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Department
of Biology
Departmental Research Guide
This research guide relays some basic information on library
and information resources pertaining to the concerns of
this department, as provided by University Libraries and/or
sites on the World Wide Web.
1.
LC Call Nos. - - - 2.
Finding Articles - - - 3.
Reference Collection - - - 4.
Bio Faculty - - - 5.
Professional Societies - - - 6.
Web Sites
1.
To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library
of Congress Subject Divisions)
Books
on subjects associated with this field are shelved under
the call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT
to search for specific items in the collection, or more
narrowly-defined subjects.
Environmental
Sciences: GE ------- Biochemistry: QD415-QD436
------- Paleobiology: QE760.8-QE996.5 ------- Natural
History: QH1-QH278.5 ------- Biology Miscellaneous
(Evolution, Genetics, Reproduction, Ecology, Cytology, etc.):
QH301-QH705.5 ------- Botany: QK -------
Zoology: QL ------- Human Anatomy: QM
------- Physiology: QP ------- Microbiology: QR
------- Natural Resources Conservation: S900-S954
------- Environmental Technology: TD ------- Biotechnology:
TP248.13-TP248.65 ------- various bibliographic
subjects (Z)
2. To Find Journal and Magazine
Articles (using indexing/abstracting/full-text services)
The
following services are recommended for courses for first-year
students and nonmajors:
- Academic
Search Premier
and MasterFILE Premier: These two all-subject
WWW-based services (they are part of the EBSCOhost
system) feature indexing and abstracting of many journals
and magazines WKU Libraries receives in hardcopy, plus
a large selection of articles in full-text.
- ArticleFirst:
This all-subject FirstSearch-based database indexes
almost 13000 journals and magazines from 1992 onward,
including some ninety percent of the ones University Libraries
carries in hardcopy.
- Science
(Magazine) Online (AAAS).
- Google
Scholar: A free Web-based Google service that
restricts searches to the scholarly literature. Now features
linking to full-text of articles held by WKU.
The
following services are recommended for use by advanced students
and researchers:
- HighWire:
Contains free full text for 362 journals in the life sciences,
along with indexing and abstracting for all journals in
MEDLINE. Articles that are not free are available
for purchase with a credit card. The database contains
cited references (with free links to the full text of
many of the articles), along with citation analysis of
journals on HighWire.
- BIOSIS
Previews: This abstracting service combines Biological
Abstracts and Biological Abstracts/RRM (Reports,
Reviews, and Meetings) to provide global coverage of the
life sciences and biomedical sciences literature.
- SpringerLink:
Access to about 1000 Springer journals with full content
back to about 1997.
- Science
(Magazine) Online (AAAS).
- Nature
(Magazine) Online.
- BIOSCIENCEnetBASE:
A collection of around 250 e-books in the biological sciences
and related subjects.
- GEOBASE:
This FirstSearch-based database provides abstracting
of the primary research literature in ecology back to
1980. It is available to graduate students and faculty,
and to undergraduates by special permission.
- ejournal
collections by individual publisher: Cambridge
Journals Online, ScienceDirect (Elsevier),
and Wiley Interscience. Abstracting of the nearly
2000 science journals published by these companies, with
some full-text available at each site (individually).
- Comprehensive
MEDLINE:
This EBSCOhost-based database provides abstracting
of the primary research literature in medicine.
- Annual
Review series: Full-text of state-of-the-art essay
reviews for major subjects within the biological sciences.
- ACS
Publications: The American Chemical Society "is
the leading publisher of peer-reviewed research journals
in the chemical and related sciences, serving scientific
communities worldwide through an unparalleled commitment
to quality, reliability, and innovation."
- JSTOR:
provides the full text/full image web access of the complete
archival collections of over thirty core scholarly journals
in ecology and botany, up to the most recent three to
five years.
- DOAJ
(Directory of Open Access Journals):
"This service covers free, full text, quality controlled
scientific and scholarly journals" (across all subject
areas, and in multiple languages).
- Electronic
Journal Service: EJS (Ebsco): Full-text
articles, tables of content, and abstracts from journals
across all subject areas.
- ECO
(FirstSearch KYVL database): No
full-text, but provides indexing of WKU hardcopy journal
subscriptions across all subject areas.
- Index
to American Botanical Literature (N.Y. Botanical
Garden).
- ArticleFirst:
As described above.
- Google
Scholar: As described above.
- Biological
and Agricultural Index: A Web-based database
that indexes many of the most important biology-related
titles. A paper version running through 1997 is located
in Reference at S1.B5x (ref.per.ind.).
- Ingenta:
A free online database indexing some 28000 journals and
magazines from the 1980s onward. Offers for-pay text deliveries.
- Biological
Abstracts: A state-of-the-art paper abstracting service
(we own the 1926-1994 volumes only). Located in Reference,
in Room 109.
- MarciveWeb
DOCS: WWW-based service that indexes monographic
series by the U.S. Government, including those on various
biology-related subjects.
- Taxonomic
Literature: Provides bibliographic treatment of the
historical literature of and on botany. Located in Reference,
QK96 .R42x (ref.per.ind.).
Special
resource: Comprehensive
List of Indexes, Abstracts, and Full-Text Services Related
to the Natural & Applied Sciences Held by University Libraries
Special resource:
TDNet
Electronic Journal Finder [use to access Libraries'
electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well
as some indexes and databases containing full-text articles;
includes a comprehensive A-Z listing of titles]
Special
resource:
Knovel
Online Library:
A set of technical reference books and tables of particular
interest to engineering, mathematics, physics, astronomy,
and chemistry.
3. Monographic and Other Reference
Materials in the Helm Library and Kentucky Building
The
following are recommended for use:
- handbooks,
dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories, etc.: available
in Helm Reference, mainly in the GF, QH,
QK, QL, QM, QP, and
QR parts of the collection. See the Shelf
List of Science & Technology-Related Reference Works in
the Reference Department, Helm Library.
- 18-20th
century printed works in the Kentucky Building relating
to botany (including original works by Linnaeus and John
James Audubon), biology and medicine.
4. Department of Biology Faculty
WKU
Biology Faculty http://bioweb.wku.edu/faculty/faculty.asp
5. Related Professional Societies
(for professional news, careers/jobs, memberships, etc.)
General/Teaching
Conservation/Ecology
Other
6. Web Sites Recommended by Department
of Biology Faculty
General
Natural History
Botany
Zoology
Suborganismal Biology
Genetics
Biotechnology
General,
Gateways & Miscellaneous
Natural
History: Systematics, Evolution, Ecology, Biodiversity,
Conservation
Botany
Zoology
Biochemistry, Microbiology, Cell Biology, Physiology, Anatomy
(Suborganismal Biology)
Genetics
Biotechnology
University
Libraries Liaison: Charles
H. Smith (x6079 / charles.smith@wku.edu)
last updated 4/14/2008
page maintained by Charles H. Smith
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