Search Geisler Library's catalog to find books, journals, audiovisuals and other materials owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title or author for materials on your topic. To find journal articles, use one of the indexes listed below.
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Ashworth, William and Charles E. Little, eds. Encyclopedia of Environmental Studies. New York: Facts on File, 2001. R 333.703 As 4, e.
Blinderman, Charles. Biolexicon: A Guide to the Language of Biology. Springfield, IL: C.C. Thomas, 1990. R 570 BL 4, b.
Bortman, Marci, ed. Environmental Encyclopedia. Detroit: Gale, 2003. R 333.7 En 85, e.
Career Education Institutes. The Big Green Internship Book: Internships and Summer Jobs for the Environment, 2007. Winston-Salem, NC: Career Education Institutes, 2007. R 331.25 Bi 3, g.
Crawford, Mark. Habitats and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia of Endangered America. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1999. R 578.68 Cr 2, h.
Fullerlove, Gina. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. New York: Grove Dictionaries, 2002. R 570 En 2, L.
Krech III, Shepard, J.R. McNeill, and Carolyn Merchant, eds. Encyclopedia of World Environmental History. New York: Routledge, 2004. R 304.2 En 3, w.
Lawrence, Eleanor, ed. Henderson's dictionary of biological terms
Lincoln, Roger J. The Cambridge Illustrated Dictionary of Natural History. New York: Cambridge UP, 1990. R 508 Li 5, c.
McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002. R 503 Ma 2, e.
Merchant, Carolyn. The Columbia Guide to American Environmental History. New York: Columbia UP, 2002. R 304.2 Me 7, c.
Meyers, Robert A. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology: A Comprehensive Desk Reference. New York: VCH, 1995. R 572.8 Mo 5, bi.
Miglani, Gurbachan S., ed. Dictionary of Plant Genetics and Molecular Biology. New York: Food ProductsPress, 1998. R 581.35 Mi 3, d.
Miller, Char, ed. The Atlas of US and Canadian Environmental History. New York: Routledge, 2003. R 304.2097 At 5, u.
Nierenberg, William A., ed. Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology. San Diego: Academic Press, 1995. R 577 En 2.
Smith, A.D., ed. Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2004. R 572 Ox 3, d.
Scott, Thomas A. and E. Ian Mercer, eds. Concise Encyclopedia Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1997. R 572 Co 5, e.
List of environmental reference books and web sites (used in connection with Intersections course, 2003-2005)
General Internet Guides -- Biology
- Aquatic Network
- Biological Resources Division (USGS)
- BioTech - Life Science Resources & Reference Tools (Indiana University)
- ECHO: Exploring and Collecting History Online--Science, Technology, & Industry
- Harvard Biology Links
- Infomine Biological, Agricultural and Medical Sciences
- Internet Resource Guide for Biology
- National Wildlife Health Center
- WildFinder: Mapping the World's Species
- The Tree of Life
- ATTRA: National sustainable agriculture information service
- OBIS: Ocean Biogeographic Information System
- GAP Analysis Program
- eNature: Field Guides
General Internet Guides -- Environmental Studies
- EarthTrends: The environmental information portal. Developed by World Resources Institute but accesses data from many sources worldwide
- Encyclopedia of Earth
- EnviroFacts Warehouse
- EnviroLink
- Environment & Society Internet Resource Guide
- Environmental Professional's Homepage
- Information Center for the Environment (U.C. Davis)
- National Library for the Environment (National Council for Science and the Environment)
- EcoEarth.info Environmental Portal and Search Engine
- ToxSeek
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Harvard Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Links
- Biomolecules: Biomolecular and Biochemical Databases
Botany / Agriculture
- Agricultural Research Service
- Biological Control: a Guide to Natural Enemies in North America
- Ethnobotanical Resource Directory
- Flowering Plants Gateway
- Internet Directory for Botany
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- National Agricultural Statistics Service
- New York Botanical Garden
- USDA Plants National Database
- Virtual Library of Botany
Ecology / Biodiversity / Environment
- Abbey's Web (life and works of Edward Abbey)
- Center for Conservation Biology Network
- Iowa Threatened and Endangered Species and Wildlife
- Iowa Environmental Council
- National Agricultural Statistics Service
- National Wetlands Inventory
- Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge Prairie Learning Center
- Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library
- Sustainable Development WWW Virtual Library
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- World Resources Institute
Entomology
Genetics / Biotechnology / Pre-Med
- BIO - Biotechnology Industry Organization
- BioTech: Life Sciences Resources and Reference Tools
- Genetics: WWW Virtual Library
- GenLink
- Human Genome Project Information
- Human Genome Sequencing Center
- National Library of Medicine
- Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man (OMIM)
- SoyBase
Microbiology / Mycology
Natural History
- Natural History Museums
- Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago)
- National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian)
- Natural History Reference Sources
Zoology
Biology and Environmental Education, Volunteer opportunities
- Access Excellence
- EE-Link: Environmental Education
- Global Volunteer Network
- National Science Teachers Association
- SEED: Students for the Earth and Environment at Davis
- AAAS
- American Society for Microbiology
- American Society of Mammalogists
- Association of College and University Biology Educators
- Ecological Society of America
- EcoNet: IGC
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology
- National Agricultural Statistics Service
- National Council for Science and the Environment
- National Research Council
- National Science Foundation
- Science Careers Web
- Sierra Club
- World Resources Institute
United States
- EPA: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Iowa Department of Natural Resources
- National Academy of Sciences / National Academy of Engineering / Institute of Medicine
- National Agricultural Statistics Service
- National Center for Environmental Health (CDC)
- NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management
- National Park Service
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- U.S. Geological Survey
Other Countries
- Alberta Government: Environment
- Environment Agency of England and Wales
- Environment Australia
- Environment Canada
- Environmental History of Latin America
- Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI)
- European Environment Agency
- IUCN: the World Conservation Union
- UNEP - WCMC: United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
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- LexisNexis
- AGRICOLA
- Annual Reviews: Search the contents of 29 Annual Reviews -- Most are available in Geisler Library -- see Database list for titles and locations.
- EBSCOhost
- FirstSearch
- Ingenta
- NLM Gateway: Search MEDLINE/PubMed, MEDLINEplus, DIRLINE, GENE-TOX, CCRIS, OMIM, HSRProj, and more.
- More electronic and print periodical indexes are available via Geisler Library.
Revised: April 13, 2006. sls