4th Edition

Using the Biological Literature A Practical Guide, Fourth Edition

By Diane Schmidt Copyright 2014
412 Pages
by CRC Press

412 Pages
by CRC Press

The biological sciences cover a broad array of literature types, from younger fields like molecular biology with its reliance on recent journal articles, genomic databases, and protocol manuals to classic fields such as taxonomy with its scattered literature found in monographs and journals from the past three centuries. Using the Biological Literature: A Practical Guide, Fourth Edition is an... Read more

Introduction
Searching the Biological Literature

General Sources
Associations
Bibliographies
Classification, Nomenclature, and Systematics
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Directories
Field Guides
Series
Full-Text Sources
General Works
Guides for young Scientists
Guides to the Literature
Handbooks
Histories
Mathematics and Statistics
Methods and Techniques
Textbooks and Treatises
Writing Guides
Periodicals
Reviews of the Literature

Abstracts and Indexes
Biochemistry and Biophysics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Genetics, Biotechnology, and Developmental Biology
Microbiology and Immunology
Ecology, Evolution, and Animal Behavior
Plant Biology
Anatomy and Physiology
Entomology
Zoology
Index

Biography

Diane Schmidt

"Using the Biological Literature: A Practical Guide. Fourth Edition.
By Diane Schmidt. Boca Raton ( Florida): CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group).
$99.95.
xi + 400 p.; index.
ISBN: 978-1-4665-5857-1.
2014."
The Quarterly Review of Biology

Praise for the Previous Edition:

"The third edition of this valuable reference work continues to provide a useful survey of the rapidly expanding biological literature, emphasizing theoretical disciplines. … Highly recommended for all college and university libraries, and for lower-division undergraduates and higher."
—B. E. Fleury, Tulane University, CHOICE, 39(9) May 2002, p. 1566

"The third edition of this comprehensive work expands its subject coverage of web-based resources, which was initiated in the second edition. Print resources are described and their online or digital counterparts also noted. … Recommended for libraries serving two-year technical and community colleges, four-year liberal arts colleges, and major research universities as well as organization, society, and government agency libraries that have biology as a subject focus."
Science & Technology Libraries, 21:3-4, 211-221

"The book is easy to follow … It is a very useful resource for collection development librarians and for graduate students who may want to become familiar with an area of biological sciences. Highly recommended for academic libraries."
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, Spring 2002