Biological Sciences
Resources for Biological Sciences
Biological Science definitions, facts, figures and overviews
- Dictionaries help you to define your keywords
- Encyclopedias help you to get an overview of your topic and provide more information than a dictionary
- Handbooks and manuals provide figures and facts
Online dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks
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Encyclopedia of life sciences
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Includes articles in the fields of biochemistry, cell biology, developmental biology, ecology, evolution, genetics, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, neuroscience, plant science, physiology, structural biology, virology and the history of life sciences
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Oxford Reference Online
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Includes Dictionary of Biology, Dictionary of Ecology, Dictionary of Plant Sciences
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Print dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbook
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Collins dictionary of biology
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574.03/14
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Encyclopedia of ocean sciences
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551.46003/3
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Field guide to Australian birds
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598.0994/3
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Field guide to insects in Australia
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595.70994/13
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Flora of New South Wales
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581.9944/10
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Scientific papers and presentations
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501.4/10
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Scientist's guide to poster presentations
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808.0665/12
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Writing the laboratory notebook
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542/30
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To find additional reference items
- Search the Library Catalogue
- Select advanced keyword search
- Combine a broad keyword AND the word dictionar**
biology AND dictionar**
botany AND encycloped**
birds and field guide**
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. gene** will retrieve gene, genes, genetic Need help? Ask a question.
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Biological Science books and moreSearch the Library Catalogue to find books, videos, CDs If you know the exact title
- Select title search
- Type in the exact title
- Check the location, call number and status boxes to find the item in the Library collection
If you don't have an exact title OR only have a topic area
- Select advanced keyword search
- Type in keywords from your topic
- Combine your keywords with AND to find catalogue records that contain all of your keywords
e.g. gene AND cloning
- To retrieve variations of your keyword use the truncation symbol **
e.g. gene** will retrieve gene, genes, genetic Catalogue search tips:
- Too many hits? Add another keyword e.g. gene AND cloning AND human
OR Use the limit functions in advanced keyword search e.g. limit by publication date, format, location
- Found a useful title? Click on the subject headings to find similar material
- Studying at a different UOW campus? Use an advanced keyword search and limit by location
Need help? Ask a question.
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Biological Science journal articlesSearch a database to find journal articles, book chapters, conference papers and research reports Try these first
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Database
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Notes
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Truncation symbol
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Help
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Biosis Previews / Biological Abstracts
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Biological and medical research findings, clinical studies, and discoveries of new organisms. Includes agriculture biochemistry, biomedicine, biotechnology, genetics, botany, ecology, microbiology, pharmacology, and zoology
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Current Contents Connect
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Multi-disciplinary
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Medline
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Medicine, including microbiology, drugs, pharmacology, organisms, diseases and chemicals
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ScienceDirect
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Multi-disciplinary
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Proquest5000
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Multi-disciplinary
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Complete list of Science databases Found a useful reference?Some databases do not provide the fulltext of the article. To locate these articles, you will need to search the catalogue to determine if the Library holds the journal title(s) either in print or electronically on another database. Database search tips:
- Break your topic into keywords and/or phrases. The search strategy worksheet will help you
- Consider alternative keywords or spelling variations
- To narrow your search combine your keywords with AND to find records that contain all your keywords
e.g. flora AND Australia
- To broaden your search combine your keywords with OR to find records that contain either of your keywords
e.g. forest OR bush
- Use truncation to retrieve variations of your keyword
e.g. clon* retrieves clone, clones, cloning
- Found a useful reference? Use the subject headings to find similar material
- Use library database tips or the database help screens for tips on how to search
More information: Finding Journal Articles Tutorial
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Biological Science Internet sitesIt is important to critically evaluate all information found on the Web. Australian flora and fauna Organisations and departmentsAustralia International Search enginesSearch engines create databases using computer programs called 'spiders', 'robots' or 'crawlers' that trawl the web and other Internet sites and return results to the database. Try these first: DirectoriesDirectories organise Internet resources by subject. The information provided in directories is created, arranged and maintained by people rather than machines. WWW Virtual Library
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