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Biology Library Resources Page
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Setting Up an Automated Email Alert with PubMed - TutorialQuick Links-Online Reference Tools
- A Dictionary of Biology
The content for this dictionary is culled from Oxford University Press' Concise Science Dictionary - it covers all areas of the biological sciences. - Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
ELS contains more than 4,000 peer-reviewed articles written by the leaders in their respective fields - this resource covers Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Neuroscience, and much more. - McGraw-Hill Dictionary of BioScience
Published in 2003, this resource features more than 22,000 terms covering 26 fields of study within the life sciences - everything from Anatomy to Zoology.
Quick Links-Biology Subject Guides
These guides will help you to find both print and electronic information resources for these various subjects.- Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics
- Chesapeake Bay
- Developmental Biology
- Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
- Neuroscience and Cognitive Sciences
- Plant Biology
- Endangered Species and Conservation Biology
Quick Links - Key Biology Article Databases
Here are the links to a few key article databases which will help you to locate journal articles on various topics within the life sciences - for information on appropriate databases for more specific areas of biology, see the "Biology Subject Guides" listed above- Biology Digest
This links to abstracts of Biology articles - a great resource for undergraduates - BIOSIS Previews
This database indexes over 5,500 journals covering all areas of biology as well as many interdisciplinary topics such as biotechnology, biophysics, and medicine - CSA Neurosciences Abstracts
Provides strong coverage of neurosciences journals - Ecology Abstracts
This database is a good source for locating articles on ecology and environmental sciences - Faculty of 1000
Faculty of 1000 is a resource in which subject experts across the life sciences identify important new papers in their respective areas - Plant Science Abstracts
PSA will help you to find articles covering plant sciences - PubMed
Produced by the National Library of Medicine, PubMed indexes articles from more than 4,500 journals covering all areas of molecular biology as well as biomedical topics - Web of Science (Science Citation Index)
The Science Citation Index (one of the three indexes within the Web of Science) indexes articles from more then 5,500 journals covering the sciences. This resource is unique in that it allows users to track articles that have cited or been cited by an initial article of interest.
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General Library Resources
- Identifying and Selecting Research Resources
This guide will help you to decide which library resources are best for your information needs - Find-It: Accessing Library Materials
Click here to learn more about the Find-It button - our tool for getting access to materials that you discover through our catalog or article databases - Call Numbers: Finding Items in the Library
This guide will help you to understand the Library of Congress classification scheme by which our books and other materials are shelved
Biosciences-Related Student Organizations at UMD
- American Society of Microbiologists
- Biological Resources Engineering Graduate Association
- Biological Resources Engineering Society
Email the CBMG library liaison, Tom Harrod, at tharrod@umd.edu or call 301.405.7253 if you have any suggestions or questions regarding this page.
