Last revised: July 2008

Virology

Scope: The purpose of this guide is to provide quick access to print and electronic resources covering Virology. 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.

Virology at the University of Maryland College Park

Click here to learn more about the Virology specialization within the CBMG department.

Finding Books

Dictionaries, Handbooks, and Encyclopedias

• All the Virology on the WWW
  http://www.virology.net/
  Online Resource
• Mazzone, H.M. CRC Handbook of Viruses: Mass-Molecular Weight Values and Related Properties
  Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 1998.
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Reference
  Call Number: QR389 .M39 1998
• Mahy, B.W.J. A Dictionary of Virology
  San Diego, CA : Academic Press, c2001.
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Reference
  Call Number: QR358 .M34 2001
• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
  http://www.els.net
  Online Resource
• Encyclopedia of Virology - Granoff, A. & Webster, R.G. (eds.)
  San Diego : Academic Press, c1999.
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Reference
  Call Number: QR358 .E53 1999
• Huasheng, D. English-Chinese Dictionary of Virology
  Beijing : Zhongguo xue shu chu ban she : Beijing shi xin hua shu dian zong fa xing, 1987.
  Print Location: UMCP McKeldin Library East Asia Chinese Language Reference
  Call Number: QR358 .Y56 1987
• Hsiung, G.D. et al. Hsiung's Diagnostic Virology: As Illustrated by Light and Electron Microscopy
  New Haven : Yale University Press, c1994.
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Stacks
  Call Number: QR387 .H74 1994
• Virology LABFAX - Harper, D.R. (ed.)
  Oxford : BIOS Scientific Publishers : Blackwell Scientific Publications ; San Diego, Calif. : Distributed in the U.S., its territories, dependencies, and Canada exclusively by Academic Press, c1993.
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Stacks
  Call Number: QR201.V55 V55 1993

Journals

• Journal of Virology
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000514814
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QR360 .J68


• Retrovirology
  http://www.retrovirology.com/home/
  Online Resource


• Virology
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000513213
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QR360 .V5


• Advances in Virus Research (Available in Print Only)
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000457540
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QR360 .A3


• Journal of General Virology
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000510737
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QR360 .J6


• Journal of Viral Hepatitis (Available Online Only: Most Recent Year Not Available)


• Journal of Medical Virology
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000679435
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RC114.5 .J68


• Virus Research
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001230616
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QR355 .V57


• Current HIV Research (Available Online Only: Most Recent Year Not Available)


• Microbes and Infection
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=002488288
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QR180 .M53


• Journal of Neurovirology (Available Online Only: 1995-2000)


• Archives of Virology
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=000585877
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QR360 .A72


• Viral Immunology (Available in Print Only)
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001312249
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: RC114.5 .V58


• Virus Genes
  http://catalog.umd.edu/docno=001598251
  Print Location: UMCP Chemistry Periodical Stacks
  Call Number: QH434 .V57

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Databases (Finding Articles on a Topic)

• AIDS and Cancer Research
  This database covers material from over 240 titles - topics covered include AIDS and cancer as well as related fields.


• 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.


• 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.


• Virology and AIDS Abstracts
  Indexes material from around the world covering the various subdisciplines within the field of virology


• 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).

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Web Resources

• All the Virology on the WWW
  http://www.virology.net/
  A "one-stop shop" for virology resources available on the web


• Molecular Biology of an HIV Infection
  http://www.galaxygoo.org/biochem/hiv/hiv_lifecycle.html
  Animated movie which explains the molecular mechanisms that HIV utilizes to infect a cell


• Universal Virus Database
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/
  A rich resource of images and descriptions of viruses


• Virology Links (University of Maryland)
  http://www.cbmg.umd.edu/research/virology/links.html
  Contains links to many virology-related web resources


• West Nile Virus (CDC)
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/index.htm
  This website from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) features discussions of various health-related aspects of this infectious agent


• Yahoo Directory (Virology)
  http://d3.dir.ac2.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Microbiology/Virology/
  Features links to many Virology resources available on the open web

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