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Dictionaries and glossaries are excellent for quick definitions of unfamiliar terms. Use a thesaurus for finding synonyms. To access these electronic reference books you need to log in to NetLogin first. If you know of any other online reference books that are not listed here please forward your recommendations to John Lavas, Biological Sciences Subject Librarian for inclusion on this page.
Cellular/Molecular Biology BioTech's Life Science Dictionary Dictionary of Cell Biology Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyMacmillan Dictionary of Toxicology
Ecology Glossary of Avian Terms for Use in Avian Conservation Biology Oxford Dictionary of Ecology
Entomology Online Etymology Dictionary
Genetics Genome Glossary Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms
Marine Science OceanLink On-line Glossary of Oceanography
Zoology A dictionary of scientific bird names Entomological Glossary Nomenclatural Glossary for Zoology Scientific English-Danish Cetacean Dictionary Whale Glossary
Thesauri Bloomsbury Thesaurus The Oxford American Thesaurus of Current English The Oxford Paperback Thesaurus Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Other Subject Dictionaries The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics Dictionary of biological psychology Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary Oxford Dictionary of Chemistry Oxford Dictionary of Earth Sciences Other Oxford Online Subject Dictionaries
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Subject Librarian: Marine Sciences - John Lavas
File last updated : June 17, 2011 Comments and suggestions to : John Lavas