Selected Resources for Biology 114N

BOOKS

Library Catalogs | Selected Bibliography

Locating Books in Library Catalogs

At Wittenberg: EZRA -- the online catalog
At other Ohio academic Libraries: OhioLINK
In North America For ILL: WorldCat

Books on Scientific Writing and Presentations

Scientific Writing: Easy When You Know How by Jennifer Peat et. al.

Link to electronic book 2002

The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science by Scott L. Montgomery

Main Stacks T10.5 .M65 2017

Communicating Science: A Practical Guide by Pierre Laszlo

Link to electronic book 2006

How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper by Barbara Gastel and Robert Day

Main Stacks T11 .D33 2016

From Research to Manuscript: a Guide to Scientific Writing by Michael Jay Katz

Link to electronic book 2008

Selected Bibliography

Below is a select list of books relating to general Biology and Human Development. These books can be found in Thomas Library in the reference collection and in the main stacks as noted. Books located in the main stacks may be checked out.

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (20 volumes)

Available online through Access Science

Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia (3 volumes)

Reference Q121 .V3 2008

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms

Reference Q123 .M15 2003 (6th edition)

Main Stacks Q123 .M34 1993 (5th edition)

A Dictionary of Biology

Reference QH302.5 .D54 2008

Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Informatics

Online Resource

Dictionary of Developmental Biology and Embryology

Reference QH491 .D94 2012

Online Resource

Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology (4 volumes)

Reference QH506 .E53 1999

Encyclopedia of Human Biology (9 volumes)

Reference QP11 .E53 1997 (2nd edition)

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development

Main Stacks QP84 .C26 1998

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary

Reference R121 .A53 2004 (2nd edition)

The American Heritage Medical Dictionary

Online Resource

INDEXES

Academic Search Complete

Academic Search Complete is a multi-subject database containing both scholarly and popular publications. Some material is available in full-text. It is a good starting place for introductory level classes.

Newspaper Source

Index to over 250 newspapers, many of them in full-text.

BIOSIS Previews/Biological Abstracts

Biosis Previews/Biological Abstracts indexes articles from all fields of Biology. Coverage includes 1969 to the present.

MEDLINE via EBSCO

MEDLINE contains articles on all aspects of clinical medicine and medical research.

A full list of all the indexes available at Wittenberg can be found at:
https://www.wittenberg.edu/lib/find/browse-db

PERIODICALS

Periodicals are where most of the information for your research papers will come. Remember that there are scholarly publications as well as popular publications. For hints on how to tell the two apart, please see Scholarly vs. Popular Articles.

Wittenberg owns many scientific journals in both print and electronic formats. The links below will help you to find out what journals we own, the format, and where they are located.

Journals the Library Has
This is a searchable index of the periodicals Wittenberg owns in electronic and print formats. Location and dates owned are also provided.

Journal Article Interlibrary Loan Form
Use Interlibrary Loan to request articles not owned at Wittenberg from other libraries. Please see the form for more details.

HELP

If you are having trouble with your research, please contact Alisa Mizikar, the Science Librarian, via email at amizikar@wittenberg.edu or call 937-327-7515. You can also contact any of the reference librarians at librarians@wittenberg.edu or at 937-327-7511.

Compiled by Alisa Mizikar.