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Meg Spencer, Science Librarian (SC)

Sections:

Finding Definitions & Background Information
Finding Books
Finding Articles
Electronic Journal Collections
Finding General Web Sites
Citation & Research Information
InterLibrary Loan & TriCollege Borrowing

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Chemistry

Databases A-Z:

Other:

Biology 2 : Organismal & Population Biology (SC)

Finding Definitions & Background Information:

Encyclopedia of life sciences

An online encyclopedia covering all Biological fields including Organismal & Population Biology.

Collins Dictionary of Biology

A good source of basic definitions.

The birds of North America

Publisher: Washington, DC : American Ornithologists' Union,

Mammalian species

Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1969-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1969-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1969-present.

Publisher: [New York] : American Society of Mammalogists,

Finding Books:

Tripod library catalog.

The library catalog of Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges.

Ebrary

Academic Complete includes more than 30,000 current e-books from leading publishers, including life and physical sciences (2,400 titles). It spans all subjects.

Note: If you plan to PRINT from eBrary titles, you will be restricted to printing only TWENTY pages at a time, and FORTY pages in one session. If you need to print more than forty pages, you will need to close the browser & then open a new window (but copy the URL of the e-Book before you close, so you can paste it into the new browser window).

Finding Articles:

You should be able to find what you need for your Bio 2 papers and assignments here at Swarthmore. If you are having difficulty finding materials here, please talk to your professor or drop by the Science Librarian's office and talk to Meg Spencer. And look for the

button to link you to the online article, if we have access to it.

ProQuest Research Library

Provider: ProQuest

An interdisciplinary database which has much full-text. Always a good place to start. Covers 1971-present.

Web of science

Provider: ISI

This multidisciplinary database can be searched by subject, author, and journal title. Articles that CITE a known author or work can also be searched. Cited reference searching helps identify more recent articles on the same topic. Coverage for the Science Citation Index in WofS now goes back to 1900!

Google scholar

Google Scholar often digs up good resources that the other databases don't. So it is a good database to use in addition to the others. Use the "Check Tripod" and "Find it @ Swarthmore" links to see if we have access to full text.

Electronic Journal Collections:

BioOne

Provides full-text access to research journal articles in such fields as the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. Covers 2000-present. (Note: We do NOT have access to the BioOne2 collection of journals!)

JSTOR

Provides full-text and page images from many of the top journals in most academic disciplines, including lots of Biology journals. Coverage is from the inception of the journal through three to five years ago. Includes Science, PNAS & many other science journals.

PubMed central

Provides full-text access to life sciences journal literature, if it is an Open Access journal or if we have a subscription to it! Sponsored by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Coverage dates vary by journal.

Finding General Web Sites:

Google Directory: Biology

Preselected web pages from the Google Directory. You can narrow your search from here.

Biology Browser

A good starting point for locating biology information on the web.

Genetics home reference

Produced by the National Library of Medicine, Genetics Home Reference provides consumer-friendly information about the effects of genetic variations on human health.

Citation & Research Information:

A short guide to writing about biology

Author: Pechenik, Jan A.

Publisher: New York : Pearson/Longman, c2007.

There is a copy of the 2007 edition of this guide behind Cornell's Circulation Desk on reserve which must be used in the library. You should use this guide for examples on how to cite sources and for other information like taking notes, avoiding plagiarism, writing lab reports, and much more.

InterLibrary Loan & TriCollege Borrowing:

While Cornell Library has a really good collection, obviously there will be times when we don't actually own something you've located in your research. That is when you'll need to borrow from other libraries and to do this you will need Inter-Library Loan (ILL). (For this course, you should be able to get everything you need from within the TriCo Library network.)

Tri-College ILL - BOOKS: If you want a book from Bryn Mawr or Haverford, simply press the REQUEST button at the top of the Tripod screen. Enter your name & barcode, and select WHERE you want to pick up the book. Delivery takes approximately one day library to library.

Non-TriCollege ILL - BOOKS: For books NOT available in Tripod, try E-Z Borrow and request books directly from nearby Pennsylvania & NJ libraries. Books usually arrive within a few days.

JOURNAL ARTICLES: For articles in journals not available from the main libraries in TriCo*, use the online ILL form. You must put the COMPLETE JOURNAL TITLE in your request - do not use abbreviations, or your request will most likely be sent back to you. For complete journal titles, check the book behind the Circulation Desk, or go to Journal Abbreviation Sources.