This guide lists a selection of print and electronic resources available at the library and on the Web.

	Background Information
	Books and Audiovisuals
	Articles in Magazines, Journals, & Newspapers
	Blinn Biology Faculty and Tutorial Pages
	Web Sites

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Contact library liaisons: Mary Castle (979-209-7271) in Bryan or Jayne Kitterman (979-830-4035) in Brenham. You may also Ask a Librarian

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Animals

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Beachmen's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America
R 578.680973 B353g 6vols.

UXL Encyclopedia of Biomes
R 577.82 Ux6L 1999

Encyclopedia of Rainforests
R 578.73403 J939e

Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
R 610.3 Am35m

Five Kingdoms : an Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth .
R 570.12 M337f 1998

Plant Sciences for Students
R 580 P694s 4 vols.

Dictionaries

The Cambridge Dictionary of Human Biology and Evolution

The Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Biology [electronic resource]

There are two ways to search for books and audiovisuals in the library's collection:

• Search the Library Catalog

• Browse the Shelves

Search the Library Catalog

For best results enter the main words that describe your topic (e.g., global warming) not long sentences or phrases. Try both subject and keyword searching and think of synonymous, narrower, and broader terms for your topic (e.g., global climate change, greenhouse effect., carbon dioxide and emmissions).

To access the library catalog from the library's home page, click on "SEARCH THE LIBRARY CATALOG," which is listed on the horizontal menu bar. You also may access the catalog from the FIND IT - BOOKS section of the home page.

Browse the Shelves

Academic Search Complete - The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database. Provides full text for nearly 5,300 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1865. Also includes a searchable collection of images.

AGRICOLA - Contains bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library. Coverage dates back to 1970 and includes more than 2.5 million citations. The citations are comprised of journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to science and agriculture.

Science & Technology Collection - Contains over 800 leading full text journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. Topics include biology, marine sciences, aeronautics, astrophysics, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, and materials science. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 1,700 publications.

Directory of Open Access Journals(DOAJ) - Covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. There are now 2998 journals in the directory. Currently 973 journals are searchable at article level. As of December 2007, 164580 articles were included in the DOAJ service.

eLibrary Curriculum Edition - Designed specifically for K-12 schools and libraries. Students find the answers they need from more than 2,000 full-text magazines, newspapers, reference books, and transcripts-plus thousands of pictures, maps, educator-approved websites from Homework Central®, plus audio/video content.

Sirs Researcher - SIRS is a general database containing thousands of full-text articles exploring social, scientific, historic, economic, political, and global issues. Articles are carefully selected from domestic and international newspapers, magazines, journals, and government publications. Brief summaries accompany all articles added to the database since 1994. Images are available for some articles.

What if a periodical index does not have the entire text of an article I need?

If the full text of an article is not available in a library database, it is possible to check another database for the full text or determine if the library owns a print version of a publication. Refer to "Locate Journals & Magazines in the Library" for an explanation on how to find full text articles.

What print periodicals does the library subscribe to?

= Useful for students enrolled in Blinn's TEACH program, science content area.

Interactive Tutorial Links and Animations

Natural Science - Brenham, Schulenburg, and Sealy

Natural Science - Bryan

= Useful for students enrolled in Blinn's TEACH program, science content area.

Anatomy & Physiology

Human Anatomy Online - Describes itself as the place for fun, interactive and educational views of the human body. This program contains hundreds of illustrations of the human body with animations and thousands of descriptive links. Human Anatomy Online uses Java applets to show images and select anatomy parts. Java support must be enabled in your browser.

Biodiversity and Ecology

Animal Diversity Web - Serves as a searchable encyclopedia of natural history information for animals. It features sound recordings of bird calls. Has supplemental material for K-12 students and teachers. Provided by the University of Michigan.

eNature.com - Provides information on roughly 6,000 individual species of plants and animals, and uses the same data set as the printed Audubon Field Guides. Biologists, zoologists, and other natural history specialists have reviewed the data.

EOL: Encyclopedia of Life - This web site is an effort to "document all species of life on earth" - roughly 1.8 million known species. Each entry is approximately one page in length. The contributors consist of an international group of scientists and non-scientists working from museums and research institutions.

