Research Guides @ Fordham: Biological Sciences: Zoology

General Zoology

Encyclopedias & Reference Books

The Encyclopedia of Animals by George McKay (Editor); Fred Cooke; Stephen Hutchinson; Hugh Dingle; Richard Vogt
Call Number: [RH Reference Area] QL7 .E53 2004
Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia by Gale Research Staff; Michael Hutchins
[Online Resource]
Detroit, MI : Gale, 2011
Animal Behavior Desk Reference by Edward M. Barrows
Call Number: [RH Reference Area] QL750.3 .B37 2001
Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2001

Open Access General Zoology Resources

Animal Diversity Web
An online encyclopedia and database of animal natural history, contributed to by photographers, biologists, and students. This is a University of Michigan project.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
An international network which provides open-access data about all types of life on earth.

Mammalogy

Encyclopedias & Reference Books

Mammal Species of the World by Don E. Wilson (Editor); DeeAnn M. Reeder (Editor)
Call Number: [RH Reference Area ] QL708 .M35 2005
[Also an Online Resource]
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005
Walker's Mammals of the World by Ronald M. Nowak
[Online Resource]
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018
The Rise of Marine Mammals by Annalisa Berta; James L. Sumich (Illustrator)
[Online Resource]
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017

Open Access Mammalogy Resources

The American Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate Zoology
The AMNH Vertebrate Database has a searchable database for mammalian, fish, bird, amphibian, and reptilian information.
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Mammal Collections
The Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, maintains the world's largest mammal collection. You can search their database with keywords or browse their collections.

Herpetology

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Reference Books

Turtles, Tortoises and Terrapins by Ronald Orenstein; Jeanne A. Mortimer; George R. Zug
Call Number: [RH Stacks] QL666.C5 O74 2001
Buffalo, N.Y. : Firefly Books, 2001
The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles by Bo Beolens; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson
[Online Resource]
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press 2011

Open Access Herpetology Resources

The AmphibiaWeb
This searchable and browsable AmphibiaWeb database provides information on amphibian declines, natural history, conservation, and taxonomy.
The Center for North American Herpetology (CNAH)
A data bank for information about North American amphibians, turtles, reptiles, and crocodilians.

Ornithology

Handbooks & Field Guides

American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of New York by Corey Finger; Brian E. Small (Photographer)
Call Number: [RH Reference Area] QL684.N7 F56 2016
New York : Scott & Nix, Inc., 2016
Handbook of Bird Biology by Cornell Lab of Ornithology Staff
Call Number: [RH Oversize Stacks] QL673 .H263 2004
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell Lab of Ornithology in association with Princeton University Press, 2004
A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America by Roger Tory Peterson (Editor); Virginia Marie Peterson (Editor)
Call Number: [RH Special Collections] SPEC COLL POWELL 439
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002

Open Access Ornithology Resoucres

All About Birds
From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, this is a comprehensive guide to North American birds, containing information on the history of each bird, as well as sound and video recordings.
Avibase
An extensive database information system for subspecies of birds, including distribution information, taxonomy, and synonyms in several languages.

Birds of the World This link opens in a new window
Brings scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology into a single platform where biologists and birders can find comprehensive life history information on birds from around the world. Illustrated.
Formerly "Birds of North America Online."

Entomology

Guides, Encyclopedias, & Reference Books

Encyclopedia of Insects by Vincent H. Resh (Editor); Ring T. Cardé (Editor)
Call Number: QL462.3 .E485 2009
[Online Resource]
Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2009
Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity by Stephen Marshall
Call Number: [RH Oversize Stacks] QL473 .M33 2017
Richmond Hill, Ontario ; Buffalo, New York : Firefly Books, 2017
The Superorganism by Bert Hölldobler; Margaret C. Nelson (Illustrator); Edward O. Wilson
Call Number: [RH Stacks] QL496 .H65 2009
New York : W.W. Norton, 2009
The Bees of the World by Charles D. Michener
Call Number: QL566 .M53 2007
[Online Resource]
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007
Encyclopedia of Entomology by John L. Capinera (Editor)
[Online Resource]
Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, 2008

Open Access Entomology Resources

Interagency Special Status Sensitive Species Program
From the U.S. Department of the Interior, a searchable database to find conservation and monitoring information of endangered species.
Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History
The Invertebrate Zoology Department at the American Museum of Natural History maintains a specimen database on spiders, scorpions, crabs, bees, wasps, and more.
Species Profiles: At-Risk Invertebrates
From The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, a searchable database for endangered invertebrates with geographic, taxonomic, and historic information.

Ichthyology

Guides, Encyclopedias, and Reference Books

The Physiology of Fishes by David H. Evans (Editor); James B. Claiborne (Editor)
Call Number: [RH Stacks] QL639.1 .P49 2006
Boca Raton, FL : CRC, Taylor and Francis, 2006
Encyclopedia of Underwater Life by Andrew Campbell
Online Resource
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005

Selected Zoology Journals

General Zoology

Annual Review of Animal Biosciences
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 2014 - Present
Frontiers in Zoology
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 2004 - Present
Animal Behaviour
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1993 - Present

Mammalogy

Mammal Review
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1997 - Present

Ornithology

The Auk
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1884 - 6 months ago

Entomology

Journal of Insect Physiology
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1998 - 2007

Herpetology

Journal of Herpetology
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1968 - Present

Ichthyology

Journal of Applied Ichthyology
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 2023 - Present

Library of Congress Call Numbers - Zoology

Library of Congress Call Numbers for Zoology topics:

QL1-991 - Zoology

QL1-355 - General
- QL61-67 - Collecting and Preserving
- QL101-345 - Geographical Distribution
QL360-599.82 - Invertebrates
- QL366-369 - Protozoa
- QL371-374 - Porifera (Sponges)
- QL375-379 - Coelenterata (Cnidaria)
- QL386-394 - Worms and Other Vermiform Invertebrates
- QL401-432 - Mollusca
- QL434-599 - Anthropoda
QL605-739.8 - Chordates, Vertebrates
- QL614-639.8 - Fishes
- QL640-669.3 - Reptiles and Amphibians
- QL671-699 - Birds
QL700-739.8 - Mammals
QL750-795 - Animal Behavior and Psychology
- QL791-795 - Stories and Anecdotes
QL799-799.5 - Morphology
QL801-950.9 - Comparative Anatomy
- QL821-827 - Skeleton, Osteology
- QL835-841 - Vascular System
- QL845-855 - Respiratory Organs
- QL856-867 - Digestive Organs
- QL872-875 - Excretory System
- QL876-881 - Reproductive System
- QL921-939 - Nervous System
- QL941-943 - Integument, Skin
- QL945-949 - Sense Organs
QL951-991 - Embryology

Biological Sciences: Zoology