LIBRARY GUIDE TO Biological Sciences

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Interlibrary Loan
You may request materials we don't have and we'll borrow them from another library for you.

• The New York Times Science Section - leading US newspaper
• BBC News Science Section - UK news source
• EurekAlert! - created by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Nature News - science news articles from Nature Publishing Group
• New Scientist - UK science & technology magazine
• Smithsonian magazine Science Section - publication by the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.
• National Public Radio Science Section

Micromedex
Micromedex is a collection of databases containing full-text information on drugs, toxicology, and diseases. The drug information is detailed, referenced, and includes drug comparisons and identification, therapeutic class searching, and dosing. Micromedex also includes an extensive patient education component.

UpToDate
A large, evidence-based online resource covering thousands of internal medicine, pediatric, OB/GYN, and surgical topics. Designed to answer point-of-care clinical questions.

AccessMedicine
This is a collection of 60 full-text medical and basic sciences books from McGraw-Hill, including Harrison's Textbook of Medicine. AccessMedicine also includes images, videos, diagnostic tools, patient education handouts, and drug information.
 

Biology Terminology 

Dictionary of Biology (Collins)
"An established reference work, this work has now been revised, updated and expanded to reflect developments in this rapidly advancing science, especially in the area of genetics. The Dictionary is designed for advanced school students and for undergraduates. It is also a valuable resource for all who have an interest in the life sciences."

Dictionary of Biology (Penguin)
"This dictionary offers clear explanations of biological concepts and processes, and the broadest coverage of the subject, from ecology to immunology and cytology. This will be an indispensable reference aid for would-be biologists and professionals alike."

Dictionary of Developmental Biology and Embryology
"This authoritative A-to-Z resource covers classical morphological and cytological terms along with those from modern genetics and molecular biology. Extensively cross-referenced, the Dictionary includes definitions of terms, explanations of concepts, and biographies of historical figures."

Dictionary of Microbiology & Molecular Biology
"This Third, Revised Edition of a unique, encyclopaedic reference work covers the whole field of pure and applied microbiology and microbial molecular biology, from A to Zythia."

The Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
The Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology, Fifth Edition, provides definitions for thousands of terms used in the study of cell and molecular biology.

Cambridge Dictionary of Human Biology and Evolution
Packed with descriptions of terms, specimens, sites and names, covers a broad range of subjects within human biology, physical anthropology, anatomy, auxology, primatology, physiology, genetics, paleontology, and zoology.

Keywords and Concepts in Evolutionary Developmental Biology
The first comprehensive reference work for this expanding field. Covering more than fifty central terms and concepts in entries written by leading experts, Keywords offers an overview of all that is embraced by this new subdiscipline of biology, providing the core insights and ideas that show how embryonic development relates to life-history evolution, adaptation, and responses to and integration with environmental factors.

50 Biology Ideas You Really Need to Know
From mass extinction to immunity, and from sociobiology to swarm behaviour, 50 Biology Ideas You Really Need to Know will open you eyes to the fundamental biological processes that are essential to all life on earth, beginning with innovations unique to animals - such as the development of muscles and importance of circulation - and moving through to genetics, cells, tissues and, finally, the nature of groups of organisms.  

Biochemical Society
The Biochemical Society promotes the advancement of the molecular biosciences, representing the interests of all those working in the sector.

Biochemistry News from ScienceDaily
Read the latest research in biochemistry -- protein structure and function, RNA and DNA, enzymes and biosynthesis and more biochemistry news.

Patents

• US Patent & Trademark Office
• European & World Patents

Best Bets:

PubMed (MEDLINE)

PubMed is a free online interface provided by the National Library of Medicine to search MEDLINE, which focuses on biomedical literature.

• Publication types:  journal articles, books/book chapters, reviews, conference proceedings, abstracts, datasets, editorials, news articles
• Contains over 28 million items
• Coverage years = 1946 to present

It’s free to search so you can use it after leaving OU (but you may not be able to access the full text of the items you find in PubMed).

Web of Science

Web of Science contains publications related to the arts and humanities, social sciences, and sciences. It’s an excellent database for comprehensive and interdisciplinary searches.

• Publication types: journal articles, books/book chapters, reviews, conference proceedings, abstracts, data papers, editorials, news articles
• Contains over 66 million items
• Coverage years = 1900 to present

Other databases:

Scopus

Scopus an international multi-disciplinary database for the sciences and social sciences.

• Publication types: journal articles, books/book chapters, reviews, patents, conference proceedings/papers, trade publications, editorials
• Contains over 70 million items
• Coverage years = 1970 to present

As the name implies, this database focuses on biology, ecology, forestry, and agriculture.

• Publication types: journal articles, reviews, magazine articles, trade publications
• Contains over 500,000 items
• Coverage years = 1983 to present