Tree of Life Web Project - "...collection of information about biodiversity compiled collaboratively by hundreds of expert and amateur contributors. Its goal is to contain a page with pictures, text, and other information for every species and for each group of organisms, living or extinct. Connections between Tree of Life web pages follow phylogenetic branching patterns between groups of organisms, so visitors can browse the hierarchy of life and learn about phylogeny and evolution as well as the characteristics of individual groups." (Description taken from Web page)

Botany and Horticulture

Aggie Horticulture - Contains the combined information resources of the teaching, research, and extension program at the Texas A&M University. There are webpage sections on People, Gardening, Just for Kids, Wildflowers, Tissue Culture, CEMAP, Citrus Web, Ornamentals Web, East Texas Gardening, South Texas Vegetables, Master Gardener, PicturePages, hortIPM plus links to other sites.

Biology of Plants - Serves as a tutorial and provides very basic information into plants, pollination, and adaptations. Produced by the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Plants National Database of the USDA

Plant Facts - Searches the Internet for horticultural information from 46 different colleges, universities, and institutions across the United States and Canada. Also features images, 200 short gardening "how to" videos," FAQ's, and a glossary. Created by Ohio State University

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Cells Alive

Biology Project - An interactive online resource for learning about biology. Features lesson plans and other resources for pre-college teachers. Created by the University of Arizona.

Entomology

A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects - Created by Texas A&M University.

Discover Entomology - Targeted to teachers and students in K-12. Created by Texas A&M University.

Iowa State Entomology Index of Internet Resources

Environment

National Center for Environmental Health

EnviroLink Netowork - A directory of sites related to many environmental issues: climate change, endangered species, energy conservation, pollution, recycling, and more. There are also links to careers and environmental education programs.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - This site provides information on laws, regulations, current EPA projects, databases containng a wide-variety of environmental data, EPA reports, history, and more.

Evolution

Issues in Evolution - American Institute of Biological Sciences.

Molecular and Cellular Biology - Links to "General Evolution Resources." Created by Harvard University.

PBS Evolution Site - Offers resources for students and teachers as well as an evolution library.

General

ActionBioscience.org - Offers articles and lesson plans on seven categories: biodiversity, environment, genomics, biotechnology, evolution, new frontiers and education. Created by the American Institute of Biological Sciences.

BIODIDAC - An image resource.

Bio Links (Biozone) - A wealth of information for biology students. Includes tutorials.

Biology I Animations, Movies & Interactive Tutorial Links - A fun interactive, richly illustrated online resource for students to learn biology.

Biology Online.org - Presents information for the biological, environmental, chemical, earth, and agricultural sciences. Features a directory off websites, dictionary, discussion forum, and an article database.

Biology Browser - Subjects include organisms (chordates, invertebrates, plants, etc), subjects (biodiversity, botany, careers, genetics, etc.) and geography (the continents, etc.). Offers resources for educators. Produced by BIOSIS.

Biology Project - An interactive online resource for learning about biology. Features lesson plans and other resources for pre-college teachers. Created by the University of Arizona.

Botany / Plant Biology (Biosciences) - Created by Scott Russell, University of Oklahoma.

Kimball's Biology Pages - Consists of alphabetized lists of biological terms (a glossary. Many items are linked to mini essays on the topic.

Genetics

Genetics Education Center - Provides information for educators interested inhuman genetics and the human genome project. Produced by the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Genetics Shockwave Animations - California States University's animation on meiosis, mitosis, and other aspects of DNA.

DNA from the Beginning - An animated primer on DNA, genes, and heredity. This site includes biographies of scientists, video interviews, and problems to solve.

Learn Genetics: the Basics and Beyond - Tutorials from the University of Utah that cover biotechniques, cloning, and stem cell developments.

Putting DNA to Work - Learn how humans put DNA to work in a wide variety of applications -- medicine, forensics, agriculture -- in this exhibit from the Koshland Science Museum.

Primer on Molecular Genetics - Prepared by Denise Casey (Human Genome Management Information System - Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Secret of Photo 51 - Unravels the mystery behind the discovery of the double helix and investigates the seminal role that Rosalind Franklin and her X-ray photograph played.

Microbiology

Microbe World - Developed by the American Society for Microbiology.

Search Engines

scirus - A comprehensive science-specific search engine that searches over 450 million science-specific Web pages. Please note that the journal articles it retrieves may not have the full text.

science.gov Biology - Searches for government information.

Yahoo Science-Biology - An excellent jumping off point.