Biological Sciences

Search for Books and Ebooks

The drop down menu above gives you several options for searching:

Keyword: This will search for the term in all areas of the record. Keep your topic to its key concepts for this search.

Author: Use if you know the author's name. You can enter just the last name of the author, or if you know their full name enter is as last name, first name (Example: Dickens, Charles).

Title: Enter either the full title or just a few keywords from the title.  

Subject: This is helpful if you are looking for numerous books on a topic. To the right are some suggestions of subject headings that may be useful in your research.

Book Search Tips

Use BOOLEAN searching to narrow or broaden your results. Boolean describes the connecting word you use between your search terms such as AND, OR, & NOT. Using these connectors allows you the ability to link search terms, so you can find articles that address multiple subjects.

Adding OR between search terms will search for all records with one term OR the other (this is a broader search tool).
Using AND between words will search for all records with BOTH or ALL search terms applied.  
If you use NOT between the terms, it will search for the FIRST word in your search string and NOT the other.  

Finding Biology Books on the Shelf

Ellender Memorial Library uses the Library of Congress classification system. The lists below include call numbers where you can BROWSE the shelves to find something that interests you. Books from similar subject areas can be found together.

Library of Congress

QH Natural History - Biology

1-278.5............Natural History (General)

1-199.5...........General (including nature conservation, geographical distribution)

201-278.5.........Microscopy

301-705.5..........Biology (General)

359-425...........Evolution

426-470...........Genetics

471-489...........Reproduction

501-531...........Life

540-549.5.........Ecology

573-671...........Cytology

705-705.5.........Economic biology

 

QK Botany

1-989..............Botany

1-474.5...........General (including geographical distribution)

474.8-495.........Spermatophyta. Phanerogams

494-494.5........Gymnosperms

495..............Angiosperms

504-638...........Cryptogams

640-707...........Plant anatomy

710-899...........Plant physiology

900-989...........Plant ecology

 

QL Zoology

1-991..............Zoology

1-355.............General (including geographical distribution)

360-599.82........Invertebrates

461-599.82.......Insects

605-739.8.........Chordates. Vertebrates

614-639.8........Fishes

640-669.3........Reptiles and amphibians

671-699..........Birds

700-739.8........Mammals

750-795...........Animal behavior

791-795..........Stories and anecdotes

799-799.5.........Morphology

801-950.9.........Anatomy

951-991...........Embryology

 

QM Human Anatomy

1-695..............Human anatomy

1-511.............General

531-549...........Regional anatomy

550-577.8.........Human and comparative histology

601-695...........Human embryology

 

QP Physiology

1-981..............Physiology

1-345.............General (including influence of the environment)

351-495...........Neurophysiology and neuropsychology

501-801...........Animal biochemistry

901-981...........Experimental pharmacology

 

QR Microbiology

1-502..............Microbiology

1-74.5............General

75-99.5...........Bacteria

99.6-99.8.........Cyanobacteria

100-130...........Microbial ecology

171...............Microorganisms in the animal body

180-198.5.........Immunology

355-502...........Virology