Dictionaries and encyclopedias for biological sciences
Use encyclopedias:
- for summaries
- for lists of further reading
- when starting a project
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There are two key online resources which give access to hundreds of dictionaries and encyclopedias:
Useful reference works for biological sciences: selected titles
General biological titles
McGraw-Hill dictionary of bioscience
2nd Floor Reference--570.3-MAC
The Penguin dictionary of biology
2nd Floor Reference--570.3-THA
Available online on Oxford Reference Online
Encyclopedia of the life sciences
2nd Floor Reference--574.03-ENC
Encyclopedia of evolution
2nd Floor Reference--576.803-ENC
Encyclopedia of biodiversity
2nd Floor Reference--577.03-ENC
Encyclopedia of biostatistics
2nd Floor Reference--610.15195-ENC
Dictionary of environmental science and technology
2nd Floor Reference--628.03-POR
Available online on Oxford Reference Online
Biochemistry
Practical handbook of biochemistry and molecular biology
2nd Floor Reference--572-PRA
Encyclopedia of biological chemistry
2nd Floor Reference--572.03-ENC
Oxford dictionary of biochemistry and molecular biology
2nd Floor Reference--572.03-OXF
Microbiology
Encyclopedia of microbiology
2nd Floor Reference--579.03-ENC
Dictionary of microbiology and molecular biology
2nd Floor Reference--579.03-SIN
Topley and Wilson's microbiology and microbial infections
2nd Floor Reference--616.01-TOP
Plant science
Dictionary of plant sciences
2nd Floor Reference--580.3-DIC
Dictionary of plant pathology
2nd Floor Reference--581.203-HOL
Encyclopedia of applied plant sciences
2nd Floor Reference--630.3-ENC
Zoology
Animal identification: a reference guide
2nd Floor Reference--591.016-ANI
Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia
2nd Floor Reference--590.3-GRZ
The concise Oxford dictionary of zoology
2nd Floor Reference--591.03-CON