Core Resources:

Four College Library Catalog and UMass Library Catalog

Biological Sciences (CSA) (1982-present) Interdisciplinary bibliographic database covering biomedicine, biotechnology, ecology, and zoology

BasicBIOSIS (1994–present) Subset of Biological Abstracts online

Dictionary of Ecology and Dictionary of Zoology. via Oxford Reference Online

Journal Locator See if a journal is available at AC

Services:

Ask for help! Contact Susan Kimball by e-mail (sjkimball) or phone (x8112) or stop by Keefe Science Library during her office hours

Borrow a book that AC doesn't own -- but is in the Valley
Get an article that AC doesn't own; or a book not in 5C (ILL)

Ask the library to buy a book you need... or want

Remember the Writing Center is standing by...

Other Databases:

Academic Search Premier and Expanded Academic ASAP (interdisciplinary databases, a lot of fulltext journal articles)
Search JSTOR Large backfile of fulltext journals in ecology.

Citing Sources:

Be sure to credit the sources you use — whether printed books and journals or online texts, websites, etc.

Council of Biology Editors. 1994. Scientific style and format : the CBE manual for authors, editors, and publishers. 6th ed. New York: Cambridge University Press; 825 p. (REF T11 .S386 1994)

CBE Citation Guide Ohio State University's electronic handout for using the CBE Style Manual

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries:

Fullerlove G, editor. 2002. Encyclopedia of life sciences. London: Nature Publishing Group; 20 volumes. (REF QH302.5 .E54 2002)

Grzimek B. 2003. Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale; 17 volumes. (REF QL7 .G7813 2003)

Lincoln RJ, Boxshall GA, Clark PF. 1997. A dictionary of ecology, evolution, and systematics. 2nd ed. New York: Cambridge University Press; 361 p. (REF QH540.4 .L56 1998)