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Biology Resources in the James Earl Carter Library


Table of Contents

  1. Periodical Indices and Abstracts in Print

  2. Biology Journals

    1. General

    2. Topical

  3. Selected Reference Books

  4. GALILEO Databases

  5. Web Sites


  1. Periodical Indices and Abstracts in Print

Biological and Agricultural Index. Vol. 12 (1948)+. This is the best print index of journal articles in the field of biology. Located on the Index Tables on the South side of the Reference Area. Indexes 300+ English-language journal articles on biology, agriculture, and related sciences.  The online version of "biological and Agricultural Index." available in GALILEO, covers 1983 to the present.

Biological Abstracts. Vol. 12 (1938)-Vol. 104 (1997). Located in the Periodicals section on the Second Floor. Provides abstracts, or summaries, of new articles. Gives full data for the article. Indexed by author, biosystems, genus, and subject.

Bioresearch Index. Vol. 4 (1968)-Vol. 17 (1979). Located in the Periodicals section on the Second Floor. Indexes new articles on life sciences research. Indexed by author, biosystem, genus, concept, and subject.

Oceanic Abstracts with Indexes. Vol. 9 (1972)-Vol. 13 (1976). Located in the Periodicals section on the Second Floor.

  1. Biology Journals

    1. General

The ASB Bulletin. Quarterly publication of the Association of Southeastern Biologists. Articles, abstracts, reviews, and news of the Association.
Holdings: Vol. 16 (1987)-Vol. 26 (1998) Microfiche.

The American Biology Teacher. Nine issues a year published by the National Association of Biology Teachers. While devoted to school teaching of biology, its articles cover many aspects of biology. Articles are documented with references. Large, easy-to-read, well-illustrated format.
Holdings: Vol. 28 (1966)+ Bound; Vol. 1 (1938)-Vol. 42 (1980) Microfilm.

The Biological Bulletin. Published by the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Scholarly, well-documented articles in a large and well-organized format. Index.
Holdings: Vol. 132 (1967)+ Bound.

BioScience. Monthly publication of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. Features, articles, book reviews, and news of interest to biologists. Articles are scholarly and well-documented. Attractive format.
Holdings: Vol. 18 (1968)+ Bound.

The Quarterly Review of Biology. Scholarly journal of lengthy, scholarly, well-documented articles and book reviews. Indexed.
Holdings: Vol. 41 (1966)+ Bound.

  1. Topical

American Fern Journal. Holdings: Vol. 59 (1969)+ Bound.

American Forests. Holdings: Vol. 66 (1960)-Vol. 71 (1965, Vol. 80 (1974)+ Bound.

American Journal of Botany. Holdings: Vol. 56 (1969)+ Bound.

American Journal of Physiology. Holdings: Vol. 214 (1968)-Vol. 253 (1987) Bound.

American Midland Naturalist. Holdings: Vol. 78 (1967)-Vol. 126 (1991) Bound; Vol. 127 (1992)+ Microfiche; Vol. 53 (1955)-Vol. 78 (1967) Microfilm.

American Naturalist. Holdings: Vol. 102 (1968)-Vol. 136 (1990) Bound; Vol. 137 (1991)+ Microfiche.

American Zoologist. Holdings: Vol. 7 (1967)-Vol. 33 (1993) Bound; Vol. 34 (1994)+ Microfiche.

Animal Behaviour. Holdings: Vol. 16 (1968)-Vol. 35 (1987) Bound; Vol. 36 (1988)+ Microfiche.

Animal Learning and Behavior. Holdings: Vol. 1 (1973)+ Bound.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Holdings: Vol. 31 (1976)+ Bound.

Audubon. Holdings: Vol. 64 (1962)+ Bound; Vol. 63 (1961)-Vol. 81 (1979) Microfilm.

Auk. Holdings: Vol. 85 (1968)+ Bound.

Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Biochemie et biologie cellulaire. Holdings: Vol. 64 (1986)-Vol. 66 (1988) Bound; Vol. 67 (1989)+ Microfiche.

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. Holdings: Vol. 43 (1968)-Vol. 63 (1988) Bound; Vol. 64 (1989)+ Microfiche.

Biophysical Journal. Holdings: Vol. 8 (1968)-Vol. 46 (1984) Bound.

Brittonia. Holdings: Vol. 20 (1968)+ Bound.

Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine. Biulleten’ eksperimental’ noi biologii I meditsiny. Holdings: Vol. 63 (1967)-Vol. 76 (1973), Vol. 79-80 (1975) Bound.

Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Revue canadienne de biochemie et biologie cellulaire. Holdings: Vol. 46 (1968)-Vol. 63 (1985) Bound.

Canadian Journal of Zoology. Holdings: Vol. 46 (1968)-Vol. 66 (1988) Bound; Vol. 67 (1989)+ Microfiche.

Condor. Holdings: Vol. 70 (1968)+ Bound.

Copeia. Holdings: 1967+ Bound.

Developmental Psychobiology. Holdings: Vol. 1 (1968)-Vol. 15 (1982) Bound.

Ecological Monographs. Holdings: Vol. 1 (1931)-Vol. 13 (1943) Microfilm; Vol. 28 (1958)-Vol. 30 (1960), Vol. 32 (1962)+ Bound.

Ecology. Holdings: Vol. 49 (1968)-Vol. 69 (1988) Bound; Vol. 70 (1989)+ Microfiche.

Endangered Species Bulletin. Holdings: Vol. 2 (1976)+ Bound.

Environmental Health Perspectives. Holdings: Vol. 2 (1972)+ Bound.

Evolution. Holdings: Vol. 22 (1968)-Vol. 42 (1988) Bound; Vol. 43 (1989)+ Microfiche.

Field Notes / American Birding Association. Holdings: Vol. 51 (1997)+ Bound.

Fish and Wildlife Reference Service Newsletter. Holdings: No. 100 (1994)+ Bound.

Fisheries Review. Holdings: Vol. 6 (1977)-Vol. 40 (1995) Bound.

Fishery Bullein. Holdings: Vol. 71 (1973)+ Bound.

Forestry Research West. Holdings: 1979-1992 Bound; 1993+ Microfiche.

Genetics. Holdings: Vol. 53 (1966)-Vol. 120 (1988) Bound; Vol. 121 (1989)+ Microfiche.

Herpetologica. Holdings: Vol. 24 (1968)+ Bound.

Herpetological Review. Holdings: Vol. 4 (1972)+ Bound.

Human Biology. Holdings: Vol. 1 (1929)-Vol. 59 (1987) Bound; Vol. 1 (1929)-Vol. 52 (1980) Microfilm.

International Journal of Plant Sciences. Holdings: Vol. 153 (1992)+ Bound.

Invertebrate Biology. Holdings: Vol. 114 (1995)+ Bound.

Journal of Animal Ecology. Holdings: Vol. 37 (1968)+ Bound.

Journal of Applied Ecology. Holdings: Vol. 5 (1968)+ Bound.

Journal of Bacteriology. Holdings: Vol. 71 (1956)-Vol. 170 (1988) Bound; Vol. 171 (1989)+ Microfiche.

Journal of Biological Chemistry. Holdings: Vol. 177 (1949)-Vol. 241 (1966), Vol. 243 (1968)-Vol. 255 (1980) Bound.

Journal of Cell Biology. Holdings: Vol. 36 (1968)-Vol. 107 (1988) Bound; Vol. 108 (1989)+ Microfiche.

Journal of Cellular Physiology. Holdings: Vol. 70 (1967)-Vol. 133 (1987) Bound.

Journal of Economic Entomology. Holdings: Vol. 2 (1909)-Vol. 70 (1977) Microfilm; Vol. 58 (1965)+ Bound.

Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology. Holdings: Vol. 23 (1970)-Vol. 98 (1986) Bound.

Journal of Entomological Science. Holdings: Vol. 20 (1985)+ Bound.

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. Holdings: Vol. 40 (1993)+ Bound.

Journal of Experimental Biology. Holdings: Vol. 46 (1967)-Vol. 140 (1988) Bound; Vol. 141 (1989)-Vol. 199 (1996) Microfiche.

Journal of Experimental Botany. Holdings: Vol. 20 (1969)+ Bound; Vol. 11 (1960)-Vol. 48 (1977) Microfilm.

Journal of Experimental Zoology. Holdings: Vol. 167 (1968)+ Bound.

Journal of General Microbiology. Holdings: Vol. 46 (1967)-Vol. 139 (1993) Bound.

Journal of Heredity. Holdings: Vol. 52 (1961)-Vol. 54 (1963), Vol. 56 (1965)+ Bound.

Journal of Herpetology. Holdings: Vol. 3 (1969)+ Bound.

