Books
Journal Titles
If you have a citation to an article, type the journal title into the library catalog to find out what years of the journal are available at PSU.
For help decoding journal abbreviations check out the CASSI Journal Abbreviations search tool.
Dissertations
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Dissertation Abstracts OnlineThis database contains citations and abstracts for over 2 million dissertations.
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Open Access Theses and DissertationsSearch theses and dissertations that are freely available online from over 800 colleges and universities.
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Networked Digital Library of Theses and DissertationsFull text collection of over 800,000 dissertations from many disciplines.
Browse the Shelves
Most books on biology have call numbers that start with Q, located on the upper level.
- General Biology: QH 301-705.5
- Botany: QK 1-989
- Zoology: QL 1-991
- Human Anatomy: QM 1-695
- Physiology: QP 1-801
- Microbiology: QR 1-502
- Biotechnology: TP 248.13-248.65
Find Journal Articles
In a library database
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Web of Science
This citation index helps you search over 10,000 journals and over 150,000 conference proceedings. You’ll find both current and past coverage. WoS also lets you explore the relationships between articles on a topic. -
PubMedA service of the National Library of Medicine, PubMed includes over 22 million citations for many types of biomedical literature. PubMed incorporates all citations from the MEDLINE database, with additional life science journals.
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JSTOR
Full text access to 625 core journals spanning most subject areas, including over 200 in the fields of botany, zoology, ecology, and cell biology. Specializes in past issues. For the latest issues, see Project MUSE.
Find Organism Info
In one of these organism databases
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Birds of the WorldScholarly information, video, and audio on over 10,700 bird species from around the world.
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Grzimek's Animal LifeThis is an updated edition of one of the most authoritative and comprehensive sources on the world's animals. It covers all types of animals in geographic areas around the world and includes high-quality photographs and illustrations.
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Animal Diversity WebAn online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology from the University of Michigan.
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Tree of Life Web ProjectA collaborative effort of biologists and nature enthusiasts from around the world. On more than 10,000 World Wide Web pages, the project provides information about biodiversity, the characteristics of different groups of organisms, and their evolutionary history (phylogeny).
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Encyclopedia of LifeThe mission of the EoL is to increase awareness and understanding of living nature through an Encyclopedia of Life that gathers, generates, and shares knowledge in an open, freely accessible and trusted digital resource.
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PLANTS DatabaseThe PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
ScienceDaily Biology News
Interlibrary Loan
If you need a book or article that PSU does not have you can request the article through Interlibrary Loan.
This service is free to all PSU students, faculty, and staff.
- Go to the Interlibrary Loan Page.
- Click on the Create Request, choose the material type you want, then fill out the request form.
- Articles are delivered to your interlibrary loan account in PDF format, usually in 2-5 business days.
- Books are delivered to Lamson and can be picked up at the information desk in 1-2 weeks.
Other Citation Styles
http://library.plymouth.edu/noodletoolsNoodleTools can help you create, manage, and save citations in a variety of citation styles.
Below are links to the style manuals for some other common citation styles.
The Purdue OWL has great information on APA, MLA, and Chicago.
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