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Resource Guide:
Biology

Digital Open Education Resources

Websites and Digital Archives

The following websites are librarian-evaluated to provide trustworthy information for your topic. They include digitized collections connected to your topic.

Subject Headings

Subject headings are selected terms to represent a topic. Searching subject headings in the library catalog will bring the most complete list of results. Below are some example subject headings. More subject headings can be located in the red books at the reference desk.

  • Molecular biology
  • Bioethics
  • Cell cycle
  • Natural selection
  • Evolution
  • Genetics
  • Adaptation
  • Metabolism
  • Paleontology
  • Extinction
  • Embryology
  • Biochemistry
  • Marine Biology
  • Anatomy
  • Animal Welfare
  • Disease
  • Genomes
  • Life science
  • Physiology
  • Ecology
  • Environment
  • Reproduction
  • Cytology
  • Primates
  • Natural Selection
  • Zoology
  • Mammals
  • Botany
  • Climate
  • Pharmacology
  • Oceanography
  • Virology
  • Bioengineering
  • Ecosystem
  • Conservation

Research Databases

Online Journals

The following journals supply articles to the library’s databases. You can see if a specific journal supplies articles to our databases by searching the journal title on the library journal page.

  • Biology Direct
  • Biology of the Cell
  • Biological Bulletin
  • Biochemical Journal
  • Biochemistry and Cell Biology
  • Biochemistry Insights
  • Biodiversity Informatics

Print Materials at the Von Canon Library

Below are some selected materials in the library with their shelving locations. Browsing in the listed areas of the library will help you find more materials for your topic.

Title Call Number
Biology of disease vectorsRA 639.5 .B56 2004
Henderson's dictionary of biological termsQH 302.5 .H65 1995
Coming to life : how genes drive developmentQH 453 .N8713 2006
Philosophy, biology and lifeQH 331 .P4677 2005
Debating design : from Darwin to DNAQH 360.5 .D42 2004
Opportunities in biological science careersQH 314 .W525 2004
Molecular biology of the cellQH 581.2 .M64 2002
The Alliance of Bioenergy Production and Organic Farming : Scientific Interest, Research Topics, and System ImplicationseBook 2016
ImmunityeBook 2015
BiostatisticseBook 2013
Life Traces of the Georgia Coast : Revealing the Unseen Lives of Plants and AnimalseBook 2013
Principles and Practice of Clinical VirologyeBook 2004
Genetic Techniques for Biological Research : A Case Study ApproacheBook 2002
Bioinformatics : A Practical Guide to the Analysis of Genes and ProteinseBook 2001
Advanced Molecular Biology : A Concise ReferenceeBook 1998