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Biological Sciences
Library Specialist
Marilyn Christianson
Browsing for Books
Browse in these call number areas for books:
| G | Geography | ||
| GC 1-89 | Oceanography | ||
| GE | Environmental Science | ||
| Q | Science | ||
| QE 761-840 | Paleozoology | ||
| QH 1-425 | Natural History | ||
| QH 301-352 | General Biology | ||
| QH 353-425 | Evolution | ||
| QH 426-470 | Genetics | ||
| QH 540-559 | Ecology | ||
| QH 573-671 | Cytology | ||
| QK 1-474.5 | General Botany | ||
| QK 474.8-495 | Spermatophyta. Phanerogams. | ||
| QK 494-494.5 | Gymnosperms | ||
| QK 495 | Angiosperms | ||
| QK 504-638 | Cryptogams | ||
| QK 640-707 | Plant Anatomy | ||
| QK 710-899 | Plant Physiology | ||
| QK 900-989 | Plant Ecology | ||
| QL 1-739.3 | Zoology | ||
| QL 750-795 | Animal Behavior | ||
| QL 799 | Morphology | ||
| QL 801-814 | Anatomy | ||
| QL 951-966 | Embryology | ||
| QM | Human Anatomy | ||
| QP | Human Physiology | ||
| QR | Microbiology | ||
| R | Medicine | ||
| RB | Pathology | ||
| RC | Internal Medicine |
Searching for Articles
All databases are available on campus and remotely unless otherwise noted. To access a resource from home, you will need to type your Auburn user ID (i.e., the first part of your email address), and your related password. Use of the older library ID is being phased out.
Subject Databases
- Biological Abstracts, 1969 - present
- The biggest basic biological sciences scholarly index in the world.
- Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
- Start here for scholarly environmental literature.
- Web of Science, 1945 -
- aka Science Citation Index aka Web of Knowledge
- Indexes the most-cited journals in the world. All subjects.
- See who has cited an article or book.
- Zoological Record, 1993 -
- Includes material not indexed Biological Abstracts.
- Best sources for scholarly articles on taxonomy.
- Print 1864 - 1994 here: RBD Library QL 1 .Z675
Finding the Older Literature
-
Catalogue of Scientific Papers Compiled by the Royal Society of London
- Index to 19th-century scientific literature.
- PDF files that are apparently non-searchable. Gather your patience! You will need to browse.
- RBD Library has print copies as well.
- Abstracts of Bacteriology
- 1917-1925/1926
- Partial predecessor of Biological Abstracts
- QR1 A3 Print in Closed Stacks -Ask for it at the First Floor Circulation Desk
- Botanical Abstracts
- 1917-1925/1926
- Partial predecessor of Biological Abstracts
- QK1 B83 Print in Closed Stacks -Ask for it at the First Floor Circulation Desk
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Biological Abstracts, 1926 -
- Older print volumes not duplicated online=1926-1968 here:QH 301 .B37
- SciFinder Scholar aka Chemical Abstracts etc., 1907 -
- Includes a great deal of biology, biochemistry, food science, medicine, agriculture, etc.
- Zoological Record
- Print 1864 - 1994 here: RBD Library QL 1 .Z675
Current Awareness Services
- Current Contents, 1996 -
- Quick indexing of the latest important scholarly journals in science.
- Contact your Library Specialist for the special URL needed to set up email notification of new articles.
- Ingenta
- Multidisciplinary, quick-and-dirty indexing.
- Many articles can be faxed to Auburn faculty and graduate students or opened directly.
- Auburn instructions.
Journals
To search for articles, use the Searching for Articles section of this guide.Auburn journals are:
- Cataloged in Aubiecat. All formats, print, electronic, and microform are here.
Selected Auburn electronic journals are:
- Listed here.
Special Subjects
Selected Benthic Research Journals
Selected Cell Biology Journals
Selected Oceanography Journals
Web Sites
- For journal abbreviations, see Mystery Cites.
- Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations (Wiley Interscience)
- Action Bioscience
- EPA projects and reports search engine: Science Inventory
- Animal Diversity
- Biodiversity Hotspots
- Alabama Inventory List 2003, aka Tracking LIst
- Note especially page 58:"Extinct Species That Once Occurred in Alabama."
- Acronyms, Initialisms, and Abbreviations
- General Biological Sciences Concepts and Issues
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Environment/Environmental Health
- Endangered/Threatened Species:
Mystery Cites
- Help!
- Is something wrong with your reference? Has Interlibrary Loan returned your request because it doesn't seem to exist? Auburn Biological Sciences students and faculty should contact their library specialist for help.
- Abbreviation Lists:
- Online:
- Medline and National Library of Medicine Abbreviations LocatorPLUS.
- JAKE
- Only for journals in aggregator databases.
- You have to have the first several letters of the first word right.
- Swiss WSL (Forest, Snow, and Landscape) Research Center Journal Abbreviations List.
- Print:
- CASSI: Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index.
- The biggest science source, not just for chemistry. RBD Library Reference Desk: QD 1 .C473
- Still Desperate? Only full titles can be found on these sites, but judicious guessing can be done.
- Zoological Record Current Journals List
- BIOSIS aka Biological Abstracts Current Journals List
- At these sites go to the letter with which you think your journal title might begin. Do a "Find" with your browser for little scraps of your journal abbreviation.
- ISI Master List of Periodicals.
- Only for journals indexed in ISI products such as Web of Knowledge (aka Science Citation Index aka Web of Science) and Current Contents.
Auburn University Department and Course Pages
- Biological Sciences
- Wildlife Sciences has moved to The School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
- Biochemistry is part of Chemistry
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If you have any comments about this page, please send them to Marilyn Christianson. Last updated Dec. 16, 2003.