Biology Research Guide
Welcome to the research guide for your courses in biology. The suggested electronic resources are available linked from here and from the Electronic Resources section of the library home page. Print resources are available in the PHC on campus collection or by mail to distance learning members of the PHC community. You may check out the location and availability of an item in the on campus collection through the online catalog, Voyager, accessed here or through the library home page.
Extensive assigned books and articles needed for your research and listed in your syllabus are available on reserve at the library's circulation desk.
Professional library assistance is available on campus, by phone at 540-441-8400, or by email at askalibrarian@phc.edu .
History of Biology
The following historically significant books are available online:
Animal kingdom, arranged according to its organization... by Cuvier
Essay on the theory of the earth by Cuvier
Essay on classification by Louis Agassiz
Lecons d'anatomie comparee by Cuvier
Recerches sur les ossemens fossiles by Cuvier
Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation by Cuvier
Methods of study in natural history by Louis Agassiz
Principles of zoology by Louis Agassiz
Structure of animal life by Louis Agassiz
Works by and on Lamarck are available at http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Lamarck
Works by and on Cuvier are available at http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Cuvier
Databases
Using the acronym for “journal storage”, this collection contains complete back issues of 241 scholarly journals in a wide range of disciplines. Issues from the most recent five years for each title are not included in the collection.
MEDLINE
The premier medical index covering over 9,600 journals in all areas of medicine. Some citations include abstracts.
Original Sources - Science and Mathematics
Full-text of major works in the areas of general science, physical science, life science, applied science and mathematics.
Contains the citations and abstracts of over 1,000 titles across disciplines. Of those 1,000 titles, 710 provide users with full-text, images and graphics online. Indexing and full-text coverage begins in the early 1990s for most titles.
Reference Works
McGraw-Hill concise encyclopedia of science & technology. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2005. Ref Q121 .M29 2005
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Internet Resources
Public Library of Science (PLoS) provides access to scientific articles and research available for free under Open Access license.
PubMed comprises more than 19 million citations for biomedical articles from MEDLINE and life science journals. Citations may include links to full-text articles from PubMed Central or publisher web sites.
Science.gov lists science information provided by the U.S. government.
American Journal of Science (Online 2001-present)
Isis (Online 1913 to 2004)
Journal of Biology (Online 2002-present)
Journal of the Geological Society (Online 1996-present)
Journal of Geology (Online 07/2002-05/01/2006)
Journal of Paleontology (Online 9/1997-present)
Journal of the History of Biology
Science (Online 1988-2005)
Scientific American (Print June 2001-present)
Research tips
- Search by subject: Once you have located one item in the catalog, you may click on the search term within the record to find other items on the same or similar subjects.
- Use JSTOR and ProQuest to locate articles on a particular subject.
- Interlibrary loan (ILL): If you are unable to locate an item in the PHC online or on campus collection, you may request resources through Interlibrary loan. ILL requests may be made directly into the library database WorldCat. If you have difficulty requesting an ILL in WorldCat, you may use the form on the website or request assistance from any of the library staff.
- Once you locate an appropriate resource, potential valuable resources may be listed in the item's bibliography.
- Please check with your professor for the preferred citation style for this course. A good citation guides are available in the library and online from the Owl at Purdue.
Created: Gladden, 2008. Updated: Pensgard, 2010. Reviewed, Doran/Thornhill 2012.
