Online Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc.
General Resources
- Contains articles on all aspects of biology, including history and current issues.
- Provides color photographs and illustrations.
- Published in 2002.
- Contains over 5,000 entries providing comprehensive coverage of biology, biophysics, and biochemistry.
- Also contains biographies of important scientists.
- Published in 2004.
- Contains 1,300 entries ranging from Archimedes and Copernicus to Stephen Hawking and Stephen Jay Gould.
- Covers all areas of science, from physics and astronomy to medicine and ecology, including key figures in the fields of mathematics and technology.
- Includes coverage of all Nobel Laureates in physics, chemistry, physiology, and medicine.
- Covers major areas of science including: biology, genetics, microbiology, astronomy, chemistry, physics, engineering, technology, geology, weather, archaeology, psychology, mathematics, and medicine.
The Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Biology
- Provides concise definitions of over 500 biology terms
- Published 2004
The Scientific American Science Desk Reference
- Contains sections devoted to measurement, mathematics, chemistry, physics, astronomy, earth science, ecology, biology, computer science and technology.
- Each section contains a subject overview, chronology, biographies of important figures, glossary of key terms and further reading.
Anatomy
The Oxford Companion to the Body
- Contains over 1000 entries covering the structure and function of all systems of the body and the disorders that affect them.
- Also contains information on social and religious attitudes toward the body.
- Published in 2001.
Ecology
Blackwell's Concise Encyclopedia of Ecology
- Contains over 1,500 brief entries covering all areas of ecology.
- Published in 1999.
- Provides over 5,000 brief definitions covering all aspects of ecology and the environmental sciences, including topics ranging from plant and animal physiology, animal behaviour, and conservation to climatology, meteorology, and oceanography.
- Published in 1998.
Magill's Encyclopedia of Science: Plant Life
- Provides thorough articles covering a variety of topics relating to plants.
- Each article contains important terms with brief definitions and an annotated bibliography.
- Also includes a glossary, biographical list of scientists, a time line of advancements in plant science, and an annotated list of authoritative web sites.
- Published in 2003.
A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
- Provides over 5,500 entries covering biochemistry, plant physiology, cytology, ecology, genetics, evolution, bio-geography, earth history, the earth sciences, and taxonomic groups.
- Published in 2006
Zoology
- Contains over 5,000 brief entries on all aspects of animals, including animal behavior, genetics, evolutionary studies, ecology, physiology, and genetics.
- Published in 2003.
Magill's Encyclopedia of Science: Animal Life
- Provides thorough articles covering a variety of topics relating to animals.
- Each article contains important terms with brief definitions and an annotated bibliography.
- Also includes a glossary, biographical list of scientists, list of related journals and related organizations.
- Published in 2002.
A Dictionary of Animal Behaviour
- Provides over 400 entries.
- Published in 2006
