Mickel Library

Internet Resources by Subject

Zoology

Where to Start
Zoology - From Academic Info
 
Periodical Indexes/Abstracts/Articles

GreenFILE
This free database provides indexing to 600+ scholarly and general interest periodicals as well as government documents and reports dealing with environmental issues. Comprises approximately 295,000 records, but the vast majority of these include only citations and abstracts, not complete documents.

InfoTrac:
Expanded Academic ASAP - citations, abstracts, and in some cases full articles from academic journals in all fields.
General Reference Center - citations, abstracts, and in some cases full acticles from hundreds of general interest magazines.
Provided by DISCUS--South Carolina's Virtual Library

Liebert Online
provides articles (in PDF) from 50+ peer-reviewed journals published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.; focuses on the life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, and public health. Available only on campus.

ProQuest Science Journals - Indexes about 400 journals in science, technology, and math; includes the full-text of most of the articles it indexes.

 
Dictionaries and Encylopedias

AccessScience Encyclopedia of Science and Technology – made up of several McGraw-Hill science publications, including the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (10th ed.), the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, and the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science and Technology.  Articles often include illustrations, graphics, and bibliographies. Available to the Converse community both on and off campus. Contact a librarian for more information.

EBSCO's Encyclopedia of Animals - aimed at K-12 students, this work offers information on the nature and habitat of familiar animals. Searchable by common or scientific name.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online (Available only on Converse campus.)

Grolier Online Encyclopedia (Available only on Converse campus.)
Provided by DISCUS--South Carolina's Virtual Library

Oxford Reference Online Premium
Over 100 subject-specific encyclopedias from Oxford University Press

 
Government Publications

Science.gov - A gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative selected science information
provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results.

 

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