Good Reference Sources in Biology

*** Encyclopedias ***

General

Encyclopedia of Bioethics. 5 vol. 1995
REF QH 332.E52 1

 

Ecology, Botany, Zoology

Encyclopedia of Rainforests. 1 vol. 2002
REF QH 86.J85 2002

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. 19 vol. 2002
REF QH 302.5.E54 2002 and also available online.

Encyclopedia of Evolution. 2 vol. 2002
REF QH 360.2.O83 2002

Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology. 3 vol. 1995
REF QH 540.4 E52 1995

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. 5 vol. 2001
REF QH 541.15 B56.E53 2001

Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia. 11 vol. 2003 (not all volumes received yet)
REF QL 7 .G7813 2003

Encyclopedia of Entomology, 3 vol.
REF QL 462.3.E47 2004

Engyclopedia of Marine Mammals. 1 vol. 2002
REF QL701.2.E53 2002

Animal Behavior Desk Reference, 2nd ed.
REF QL 750.3.B37 2001

 

Genetics, Cellular & Molecular Biology

Encyclopedia of Genetics. 4 vol. 2002
REF QH 427.E53 2002

Encyclopedia of the Human Genome. 5 vol. 2003
REF QH 431.N38 2003

Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology. 4 vol. 1999
REF QH 506.E53 1999995

Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. 1995
REF QH 506.M66155 1995

 

Human Biology & Physiology

Encyclopedia of Human Biology. 2nd ed 8 vol. 1997
REF QP 11.E53 1997

Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition. 3 vol. 1999
REF QP 141.E526 1999

Encyclopedia of the Human Brain. 4 vol. 2002
REF QP 376.E586 2002

Encyclopedia of Reproduction. 4 vol. 1998
REF QP 251.E635 1998

Hormones, Brain and Behavior. 5 vol. 2002
REF QP 356.45.H433 2002

Encyclopedia of Hormones, 3 vol.
REF QP 571.E63 2003

The Enzyme Reference: A Comprehensive Guide to Enzyme Nomenclature, Reactions and Methods
REF QP 601.P87 2002

Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes, 2 vol.
REF QP 609.P78.H36 2004

 

Microbiology, Immunology, Virology

Desk Encyclopedia of Microbiology
REF QR 9.D47 2004

Encyclopedia of Microbiology. 4 vol. 1992
REF QR 9.E53 1992

Encyclopedia of Immunology. 2nd ed. 4 vol. 1998
REF QR 180.4 E53 1998

Molecular Medical Microbiology. 3 vol. 2002
REF QR 46.M65 2002

Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology. 6 vol. 2002
REF QR 100.B58 2002

Encyclopedia of Virology. 3 vol. 1994
REF QR 358.E53 1994

 

 

*** Dictionaries ***

General

General

A dictionary of biology.
REF QH 302.5 .D5 2000

Oxford Dctionary of Biology, 5th ed.
REF QH 302.5.D54 2004

Facts on File Dictionary of Biology. 3rd ed.
REF QH 302.5.F38 1999

Dictionary of Bioscience, 2nd ed.
REF QH 302.5.M382 2003

 

Ecology, Botany, Zoology

Dictionary of Biology. 3rd ed.
REF QH 302.5.D5 1996

Dictionary of Bioscience. 2nd ed.
REF QH 302.5.M382 2003

Keywords in Evolutionary Biology.
REF QH 360.6.K49 1992

Blackwell's Concise Encyclopedia of Ecology.
REF QH 540.4.B58 1999

Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics.
REF QH 540.4.L56 1998

Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms.
REF QK 10.H53 2000

CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. 4 vol
REF QK 13.Q38 2000

Dictionary of the Fungi.
REF QK 600.35.A35 2001

Phytochemical Dictionary. 2nd ed.
REF QK 898.P48 1999

A Dictionary of Entomology
REF QL 462.3.G67 2001

 

Genetics, Cellular & Molecular Biology

Dictionary of Genetics.
REF QH 427.K55 2002

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Genetics, Genomics and Proteomics, 2nd ed.
REF QH 427.R43 2003

Dictionary of Gene Technology : Genomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics.
REF QH 442 .K34 2001

Dictionary of Developmental Biology & Embryology.
REF QH 491.D94 2002

The Dictionary of Gene Technology: Genomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics, 3rd ed., 2 vol.
REF QH 506.K333 2004

Dictionary of Cell Biology, 2nd ed.
REF QH 575.D52 1995

Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology. 3rd ed.
REF QH 575.L24 1999

Dictionary of Plant Genetics and Molecular Biology.
REF QK 981.M54 1998

Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
REF QP 512.G55 1997

Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology.
REF QR 9.S56 1993

 

Microbiology, Immunology, Virology

Dictionary of Zoology.
REF QL 9. C66 1999

Illustrated Dictionary of Immunology.
REF QR 180.4.C78 1995

Dictionary of Virology.
REF QR 358.M34 2001

 

Bioinformatics

Dictionary of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
REF QH 324.2.D53 2004

 

 

Questions? Contact Carolyn Mills, the University of Connecticut Biology Librarian, at 486-1263 or carolyn.mills@uconn.edu or call the Library's Reference Desk at 486-2513.