BESE Research Guide: Books
Guide for the Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division
Databases
For more detailed lists of books and ebooks related to the different Divisions in BESE, select a LibGuide from the dropdown menu below:
Classification and Keywords
LCC - Library of Congress Classification
G - Geography
GC - Oceanograph (including Marine Sciences)
GE - Environmental Sciences
Q - Science
QC - Nanoscience
QH - Biology (including Genetics, Genomics, Limnology, Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics)
QK - Botany (including Plant Science and Plant Genomes)
QL - Zoology (including Entomology)
QP - Biochemistry (including Neuroscience)
QR - Microbiology(including Immunology, Virology)
R - Medicine (including Biomedical Sciences)
S - Agriculture (including Agronomy, Crop Science, Soil Science)
SB - Plant Culture
SF - Animal Culture
SH - Aquaculture, Fisheries
T - Technology
TA - Bioengineering
TD - Environmental Technology (including Environmental Engineering, Water Conservation, Water Quality Management, Water Reuse, Water Treatment)
TP - Biotechnology
NCBI BookShelf
NCBI BookShelf (National Center for Biotechnology Information): provides free access to over 700 texts in life science and healthcare. Subjects include biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, Genetics, Computational biology, Microbiology, Developmental Biology etc. Bookshelf, a vital node in the data-rich resource network at NCBI, enables users to easily browse, retrieve, and read content, and spurs discovery of related information.
E-Book Collections
- Library-subscribed ebooks
- CRCNetBaseBioscience, Chemical Science, Environmental Science Engineering, Polymer Science, etc
- CAB e-booksSubjects include Agriculture, Environmental Sciences, Plant Sciences, and related sciences
- Ebook Centralscholarly books in subjects such as life sciences and technology. For first-time users, register for an account first.
- ScienceDirect (Elsevier)full-text database covering titles in agricultural & biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics & molecular biology, environmental science, immunology & microbiology, and neuroscience
- Morgan & Claypool E-bookscovers Engineering and Computer Science
- Oxford University Press (OUP)includes Biology and Neuroscience
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)major British publisher of chemistry journals. Includes Energy and Environmental Science
- Safari Tech Bookscollection covers wide-ranging information technology topics, including Computational Bioscience and Bioinformatics-related content
- SpringerLinkincludes ebooks, journals, eReferences, protocols
- Taylor & Francismultidisciplinary collection of e-books
- Wiley e-booksincludes reference works and online books from various disciplines
- Open Access ebooks
Selected Reference Works
- Encyclopedia
- Handbooks
- Dictionaries