Journal of Insect Physiology. Holdings: Vol. 15 (1969)-Vol. 33 (1987) Bound.

Journal of Mammalogy. Holdings: Vol. 45 (1964)+ Bound.

Journal of Marine Research. Holdings: Vol. 25 (1967)+ Bound.

Journal of Molecular Biology. Holdings: Vol. 32 (1968)-Vol. 108 (1976) Bound.

Journal of Morphology. Holdings: Vol. 123 (1967)-Vol. 182 (1984) Bound.

Journal of Nematology. Holdings: Vol. 1 (1969)+ Bound.

Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society. Holdings: Vol. 6 (1971)-Vol. 19 (1984) Bound.

Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science. Holdings: Vol. 43 (1968)-Vol. 72 (1997) Bound.

Journal of Wildlife Management. Holdings: Vol. 32 (1968)+ Bound.

Marine Biology. Holdings: Vol. 4 (1969)-Vol. 31 (1975), Vol. 34 (1976)-Vol. 55 (1980) Bound.

Microbiology. Holdings: Vol. 140 (1994)+ Bound.

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. Holdings: Vol. 42 (1978)-Vol. 52 (1988) Bound; Vol. 53 (1989)-+ Microfiche.

Mycologia. Holdings: Vol. 50 (1958)-Vol. 71 (1979) Microfilm; Vol. 61 (1969)+ Bound.

Oriole. Holdings: Vol. 37 (1972)+ Bound.

Physiological Reviews. Holdings: Vol. 46 (1966)+ Bound.

Physiological Zoology. Holdings: Vol. 41 (1968)+ Bound.

Plant Cell. Holdings: Vol. 1 (1989)+ Bound.

Plant Physiology. Holdings: Vol. 44 (1969)+ Bound.

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Holdings: Vol. 126 (1967)+ Bound.

Psychophysiology. Holdings: Vol. 1 (1964-65), Vol. 4 (1967)-Vol. 14 (1977) Microfilm; Vol. 15 (1978)+ Bound.

Rhodora. Holdings: Vol. 60 (1958)-Vol. 79 (1977) Microfilm; Vol. 71 (1969)+ Bound.

Soil Science. Holdings: Vol. 105 (1968)+ Bound.

Systematic Biology. Holdings: Vol. 41 (1992)+ Bound.

Systematic Zoology. Holdings: Vol. 17 (1968) –Vol. 40 (1991) Bound.

Wildlife Monographs. Holdings: No. 19 (1970)-Vol. 57 (1977), No. 71 (1980)+ Bound.

  1. Selected Reference Books

REF Q 121 .M3 1997 McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. 20 vols. Although it covers all of science and technology, it is a useful starting place for topics in biology. Some articles are detailed, many have substantial bibliographies. Authors are scholars in the field. Attractive, easy to read format.

REF QH 13 .09 1985 The Oxford Dictionary of Natural History. Dictionary of thousands of items, each with a paragraph article. Cross references.

REF QH 83 .S89 Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. 2 vols. Organized in the classification system from Superkingdom down to the Family level. Each part has a substantial article, many with bibliographies. Some illustrations. Lengthy index.

REF QK 117 .G758 Gray’s Manual of Botany. New edition of the old (1848) standard on flowering plants and ferns of the U.S. and Canada. 1,632 pages. Indexed.

REF QL 9 .L42 1973 A Dictionary of Zoology. Concise descriptions in a dictionary form. Another list is "English Names," or everyday terms.

  1. GALILEO Databases

Go to the GALILEO homepage, select "Databases," then "Life Sciences."

For general biology, see first the following databases:

Biological and Agricultural Index. Indexes over 200 journals in biology and agriculture. Updated monthly. Covers 1983+. It contains abstracts, but no full-text articles. This is the online version of the print index with the same name.

Biology Digest. Indexes over 300 journals in the broad field of biology. Updated monthly. It is aimed at high school and college students. Covers 1989+. It provides abstracts but no full-text of articles.

Basic BIOSIS (A Sub-Set of Biological Abstracts). Updated weekly. Covers 1988+. Abstracts, but not full-text of articles from the leading publications in biology.

Biological Sciences Set. Updated monthly. Covers 1982+. It is organized into 23 separate databases ranging from Agriculture to Virology.

  1. Web Sites

Go to the GALILEO homepage, select "Internet Resources," then "Sciences and Medicine," and then "Life Sciences."

 

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