Reference Shelf

General Reference Tools Life Sciences Encyclopedias and Dictionaries Other Life Sciences Reference Tools Abbreviations

Biological Suppliers Telephone, Address, E-mail, & Zip Code Directories Writing, Research, and Citation Resources

See more discipline-specific online resources at our Selected Websites page.

General Reference Tools

• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
• California Statistical Abstract
• CIA World Factbook 
• Conversion Tools
• Encyclopedia Britannica Online  
• Foreign Language Dictionaries 
• Information Please Almanac 
• Journal Citation Reports 
• Oxford English Dictionary (OED) 
• Peterson's Guide to Graduate Schools 
• Publishers' Catalogs
• Thesaurus.com 
• US Census Bureau: Historical Statistical Abstracts 
• United States Statistical Abstracts 
• Science.gov

Life Sciences Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Access to most of the following is restricted to UCB IP addresses

• Dictionary of Animal Behavior
• Dictionary of Biology
• Dictionary of Ecology
• Dictionary of Genetics
• Dictionary of Plant Sciences
• Dictionary of Scientists
• Dictionary of Zoology
• Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
• Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry
• Encyclopedia of Biostatistics
• Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology
• Encyclopedia of Molecular Medicine
• Encyclopedia of Molecular Pharmacology
• Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences
• Encyclopedia of Underwater Life
• McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology 
• MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Sciences 
• New Encyclopedia of Birds 
• Oxford Companion to the Body 
• Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 

Other Life Sciences Reference Tools

• Biotechnology Science Primer (NCBI)
• Combined Chemical Dictionary 
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 
• Gray's Anatomy Online 
• Merck Index 
• Periodic Table of the Elements 

Abbreviations

• Biological and Chemical Journal Abbreviations
• Biological Journals And Abbreviations
• Botanist Author Abbreviations
• CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search Tool
• GIS, Cartography, and Remote Sensing Abbreviations and Acronyms
• GovSpeak: A Guide to U.S. Government Acronyms & Abbreviations
• Zoologist Author Abbreviations

Biological Suppliers

• BioCompare (product and price comparisons)
• BioSupplyNet (scientific supply search engine and directory)
• Laboratory Products Association Directories 
• Open Directory of Biology Products and Services 

Telephone, Address, E-mail, & Zip Code Directories

• AT&T Directories (US phone directories)
• EmbassyWorld.com (International postal information)
• Infobel.com (International telephone information)
• University of California phone directories
• Universities Worldwide (International directory of universities)
• U.S. Postal Service: Look Up A Zip Code 
• Europa World of Learning (International directory of academia)

Writing, Research, and Citation Resources

Unless otherwise indicated, materials below are from the Doe-Moffitt Teaching Library

• APA Formatting and Style Guide (Online Writing Lab, Purdue University)
• Citation Styles, Style Guides, and Avoiding Plagiarism
• Critical Evaluation of Resources
• Evaluating Web Pages
• NLM Citation Style Guides (National Library of Medicine)
• Research and Documentation Online (Bedford/St. Martin's Publishing)
• Web Search Engines and Tips