eResearch Guides

Life Sciences
Library Research
and
Resources

Doing Library Research

The Life Sciences cover a broad arena of research from botany and gardening to evolution and anatomy. It is a fascinating and essential body of knowledge that is constantly changing with new scientific findings and our ever changing environment.

The following guide will put you on the right path to selecting the best information when researching in the life sciences.

While the Internet may provide useful information, it may not be your best source.

Print Resources
MCC Library Catalog
Use the catalog to identify books, journals and audiovisual materials available at all the libraries in the community college system. Enter the word or words that best describe your topic.

Sample searches
Keyword search     =animal science
Subject search      =evolution

Reference Materials
The MCC libraries own numerous reference resources in the life sciences. Some selections include:


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Animal Life Encyclopedia
(REF QL 7 .G7813 2003)
MCC & RM

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Atlas of Human Anatomy
(REF QM25 .N46 1997)
MCC & RM
Encyclopedia of BioDiversity
(REF QH 541.15 B56 E53 2001)
RM
Encyclopedia of Gardens
(REF SB 465 .E632001)
RM

Magill’s Encyclopedia of Science: Animal Life
(REF QL 7 .M34 2002)
RM
Sonoran Desert Plants
(REF QK 142 .T87 1995)
MCC & RM


Print Journals

American Journal of Botany
MC
The American Naturalist
MCC & RM
Audubon
MCC

Bioscience
MCC
Horticulture
MCC
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Review
MCC

Nature
MCC
Science Digest
MCC
Science
MCC

Scientific American
MCC & RM

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