Last revised: August 2008

Cell Biology

Scope: The purpose of this guide is to provide quick access to print and electronic resources covering Cell Biology. Parts of this guide are derived from "Using the Biological Literature: A Practical Guide" by Diane Schmidt, Elisabeth B. Davis, and Pamela F. Jacobs (2002). Email the subject area specialist at tharrod@umd.edu or call 301-405-7253 for more information.

Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Maryland College Park

Click here to learn more about the Cell and Developmental Biology specialization within the Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics (CBMG) department.

Finding Books

Dictionaries, Handbooks, and Encyclopedias

• Bioinformatics: A Practical Guide to the Analysis of Genes and Proteins - Baxevanis, A.D., & Ouelette, B.F.F. (eds.)
  Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2005.
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Folio
  Call Number: QH324.2 .B547 2005
• The Cytokine Handbook - Thomson, A.W. & Lotze, M.T. (eds.)
  Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, c2003.
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Stacks
  Call Number: QR185.8.C95 C9813 2003
• The Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology - Lackie, J.M. (ed.)
  Boston : Academic, c2007.
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Reference
  Call Number: QH575 .D55 2007
• Encyclopedia of Cell Technology - Spier, R.E. (ed.)
  New York : Wiley-Interscience, c2000.
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Reference
  Call Number: TP248.27.A53 E53 2000
• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
  http://www.els.net
  Online Resource
• Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Cammack, R., Attwood, T.K., et al (eds.)
  Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Stacks
  Call Number: QP512 .O94 2006

Journals

(These are ranked by impact factor, also please note that our coverage of these journals is not always to the present)

Cell Biology

• Nature Reviews: Molecular Cell Biology (Available Online Only)
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=003037156


• Cell
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000515839
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QH573 .C38


• Nature Medicine
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=002173158
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RB113 .N37


• Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=002199822
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QH573 .A54


• Nature Cell Biology
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=002503373
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QH573 .N38


• Cell - Stem Cell (Available Online Only: Most Recent Year Not Available)


• Cell Metabolism (Available Online Only: Most Recent Year Not Available)


• Genes & Development
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001447181
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QH426 .G4


• Trends in Cell Biology
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001902398
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QH573 .T742


• Molecular Cell
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=002401941
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QH506 .M6643


• Developmental Cell
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=002616749
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QH573 .D48


• Current Opinion in Cell Biology
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001717365
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QH573 .C87


• Nature Structural and Molecular Biology
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=003124898
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QH506 .N412


• Current Opinion in Genetics and Development
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001899613
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QH426 .C88


• Trends in Molecular Medicine
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001879744
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QH506 .C86


• Plant Cell
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001655670
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QK725 .P5518


• Journal of Cell Biology
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000442698
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QH301 .J677


• Current Opinion in Structural Biology
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001879744
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QH506 .C86


• EMBO Journal
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001076557
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QH506 .E46


• Aging Cell (Available Online Only)


This list represents only a portion of the Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics journals available from the University of Maryland, to search for more electronic journals accessible through our library, check the E-Journals list in Research Port - to search for print journals, check our Catalog.

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Databases (Finding Articles on a Topic)

• Academic Search Premier
  Multi-disciplinary database indexing articles from over 8100 journals - with full-text access for 4500 of those journals.


• Biological and Medical Sciences
  Covers a range of biological subjects including: biomedical sciences and biotechnology as well as other areas of biology - this database is comprised of records from 6000 journals, books, conference proceedings, and other scholarly sources.


• BIOSIS Previews
  Database covering the biological sciences including interdisciplinary areas such as medicine and biochemistry - made up of 5500 journals, books, conference proceedings, and other scholarly sources.


• Faculty of 1000
  Listing of critical papers in biology as selected by 1600 international scientists, subdivided into various disciplines within biology.


• Microbiology Abstracts
  Database covering scholarly material divided into three areas of microbiology: bacteriology, industrial and applied microbiology, and algology/mycology/protozoology.


• Papers First
  Listing of over 2 million papers that have been presented at conferences from around the world.


• PubMed (Medline)
  Database indexing articles from over 4500 journals from around the world - covers medical literature in a variety of fields as well as biomedical research.


• Science Direct
  Indexing articles from 1800 journals (800 of which have full-text access), this database covers a range of sciences including biology.


• Web of Science
  This database indexes articles from over 17000 journals including 5700 from across the sciences - in addition this database makes it possible to track citations (i.e. who has cited whom and who was cited by whom).
These are just some of the databases that the University of Maryland College Park offers in Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics - to see more databases covering these areas of study, click on Biology and/or Cell Biology

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Web Resources

• The Biology Project: Cell Biology
  http://www.biology.arizona.edu/CELL_BIO/cell_bio.html
  This site contains a wide variety of Cell Biology web resources for a wide range of learners


• Cell Biology Animation
  http://www.johnkyrk.com/
  This site contains a wide variety of animated movies which explain various cellular processes


• Cell Biology Topics (Univ. of Texas Medical Branch
  http://cellbio.utmb.edu/CELLBIO/
  Contains links which explain numerous cellular processes


• Cell and Molecular Biology Online
  http://www.cellbio.com/
  Founded in 1995, CMBO is designed to be a "one-stop shop" for Cellular and Molecular Biology on the web


• European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)
  http://www.ebi.ac.uk/
  EBI is similar to NCBI in that it is a source of bioinformatics databases and tools. Here you will find DNA and Amino Acid sequences and also resources to analyze them.


• Molecular Biology Toolkit (San Diego Supercomputer Center)
  http://mbt.sdsc.edu/
  MBT is a resource that will allow you to analyze and visualize protein data


• National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
  NCBI's stated mission is to "develop new information technologies to aid in the understanding of fundamental molecular and genetic processes that control health and disease"


• Yahoo Directory (Cell Biology)
  http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Cell_Biology/
  Features links to many Cell Biology resources available on the open web



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