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Subject Guide for Zoology
Brief Description: That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct. (Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913)
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Abstracts and Indexes to Academic or Scholarly Articles
Abstracts and Indexes are used to locate published journal articles, conference proceedings and papers, reports, scholarly research and patents. The database Zoological Record also provides Taxonomic classification of species.
CU Biological Abstracts
This database includes bibliographic references (records) with abstracts derived from life sciences research journals published worldwide - contains some links to full text articles. Coverage: 1969 - present.
CU Biological Sciences via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
This interdisciplinary database offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. Coverage: 1982 - present.
CU BioOne
Full text articles from selected scientific journals. Coverage: 2000 - present.
CU General Science Abstracts / Full Text
Index to general science literature from the U.S. and Europe. Contains some links to full text articles. Coverage: 1984 - present.
CU ScienceDirect
Contains full text articles from Elsevier published journals. Coverage: 1997 - present.
CU Scirus
This search engine can search 200 million webpages for scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data. Subject areas covered include agricultural and biological sciences, astronomy, biosciences, chemistry and chemical engineering, computer science, earth and planetary sciences, economics, (business and management), engineering (energy and technology), environmental sciences, languages and linguistics, law, life sciences, materials science, mathematics, medicine, neuroscience, pharmacology, physics, psychology, social and behavioral sciences, and sociology.
CU Web of Science
Formerly ISI Citation indexes. Coverage: 1970 - present.
CU Zoological
A comprehensive index to zoological literature. Records cover every aspect of zoology, including biochemistry, behavior, ecology evolution, genetics, etc. Includes citations and taxonomic classification information. Coverage: 1978 - present.
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries for Zoology
Use these resources to gather background information, definitions, and
explanations. Print resources link to Chinook, the UCB online catalog.
CU Access Science - Encyclopedia for Science and Technology
http://www.accessscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/glossary.html
http://www.ups.edu/x6263.xml
A Dictionary of Zoology 2nd Edition
Science Ref QL9 C66 1999
Available to campus IP addresses. Remote access information.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/literatr/avian/avian.htm
http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/resources/lingo.cfm
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
Science Ref QL3 G7813 1974
Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
Science Ref QL 701.G7913 1989
Magill's Encyclopedia of Science and Animal Life
Science Ref QL7 M34 2002
http://www.drdons.net//Dr_Dons_Termite_Glossary.htm
Science Ref QL703 W222 1999
Internet
Links for Zoology
These are selected sites providing access to research and information.
Be sure to cite the information correctly when using it for assignments.
Amphibia Web
http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/aw/
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/amphibians/
Audubon's Birds of America at the University of Pittsburgh
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/a/audubon/
Bibliography of General Works in Mammalogy
http://faculty.baruch.cuny.edu/jwahlert/biblio/index.html
Birdnet: Recent Ornithological Literature
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/ROL/
BirdSource: Birding with a Purpose
http://www.birdsource.org/
http://www.reptile-database.org/
The Encyclopedia of Life
http://www.eol.org/
JoVE – Journal of Visualized Experiments
http://www.jove.com/
http://www.audubon.org/
Nomenclature Zoologicus
http://www.ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/
http://www.petersononline.com/
PrimateLit
http://primatelit.library.wisc.edu/
