Reference books can provide background material and be a launching point for further research. The following titles are great starting points, but you can find many more in the library catalog advanced search with the Location limited to Reference. You can also search for e-reference items using our Gale Virtual Reference Library .
Kaplan MCAT Biology Review by The Library Catalog is the gateway to finding books. Search the catalog for books with keywords like cells, botany, bacteria, environment, ecology.
Blumberg Memorial Library arranges materials by the Library of Congress Classification System. Books on Biology generally fall into the following call numbers:
| Biology | QH 301-705.5 |
| Genetics | QH 426-470 |
| Ecology | QH 540-549.5 |
| Botany | QK |
| Medcine | R |
Databases allow you to find scholarly articles. To see all of TLU's Biology databases, visit Databases by Subject - Biology.
Here are a few key databases for Biology articles:
Provides citations to biomedical literature, with some full-text articles. Overview of MEDLINE and PubMed?
Provides full text for nearly 3,200 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
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