BIOLOGY RESEARCH GUIDE: Home

Welcome to the UR research guide for Biology!  Use this guide to learn more about the library's rich resources in the biological sciences -- you can access books, databases, journals, and websites from this page. 

I am the liaison librarian for Biology as well as many other science disciplines. 
Please contact me if you need any help with your research!

                                                                                      ~ Melanie

Use encyclopedias and dictionaries to obtain an overview of your subject, an understanding of basic concepts, a summary of key issues, and definitions.  Articles frequently include bibliographies and may refer you to other entries on related topics:

• AccessScience (the online edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology)
       REF Q121 .M3 2007
• Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
       REF QH77.N56 B43 2001
• Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology 
       QR81 .A5 1994
• Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology 
       REF QR81 .B46 2001
• Dictionary of Biology
       REF QH302.5 .D5 2008
• Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology
       REF QR9 .S56 2006
• Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
       REF QH541.15 .B56 E53 2001
• Encyclopedia of Evolution
• Encyclopedia of Genetics
       REF QH427 .E532 2002
• Encyclopedia of Immunology
       REF QR180.4 .E53 1998
• Encyclopedia of Microbiology
       REF QR9 .E53 2009
• Flora of North America: North of Mexico
       REF QK110 .F55
• Gray's Atlas of Anatomy 
       REF QM25 .G72 2008
• Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia 
       REF QL7 .G7813 2003
• McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms 
       REF Q123 .M34 2003
• Oxford Reference Online
• Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia 
       REF Q121 .V3 2008