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This guide is a select listing
of information resources in Marine Biology. For a more comprehensive view
of the Library's collection please consult our online catalogue, Tropicat.
You may also wish to look at other guides, particularly
those for Zoology & Tropical Ecology, Tropical Plant Sciences and
Environmental Studies.
The location prefix R used
in the guide designates the Reference Collection.
DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Allaby, M. (Ed.). (2005). A
dictionary of ecology. (3rd ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
TSV CNS R 577.03 CON 2005
Allaby, M. (Ed.). (2003). A dictionary of zoology . (2nd ed.corrected). Oxford : Oxford University Press.
TSV CNS R 591.03 DIC 2003
Grzimek, B., Schlager, N. & Olendorf, D. (Eds.). (2003). Grzimek's
animal life encyclopedia. (2nd ed). Detroit: Thomson.
TSV R 591.03 GRZ 2003
Steele, J., Kurekian, K. & Thorpe, S. (Eds.). (2001). Encyclopedia of ocean sciences. San Diego : Academic.
TSV R 551.46003 ENC
Thain, M. & Hickman, M. (2004). The penguin dictionary of biology. (11th ed.). London: Penguin.
TSV R 574.03 ABE 2004
Thewissen, J., Perrin, W. &
Wursig, B. (Eds.). (2002). Encyclopedia of marine animals. San
Diego: Academic.
TSV CNS R 599.503 ENC
JOURNAL INDEXES
Biological Abstracts
TSV R 574.016 BIO
Ecological Abstracts
(1974-1998)
TSV R 574.5 P9
Oceanic Abstracts (1972-1996)
TSV R 551.46 P15
Zoological Record (1864-2002)
TSV R 590.16 ZOO
INTERNET DATABASE SERVICES
Many journal indexes are available
in electronic form. The range of indexes available in this way is much
larger than that held in print by any individual library and they often
contain the most up-to-date references. Some databases also provide the
full text of some journals, in addition to the abstract. Databases may be accessed from off campus via Remote Access.
Direct links to the services
listed below are available at this Internet address :
http://www.library.jcu.edu.au/Resources/datasets.shtml
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Aquatic Sciences and
Fisheries Abstracts indexes literature from the Biological Sciences,
Oceanic Sciences, Fisheries, Aquaculture, Environmental Sciences and
Biotechnology. Search results may include active links to web based
resources where these can be identified.
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Biological Abstracts
(use BIOSIS Previews for 2002+)
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CAB Direct covers alla spects of the life sciences
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Current Contents
Connect is a multidisciplinary current awareness
service for over 8,000 journals and more than 2,000 books
- InfoTrac provides
access to Expanded Academic ASAP which has some articles in
full text.
- IngentaConnect provides journal article searches
as well as search alerting and tables of contents services
- ProQuest includes ProQuest Science Journals and other databases covering a range of disciplines.
- Reef - The Great
Barrier Reef marine park province database
- ScienceDirect has full-text for around 300 of 1700 titles, with contents pages and
abstracts for the remainder
- SciFinder Scholar
is primarily a chemistry database, but with significant coverage of
the life sciences.
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Web of Science
gives access
to Science Citation Index Expanded and other citation indexes.
As well as topic searching for journal articles, the citation indexes
allow "cited reference" searching and enable you to examine
a document's historical origin and follow through to its current position
in the research literature.
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Wiley InterScience
provides access to the full-text of all Wiley journals from 1997 onward.
- Zoological Record Plus
indexes the world's zoological and animal science literature, covering
over 4,500 international serial publications, plus books, meetings,
reviews and other non-serial literature.
The Faculty Librarian also
maintains links to Internet
resources for Marine Biology.
GUIDES TO THE LITERATURE
If you want to explore the
literature of your subject in more depth, you can consult guides held
by the Library. Some examples are :
Davis, E. & Schmidt, D.
(1996). Guide to information sources in the botanical sciences.
(2nd. ed.). Englewood: Libraries Unlimited.
580.16 DAV 1996
Schmidt, D., Davis, E. & Jacobs, P. (2002). Using the biological literature: A practical guide. (3rd ed.). New York: Marcel Dekker.
TSV R
574.07 DAV 2002 Schmidt, D. (2003). Guide to reference and information sources in the zoological sciences . Westport : Libraries Unlimited.
TSV R 590.16 SCH
Wyatt, H. (Ed.). (1997). Information sources in the life sciences . (4th ed.). London: Bowker-Saur.
CNS R 570.16 INF 1997
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