This guide lists selected online, electronic and print information sources available to Kwantlen Faculty, students and staff. Check the Library Catalogue to find additional resources at KUC.

• Journal & Article Indexes
• Background Information
• Citation and Style Guides

• Web Resources
• Government Sites
• Associations & Societies

Other KUC Library Resources by Subject guides that may be of interest to Biology students:
Chemistry | Environmental Protection Technology | Statistics & Data

Journal & Article Indexes

Background Information

Article Indexes & Databases

• Agricola
• Applied Science & Technology Index
• Biological & Agricultural Index
• Cambridge Journals Online
• Canadian Research Index (Microlog)
• Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index
• General Science Index
• JSTOR
• Medline
• National Research Council Press

Open Access Databases

• BioOne
  some open access journals
• Biomed Central
• National Research Council Press
• Public Library of Science
• Quantitative Biology
• Species 2000
• ToxNet

Glossaries

• Aquatic & Wetland Plant Glossary
• Biological Glossary
• Biological Terms: A Glossary of Prefixes, Roots & Suffixes
• Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

New Books

Call Numbers

• Q - Science
• Q 141 - 143 Scientists
• QH 301 - 705 Biology
• QH 540 - 541 Ecology

Catalogue Subject Headings

• Cytology
• Evolution (Biology)
• Genetics
• Microbiology
• Molecular Biology

Important Print Resources

• Biodiversity: a beginner's guide
• The Cambridge Dictionary of human biology and evolution
• A dictionary of ecology
• Dictionary of Scientific Biography
• Encyclopedia of biology
• Encyclopedia of evolution
• Facts on File Dictionary of Biology
• McGraw-Hill concise encyclopedia of bioscience
• New Encyclopedia of Science
• Notable Twentieth Century Scientists
• World of Genetics

Online Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

• Cambridge Dictionaries Online
• Life Science Dictionary
• Oxford Reference Online

Web Resources

Associations & Societies

• Biology Browser
• Natural History Museum
• Online Biology Textbook

Animals

• AmphibiaWeb
• FishBase
• Guide to the Animal Kingdom
• Images of life on Earth
• Mammals
• Reptiles of British Columbia
• Red List of Threatened Species
• Species at Risk

Ecology

• Canada's Aquatic Environments
• Ecology WWW page
• Tree of Life

Genetics & DNA

• GDB Human Genome Database
• Gene Sequences
• Human Genome Project Information
• Genes and Disease

Microbiology

• CellsAlive
• Center for Biotechnology Information
• Index to Organism Names
• Food Safety Research
• Microbiology Information Portal
• Biological Information
• Infectious Diseases

Plant Biology

• Flora of North America
• Fungi
• International Plant Names Index
• Plants and Algae

TIP: Don't believe everything you read! Evaluate web sources very carefully for their accuracy, authority, and currency. Here are some evaluation criteria to help you

• American Institute of Biological Sciences
• American Society for Cell Biology
• Canadian Federation of Biological Societies
• Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists
• Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
• Kwantlen Biology Department
• Living Oceans Society
• Scholarly Societies Project
• Society for Conservation Biology
• Society for Developmental Biology
• Society for Experimental Biology

Government Sites

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• BC Conservation Data
• BC Ministry of Agriculture & Lands
• BC Ministry of Environment
• BC Ministry of Forests & Range
• BC Ministry of Health
• Environment Canada
• Canadian Forest Service
• Fisheries & Oceans Canada
• Health Canada
• Parks Canada
• U.S. Government Science & Technology

Citation Styles / Help Guides

Citation Styles

• CBE Citation Guide
  Council of Biology Editors citation guide
• Other Citation Styles

Help Guides

• Agricola Quick Guide
• Biological & Science Indexes Quick Guide