SUNY Brockport

Biology Reference Books

REF QH 302.5 .M382 1997 McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Bioscience. From the preface: "With more than 16,000 terms, it serves as a major compendium of the specialized language that is essential to understanding bioscience. The language of biosceince embraces many unique disciplines which are usually represented in specialized dictionaries and glossaries... Terms and definitions in the Dictionary represent 23 fields: anatomy, biochemistry, biology, biophysics, botany, cytology, ecology, embryology, evolution, genetics, histology, immunology, invertebrate zoology, microbiology, molecular biology, mycology, paleobotany, paleontology, physiology, systematics, vertebrate zoology, virology, and zoology."

REF QH 302.5 .F38 1999 Penguin Dictionary of Biology Standard alphabetic arrangement of definitions of biological terms. A little more depth than the Facts on File Dictionary of Biology REF QH 13 .N62 2000

REF QH 307.2 .M34 1991 v.1-7; v.7 1998.MaGill's Survey of Science - Life Sciences 370 articles covering 28 areas of all aspects of living organisms. Topics range from AIDS to X Inactivation. Each article includes: Definition; Prinicpal terms; Summary of phenomenon; Methods of study; Context; Bibliography and Cross-references.