Biology and Environment Study Guide

This guide provides links to help you create a research strategy for Biology and Environment. Knowing which options are available allows you to quickly select those most appropriate for your topic.

To start your research, SCC Library Information Specialists suggest:

• LINCC Online Catalog Subject Browse Lists linked to SCC Library Physical Sciences holdings including the Call Number & Availability for each.
• Browsing Guide To Biology & Environment Call Numbers: GC GE GF QH QK QL QM QP QR
• Suggested Databases to use to Locate Articles About Biology & Environment
• Internet Links:

LINCCOnline Catalog Subject Browse Lists linked to SCC Library Biology & Environment holdings including the Call Number & Availability for each.

Locate Articles About Biology & Environment

• Academic Search Premier
• Biography Resource Center
• FirstSearch Databases Suggested: BasicBIOSIS (OCLC), Biology Digest (OCLC), GEOBASE (OCLC)
• OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition (Wilson)
• SIRSResearcher

Representative Internet Links

Biology

• Actionbioscience.org
• AmphibiaWeb (Berkeley) information on every recognized species of amphibian in the world--some 4,635 species of frogs & toads, 483 different salam&ers, & 158 caecilians.
• Biodiversity Resource Guide (BIOSIS)
• Biological Sciences Web Server (California State University)
• Biology Browser (BIOSIS)
• Biology on the Internet: Selected Sites
• Biology Project - U. of Arizona Online Interactive Resource for Learning Biology(Tutorials)
• BioSciences Resources (Harvard U.)
• Journals, Conferences, & Current Awareness Services (Harvard U.)
• MIT Biology Hypertextbook

Birds

• Birds of the World on Postage Stamps

Botany

• Botany Online: the Internet HyperTextbook
• Fl Gardener
• Floridata
• Internet Directory for Botany
• Plants National Database (USDA)

Endangered Species

• Endangered Species Home Page (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre (International Union for Conservation of Nature & Resources

Environment

• Best Environmental Directories
• CDC National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
• Chemical Scorecard (EnvironmentalDefense Fund) [enter your ZIP code & you'll receive info on the location, source and effects of locally released chemicals]
• Consortium for International Earth Science
• Information Network
• Environment Protection Agency Databases (EPA)
• Global Change & Environmental Education Resources
• Global Warming (EPA)
• Green Guide: Informing Today's Choices, Shaping Tomorrow's World
• Hazardous Waste Sites (EPA-Superfund)
• Healthy Communities Environmental Mapping — HUD E-MAPS
• International Nuclear Safety Center [power plants location + info]
• Monthly Energy Review (EIA)
• NASA Visible Earth
• NASA's Global Change Master Directory
• National Library for the Environment
• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Our Planet (maintained by the UN Environmental Program) [a web-based bimonthly magazine covering topics on the environment & sustainable development]
• Ozone Depletion - Stratospheric Ozone & Human Health
• Planet Ark World Environment News
• State of the Global Environment (UNEP)
• WasteLink Directory
• Water Resources in the U.S. (USGS)
• World Conservation Monitoring Center-Conservation Databases

Florida

• Florida Oceanographic Society
• USGS Center for Coastal Geology (St.Pete)

Hydrology

• GeoGuide (Lower Saxony State & University Library, Gottingen, Germany)
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Journals

• NewScientist.com

Mega Sites

• PathFinder Science Network for Student & Citizen Science
• SciCentral Research News

Museums

• National Museum of Natural History
• Paleontology Museum at the University of California, Berkeley

Oceanography

• Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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