Zoology Subject Guide
| Encyclopedias | Guides to the Literature |
| Handbooks | Style Manuals |
| Dictionaries | Biographies |
| Field Guides | Indexes & Databases Internet Sites |
Encyclopedias
Fishes of the World
--Reference Stacks-- QL 618 .N4
Grolier World Encyclopedia of Endangered Species
--Reference Stacks-- QL 82 .S4513 (10 vol.)
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
--Reference Stacks-- QL 7 .G7813 (17 vol.)
Walker's Mammals of the World
--Reference Stacks-- QL 703 .W22 (2 vol.)
Handbooks
Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms
--Reference Stacks-- QH 83 .S89 (2 vol.)
Dictionaries
A Dictionary of Zoology
--online-- netLibrary e-book
A Dictionary of Zoology
--Reference Stacks-- QL 9 .L4
The Invertebrates : an Illustrated Glossary
--Reference Stacks-- QL 362 .S82
Field Guides
A Field Guide to Hummingbirds of North America
--Reference Stacks-- QL 696 .A558 W56
A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians : Eastern and Central North America
--Reference Stacks-- QL 651 .C65
A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes : North America North of Mexico
--Reference Stacks-- QL 627 .P34
A Guide to Marine Mammals of the World
--Reference Stacks-- QL 713.2 .N37
The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mammals
--Reference Stacks-- QL 715 .W49
The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds
--Reference Stacks-- QL 681 .B77
National Audubon Society: the Sibley Guide to Birds
--Reference Stacks-- QL 681 .S497
Guides to the Literature
A Guide to the Zoological Literature
--Reference Stacks-- QL 45.2 .Z99
Using the Biological Literature: A Practical Guide
--Reference Stacks-- QH 303.6 .D38
Style Manuals
Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers
--Ready Reference-- T 11 .S386 1994
Biographies
Dictionary of Scientific Biography
--Reference Stacks-- Q 141 .D5
The Great Scientists
--Reference Stacks-- Q 141 .G767
Notable Scientists from 1900 to the Present
--Reference Stacks-- Q 141 .N728
Indexes and Databases
Academic Search Complete-- Indexes, abstracts and provides selected full-text of articles published in scholarly publications from many disciplines.
Biological Abstracts-- Indexes and abstracts life science literature; provides some links to full-text articles.
MEDLINE-- Indexes scholarly journals covering all areas of medicine and health sciences (including nursing, allied health and nutrition). Provides links to small selection of full-text articles.
Zoological Record-- Indexes and abstracts international professional journals, magazines, newsletters, monographs, books, dissertations, and conference proceedings in the field of zoology.
Internet Sites
Animal Diversity Web -- Online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan
California Academy of Sciences--The Catalog of Fishes -- Exhaustive resource on fish systematics.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System -- Database with reliable information on species names and their hierarchical classification.
Mammal Species of the World -- Database of mammalian taxonomy sponsored by the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution.
NCBI's Taxonomy Resources -- Compilation of references and on-line resources used by the Taxonomy group at GenBank.
