Biology Reference Tools
A Dictionary of Biology
Fully revised and updated for the seventh edition, this market-leading dictionary is the perfect guide for anyone studying biology, either at school or university. With more than 5,500 clear and concise entries, it provides comprehensive coverage of biology, biophysics, and biochemistry. Over 250 new entries include terms such as Broca's area, comparative genomic hybridization, mirror neuron, and Pandoravirus.Appendices include classifications of the animal and plant kingdoms, the geological time scale, major mass extinctions of species, model organisms and their genomes, Nobel prizewinners, and a new appendix on evolution.Entry-level web links to online resources can be accessed via a companion website.
Publication Date: 2015
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics This link opens in a new window This reference work comprises hundreds of tables of scientific data, including physical constants, chemical properties, mathematics, and laboratory safety. Searching by chemical structure is possible via a drawing tool.
- Encyclopedia of LifeGlobal access to knowledge about life on Earth.
- Human Body (Healthline)Explore the human anatomy in 3D. Free interactive tool.
- iBiologyOpen-access to brief videos on all aspects of modern biology.
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
This is a revised and updated edition of one of the most authoritative and comprehensive sources on the world's animals. Similar to the first edition written by noted zoologist Bernard Grzimek and published in 1972, the second edition covers all types of animals in geographic areas around the world. It includes high-quality photographs and illustrations and a comprehensive index to all volumes.
Location: Science & Engineering Library Reference QL7 .G7813 2004
- Mammalian Species Search listSearchable database of mammal species by common name, scientific name or keyword
- Animal Diversity Web (ADW)Gives animal natural history, distribution and classification. Sponsored by the University of Michigan.
- FishBaseOffers global information about fish species
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI)Database of the names and details of seed plants, ferns and lycophytes.
- CIPRES (Cyberinfrastructure for Phylogenetic Research) Science GatewayDatabase of large phylogenetic trees.
- Integrated Taxonomic Information SystemAuthoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology by
Based on the data contained in the four-volume Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, BMDB-9 also includes new genera and species, new combinations, and new taxa published through the January 1992 issue of the IJSB. Users will find short general descriptions that encompass all organisms by Groups; shape and size, Gram reaction, other pertinent morphological features, motility and flagella, relations to oxygen, basic type of metabolism, carbon and energy sources, habitat and ecology. BMDB-9 also includes discussions of difficulties in identification, keys or tables to genera and species, genus descriptions, synonyms, other nomenclatural changes, and numerous illustrations.
Location: Science & Engineering Library Reserve (QR81 .A5 1994 )
