• The National Science Foundation - The biology section of the National Science Foundation, an        independent U.S. government agency responsible for promoting science and engineering through        programs that invest over $3.3 billion per year in almost 20,000 research and education projects.

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser - The National Center for Biotechnology Information established in 1988, creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information - all for the better understanding of molecular processes affecting human health and disease. This site, from the National Library or Medicine (NLM) and the National Institute for Health (NIH), offers a searchable database for taxonomy.

• The Tree of Life Project - The Tree of Life from the University of Arizona is a collection of approximately 2000 World Wide Web pages containing information about the diversity of life. These pages are authored by biologists from around the world.

• Biology - from Clermont College of University of Cincinnati, this site links to many general interest biology sites as well as specific pages on topics such as cellular respiration.

• Online Biology Book - Presented by Dr. Michael J. Farabee of Maricopa Community College, this resource, with illustrations, is aimed at freshman level biology students.  Frequently updated.

• Environmental Protection Agency - News from the EPA, a federal agency created to permit coordinated and effective governmental action on behalf of the environment. The EPA endeavors to abate and control pollution systematically, by proper integration of a variety of research, monitoring, standard setting, and enforcement activities.

• Center for Plant Biodiversity - This site from Australia's National Herbarium offers information on botanical research, conservation, and management and use of Australian flora.

• Hazardous Chemicals, OSHA, EPA and MSDS standards - This searchable site from the Vermont Safety Information Resources, Inc., helps you find information on hazards to the environment and living organisms.

• Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry - Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects   Database, developed to provide access to information on the release of hazardous substances from        Superfund sites or from emergency events and on the effects of hazardous substances on the health of     human populations.

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention - The CDC is a good searchable site for information about emerging diseases, or areas of these diseases affect.

• World Health Organization - Established in 1948, the WHO has been one of the primary resources for health maintenance and the state of health of all nations.

• The National Human Genome Research Institute - NHGRI, established in 1989 as The National Center for Human Genome Research (NCHGR). Its mission is to head the Human Genome Project for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NHGRI is one of 24 institutes, centers, or divisions that make up the NIH, the federal government's primary agency for the support of biomedical research.

• Net Vet Science and Research Organizations - A great list of organizations on the Internet.  Begins with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, goes to the Yearbook of Experts, Authorities, and         Spokespersons.

• Bioethics.net - The American Journal of Bioethics offers bioethics for beginners.

• Biotechnology - Biotechnology information from the National Agriculture Library of the U S Department of Agriculture.

• OMIN  - Online Mendalian Inheritance in Man, this database is a catalog of human genes and genetic         disorders authored and edited by Dr. Victor A. McKusick and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere, and developed for the World Wide Web by NCBI, the National Center for Biotechnology         Information.

• IUCN - International Union for the Conservation of Nature, The World Conservation Union site on biodiversity.

  Metacrawler
     Let this metasearch engine find sites containing your keywords.  Metasearch searches many search engines and combines them into one results list.
  Yahoo
     Biology from the Yahoo Subject Directory. Wind through the subdirectory until you find information you want. This is a good way to find info you might not find through your own limited keywords.
  Google
     A search engine with options to use a directory approach as in Yahoo, or search by keyword.  Try the Advanced search page to create a very specific search request.

Created by librarian, . 8/14/2001, updated 8/12/2002.