Biological Sciences: Reference Resources

Credo Reference is a collection of fulltext reference materials. It is an excellent place to start to get background information on a topic.

• BEE : Biology Electronic Encyclopedia, defines terms of interest to biology (search box at top, above sponsored links)
  
• Collins dictionary of biology. New ed., e-book from Credo Reference (2005)
• Concise Encyclopedia Biology. [Ref 574.03 C744 1996]
• A Dictionary of Biology. 6th ed. [Ref 574.03 D554O6 2008]
• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. [Ref 570.3 E56] 20 vols.
• Facts on File Dictionary of Biology. 3rd ed. [574.03 F1423 1999]
• Frontiers of Life. [Ref 570 F935 2002] 4 vols.
• Quantities, Symbols, Units and Abbreviations in the Life Sciences. [Ref 570.1 Q1 1999]
• World of Biology. [Ref 570.3 M147w 1999]

• BEE : Biology Electronic Encyclopedia, defines terms of interest to biology (search box at top, above sponsored links)
  
• Collins dictionary of biology. New ed., e-book from Credo Reference (2005)
• Concise Encyclopedia Biology. [Ref 574.03 C744 1996]
• A Dictionary of Biology. 6th ed. [Ref 574.03 D554O6 2008]
• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. [Ref 570.3 E56] 20 vols.
• Facts on File Dictionary of Biology. 3rd ed. [574.03 F1423 1999]
• Frontiers of Life. [Ref 570 F935 2002] 4 vols.
• Quantities, Symbols, Units and Abbreviations in the Life Sciences. [Ref 570.1 Q1 1999]
• World of Biology. [Ref 570.3 M147w 1999]

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