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This guide is designed to help you research information about biology. It includes an index of scholarly sources that should be used. Included in the list are websites and search engines that will be helpful in your research. If you have any trouble finding these sources, please ask a librarian for help. Good Luck! Any comments or suggestions are welcome!
 * [|RCC Library Home Page]: Most materials found in this research guide are available at the library's home page.
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Books
The on-line catalog provides access to the Library's collection of approximately 40,000 books, periodicals and audio-visual titles. These resources may be used to find information for assignments or general interest. [|Tutorial for searching catalog and ordering books from Metro Boston Library Network (includes Boston Public Library)]


 * Good Search Terms to use: **These are general terms and specific terms should be used when searching a topic.
 * Biology
 * Molecular Biology
 * Biochemistry
 * Cellular Biology

Reference Books
__All Things Darwin: An Encyclopedia of Darwin's World__. Greenwood Press. QH31.D2 A7894 2007. __Encyclopedia of Human Biology__. Renato Dulbecco, ed. QP11.E53 1997 v.1-9. __Cambridge Dictionary of Biology__. Cambridge University Press. QH302.5.C46 1990. __Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Biology__. Oxford University Press. QH331.O914 2008. __Encyclopedia of Bioethics__. Warren Thomas Reich, ed. QH332.E52 1995 v.1-5.

Electronic Books
The library has recently added 27,000 online books from the vendor Ebrary. This is the “community college” collection, of interest to students and faculty at 2-year colleges. All books are simultaneously available to all RCC users. Over 9,000 books mention "biology".
 * [|Ebrary]**

**Periodicals** Browse these paper journals and magazines in the library's first floor periodicals section for articles about biology:
 * Scientific American
 * National Geographic

Articles
Access to millions of journal, magazine, newspaper and reference source articles through our research databases.

Science Full Text Select
Contains access to 320 full text science journals covering all fields of science. [|Tutorial]

Science in Context
Provides list of social topics with scientific evidences and explanations published in academic journals, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias and dictionaries. Also, accessible to the videos.

Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for more than 3,800 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including over 470 biology journals. [|Tutorial]

Streaming Videos
Full length and segment videos from Films On Demand. 492 Biology videos.

Films On Demand
=Web sites= There are many good biology web sites on the internet. These web sites have been evaluated by library staff. Remember to always evaluate internet resources. To find out more about evaluating web sites, [|Lesley University]has a very good guide.

A portal to open access biology articles, databases and more.
 * BiologyBrowser**

Sponsored by the University of Arizona, this site provides an interactive, online resource for learning biology.
 * [|The Biology Project]**

Outstanding directory of biology rsources. UC Berkeley
 * Integrative Biology Web Resources**

=Citing Sources: Style Guides=

__[|APA Style Tutorial]__ [|Duke Library Guide to Assembling a List of Works Cited] [|Laguardia Community College Library MLA and APA citation style] [|The Owl at Purdue: APA Formatting and Style Guide] [|The Owl at Purdue: MLA 2009 Formatting and Style Guide]

=Basic Research Help= Please click the Ask a Librarian icon if you have any questions concerning these guides, need help finding material for your research or any general questions you might have.
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 * Looking for articles? Search our [|Databases].
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Research guide prepared on 10/23/12 by Wiliam Hoag: whoag@rcc.mass.edu