Background Information: General Biology Sources

Beacham, Walton, Frank V. Castronova and Suzanne Sessine, ed. Beacham's Guide to the Endangered Species of North America (6v.). REF QH 77 .N56 B43 2001

A Dictionary of Biology. REF QH 302.5 .D5 2000

Pagel, Mark, ed. Encyclopedia of Evolution (2v.). REF QH 360.2 .E54 2002

Background Information: Botany

Bailey, L.H. Hortus Third: A Concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada. REF SB 45 .B22 1976

Barnes, Burton V. and Warren H. Wagner, Jr. Michigan Trees. REF QK 167 .B27 2004

Benvie, Sam. The Encyclopedia of North American Trees. REF QK 110 .B46 2000y

Cafferty, Steve. The Firefly Encyclopedia of Trees. REF QK 474.87 .F57 2005

Heywood, V.H., ed. Flowering Plants of the World. REF QK 495 .A1 F58 1993

Hickey, Michael and Clive King. The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms. REF QK 10 .H53 2000

Jukofsky, Diane. Encyclopedia of Rainforests. REF QH 86 .J85 2002

Le Hardy de Beaulieu, Antoine. An Illustrated Guide to Maples. REF QK 495 .A17 L413 2003

Little, John R. A Dictionary of Botany. REF QK 9 .L735

Background Information: Ecology and Environment

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics (2003-). QH 540 .A53

Bortman, Marci, et al, ed. Environmental Encyclopedia (2v.). REF GE 10 .E58 2003y

Collin, P.H. Dictionary of Ecology and the Environment. REF QH 540.4 .C65 2001

Grzimek, Bernhard, ed. Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Ecology. REF QH 541 .G79 (1976)

Nierenberg, William A., ed. Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology (3v.). REF QH 540.4 .E52 1995

Background Information: Medicine

The American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary. REF R 121 .A53 2004

Beers, Mark H., ed. The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy. REF RM 127 .M4 2006y

Borden, Edward, ed. Black's Veterinary Dictionary. REF SF 609 .B53 2001y

Carlson, Karen J., Stephanie A. Eisenstat and Terra Ziporyn. The New Harvard Guide to Women's Health. REF RA 778 .C2164 2004

Hart, Tony. Microterrors: The Complete Guide to Bacterial, Viral and Fungal Infections That Threaten Our Health. REF QR 56 .H27 2004y

Leikin, Jerrold B. and Martin S. Lipsky, ed. American Medical Association Complete Medical Encyclopedia. REF RC 81 .A2 A497 2003

Longe, Jacqueline L., ed. The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (5v.). REF RC 41 .G35 2006

Oakes, Elizabeth H. The Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine. REF RC 1206 .O355 2005

Standring, Susan. Gray's Anatomy. REF QM 23.2 .G73 2005

Background Information: Microbiology

Annual Review of Genetics (1967-80; 1985-). QH 431 .A1

Garrity, George M., ed. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (4v.). REF QR 81 .B46 2001

Glick, David M. Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. REF QP 512 .G55 1997y

King, Robert. A Dictionary of Genetics. REF QH 427 .K55 2006

Cammack, Richard, ed. Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. REF QP 512 .O94 2006

Singleton, Paul and Diana Sainsbury. Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology. REF QR 9 .S56 2001

Background Information: Zoology

Aldefer, Jonathan, ed. National Geographic Complete Birds of North America. REF QL 682 .N38 2006

Allaby, Michael, ed. A Dictionary of Zoology. REF QL 9 .C66 2003

Barrows, Edward M. Animal Behavior Desk Reference: A Dictionary of Animal Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution. REF QL 750.3 .B37 2001

Bekoff, Marc, ed. Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (3v.). REF QL 750.3 .E53 2004

Bonin, Franck, Bernard Devaux and Alain Dupre. Turtles of the World. REF QL 666 .C5 B57 2006

Burnie, David and Don E. Wilson, ed. Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife. REF QL 45.2 .A56 2001

Ernst, Carl H. and Evelyn M. Ernst. Snakes of the United States and Canada. REF QL 666 .O6 E763 2003

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia (17v.). REF QL 7 .G7813 2003

Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals (5v.). REF QL 701 .G7913 1989

Halliday, Tim and Kraig Adler, ed. The Firefly Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. REF QL 640.7 .F57 2002

International Wildlife Encyclopedia (22 v.). REF QL 9 .B796 2002

Nowak, Ronald M. Walker's Mammals of the World (2v.). REF QL 703 .W222 1999

Perrins, Christopher, ed. Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds. REF QL 672.2 .I45 2003y

Resh, Vncent H. and Ring T. Carde, ed. Encyclopedia of Insects. REF QL 462.3 .E485 2003

Waters, Michael. A Guide to Lizards. REF SF 515.5 .L58 W3 1999y (CD-ROM)

Waters, Michael. A Guide to Snakes. REF QL 666 .O6 W3 2000y (CD-ROM)

Wilson, Don E. and Sue Ruff, ed. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. REF QL 715 .S55 1999

Indexes (for locating articles)

Biological Abstracts (1980-2001). INDEX QH 301 .B37

Environment Abstracts (1974-2003). INDEX Z 5322 .E2 E55