Research Guides @ Fordham: Biological Sciences: General Biology

Selected Biology Journals

Annual Review of Plant Biology
The Annual Review of Plant Biology, in publication since 1950, covers the significant developments in the field of plant biology.
Years available: 1998 - Present
Biological Reviews
The journal aims to cover the whole field of biology, in particular the growth areas of modern biology. Articles range from comprehensive reviews of a broad research field to shorter articles on more specialized topics, and great flexibility in content and presentation is allowed.
Years available: 1997 - Present
Current Biology
Published every 2 weeks, the journal delivers exciting primary research from all areas of biology, from molecular biology to evolution.
Years available: 1995 - Present
EMBO Journal
The EMBO Journal provides for rapid publication of full-length papers describing original research of general rather than specialist interest in molecular biology and related areas.
Years available: 1982 - Present
Nature
Nature is a weekly international journal publishing peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions.
Years available: 1896 - Present
PLoS Biology
Features works of exceptional significance, originality, and relevance in all areas of biological science, from molecules to ecosystems, including works at the interface of other disciplines, such as chemistry, medicine, and mathematics.
Years available: 2003 - Present
Systematic Biology
The bimonthly journal of the Society of Systematic Biologists covering theory, principles, and methods of systematics as well as phylogeny, evolution, morphology, biogeography, paleontology, genetics, and the classification of all living thing.
Years available: 1992 - Present

Biology Guides, Encyclopedias, and Reference Books

A Dictionary of Biology by Robert Hine (Editor)
Online Resource
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019
Campbell Biology by Robert B. Jackson; Lisa A. Urry; Michael L. Cain; Steven A. Wasserman; Peter V. Minorsky; Jane B. Reece
Call Number: QH308.2 .C34 2014
Boston : Pearson, 2014
Henderson's Dictionary of Biology
Call Number: QH302.5 .H45 201
Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson Education, 2016
Philosophy of Biology by Robert J. Richards (Editor); Michael Ruse (Editor)
Call Number: QH331 .O914 2008
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008

Library of Congress Call Numbers - Biology

Library of Congress Call Numbers for Biology topics:

QH1-705 - Natural History

QH1-278.5 - General Natural History
- QH51-58 - Study and Teaching, Research, Nature Study
- QH75-77 - Nature Conservation, Landscape Protection
- QH84-198 - Geographic Divisions
  - QH84-100 - Physiographic Divisions
- QH101-198 - Topographical Divisions
- QH201-278.5 - Microscopy
  - QH231-278.5 - Preparation and Mounting of Objects
QH301-705 - General Biology
- QH324 - Methods of Research, Technique
- QH359-425 - Evolution
- QH426-470 - Genetics
- QH443-450 - Recombination Mechanism
- QH460-469 - Mutations
- QH471-489 - Reproduction
- QH501-531 - Life
- QH540-549.5 - General and Animal Ecology
- QH573-671 - Cytology
- QH650-671 - Effect of Physical and Chemical Agents on Cells
- QH705-705.5 - Economic Biology

Biological Sciences: General Biology

Selected Biology Journals

Biology Guides, Encyclopedias, and Reference Books

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Library of Congress Call Numbers - Biology

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