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Biology: Reference Sources

Dictionaries and Glossaries 

     Encyclopedias and Handbooks 

Dictionaries and Glossaries

These sources help to define unfamiliar terms

Dictionary of Biology, 5th Ed., 2004
Dictionary of Ecology, 2nd Ed., 1998
Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
     Floor 2 Reference QH 540.4 .L56 1998
Dictionary of Genetics, 6th Ed.
     Floor 2 Reference QH 427 .K55 2002
Dictionary of Plant Sciences, 2nd Ed., 1998
Dictionary of Zoology, 2nd Ed., 1999
Facts on File Dictionary of Biochemistry
     Floor 2 Reference QP 512 .F33 2003
Facts on File Dictionary of Botany
     Floor 2 Reference QK 9 .F33 2003
Facts on File Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
     Floor 2 Reference QH 575 .F33 2003
Oxford Companion to the Body, 2001
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
     Floor 2 Reference QP 512 .O94 2000
Penguin Dictionary of Biology, 11th Ed.
     Floor 2 Reference QH 13 .N62 2004 

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Encyclopedias and Handbooks

These sources contain more detailed information on topics

Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th Ed.
     Floor 2 Reference Desk QR 81 .A5 1994
Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology
     Floor 2 Reference Desk QR 81 .B46 1984
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
     Floor 2 Reference QH 541.15 .B56 E53 2001
Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 3rd Ed.
     Floor 2 Reference QH 332 .E52 2004
Encyclopedia of Biology
     Floor 2 Reference QH 309.2 .R58 2004
Encyclopedia of Genetics
     Floor 2 Reference QH 427 .E53 2004
Encyclopedia of Human Biology
     Floor 2 Reference QP 11 .E53 1997
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
     Floor 2 Reference QH 302.5 .E525 2002
Environmental Encyclopedia, 3rd Ed.
     Floor 2 Reference GE 10 .E38 2003
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, 2nd Ed.
     Floor 2 Reference QL 7 .G7813 2003
Handbook of the Birds of the World
     Floor 2 Reference QL 673 .H25 1992
McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 5th Ed., 2005
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 9th Ed.
     Floor 2 Reference Q 121 .M3 2002
     Note: Look up your topic in the index in Volume 20 first!
Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th Ed.
     Floor 2 Reference Desk QL 703 .W222 1999

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