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Finding Information for Biology 145
Finding your way
Library, Information and Technology Services (LITS) provides library and technology support to the campus. Use our document Getting Around in LITS to tell you where to find people and places in our buildings. Many of the materials you may want to use for your classes are available online, but you will also need printed resources to do your best work. You may also want to Ask a Librarian for assistance. The science librarian is Sarah Oelker, and her office is next to the Reference Room on Level 4 of Williston Library.
Some other spots in the library you may need:
Science books are on Level 6 of the Miles-Smith wing, call numbers Q-TP
Science journals are on Levels 2 & 3 of Miles-Smith, shelved alphabetically by journal title:
- A... - Journal of Differential Equations -- Level 3
- Journal of Ecology to Z...-- Level 2
Photocopiers -- Level 2, Miles-Smith, and Level 2 1/2, Williston
Background Information
You can find these books in the Reference Room, on Level 4 of Williston Library:
| QD 415 .A25 O94 2000 |
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| QH 302.5 .E54 2002 |
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (20 vols - see Index in v.20) |
| QH 302.5 .H65 1995 |
Henderson's Dictionary of Biological Terms |
| QH 304 M36 2006 |
Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences |
| QH 324.2 D53 2004 |
Dictionary of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
| QH 427 E55 2001 |
Encyclopedia of Genetics |
| QH 427 R43 2003 |
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Genetics, Genomics, and Proteomics |
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences is also available online.
Books
To find books on a particular topic, or by title or author, search the Library catalog.
You can also browse the stacks for books on chemistry. Here are some locations to try:
- QH (natural history, general biology, ecology)
- QK (plants)
- QL (animals)
- QM (anatomy)
- QP (physiology)
- QR (microbiology)
- R (medicine)
Journal Articles
You need primary and secondary articles for your assignment; to find them, try these databases:
- Web of Science covers 5000 journals and will tell you who else has cited an article (Beware: only 8 users at Mount Holyoke can be signed in at the same time, so sign out when you are done!)
- JSTOR has science articles from 1881 to the present, including lots of early articles on organisms you may be studying
- PubMed has articles on medicine and basic science related to medicine
- ScienceDirect is a very large collection of science articles from science publisher Reed Elsevier, covering 1995 to the present day
Evaluating Information
As you gather information on your topic, be sure to think about what kind of information you are using.
- Did you get it from the library's resources and databases, or from an internet search engine?
- Who is the audience of the article? Is it a report of a specific experiment or observation, or is it a roundup of the recent research on a topic?
Here are some explanations to help you out:
Be sure you know what sources are acceptable for your assignment: for instance, if you've found the perfect wikipedia article, can you use it for this assignment? Why or why not? Ask your instructors if you are unsure.
Need more help?
Contact Sarah Oelker, Science Librarian, or try Ask a Librarian. You can find additional resources on the library's Biology Research Guide.
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