Biology Resources:
Full-Text Databases |
EBSCO Animals - Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals. Kluwer Journals Online (see SpringerLink) .. Gain access to over 1,800 original and detailed bio-critical essays on the lives and works of important authors from around the world. Many authors in the Scribner Writers Series are seen from multiple perspectives through two, three or sometimes four essays. Students can go directly to an entry on a specific author, combine search criteria for a much more complex search, or explore thematic and chronological topics to make connections among writers. Science Direct (contains former IDEAL database)
SpringerLink Journals .. Wiley InterScience {view the Title List} .. IDEAL Search the full text of biology journals from Academic Press by selecting "LIFE SCIENCES" from the pull-down menu of categories. |
Reference Databases |
Print Resources |
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that this is not a link to the full-text of the book, just a link to the record in the catalog. Subjects related to biology are in the QH area on the third floor. Microbiology is located separately in the QR area. Botany is located in the QK and SB areas, while zoology is located in the QL and SF areas. Texas Field Guides Birds of Texas: a Field Guide (REF QL684.T4 R365 1994) A Field Guide to Texas Snakes (REF QL666.O6 T464 1998) A Field Guide to Spiders & Scorpions of Texas (QL458.4 .J33 1997) A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects (REF QL475.T4 D74 1998) A Field Guide to Texas Trees (REF QK188 .S55 1999) A Field Guide to Wildflowers, Trees & Shrubs of Texas (REF QK188 .T84 1999) |
Web Resources |
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Science.gov Science.gov is designed to be a user-friendly gateway into the vast, vast world of Government-produced or -sponsored research. Sites, reports, and databases indexed here lead to general information resources as well as specific research results and hard data. Science News Online [ http://www.sciencenews.org/ ] Read featured articles from the current issue of Science News from your desktop. Amphibians and Reptiles of Texas [ http://wfscnet.tamu.edu/tcwc/countyintro.htm ] Contains lists of all amphibians and reptiles occurring in Texas by county as well as photographs of all specimens in the "state list". Arachnology [ http://www.arachnology.be/Arachnology.html] Articles on numerous aspects of arachnology as well as links to web sites arranged by arachnid order. The U.S. Forest Service's Eco-Regions of the United States [ http://www.fs.fed.us/land/ecosysmgmt/ecoreg1_home.html ] Clickable maps of the U.S. eco-regions that link to descriptions of land surface, climate, vegetation, soil, and fauna. Harvard University's Bio LInks [ http://mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks.html ] |
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